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Don't Book a Judge by His Cover: A Collection of the World's Most Outrageous Puns

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The smile never left my face and my head nodded unconciously as I read and enjoyed the book. I've given it as Christmas and birthday presents and it has always been received with glee and pleasure. I highly recommend it for any punster aficionado.

I am a person who is always in search of that new joke, that clever new quip, that new piece of witty wordplay. Coming across Mr. Brett's book of puns has proven a great addition to my informal comic repetoire, because he has included in his book some of the funniest (and, as are all good puns, most groan-inducing) puns I've ever seen. It's a hilarious book thanks to Mr. Brett's creative stories which he builds around his one-liner ending. "Don't Book a Judge" is well worth anyone's time and money, I think. In these days when wit seems to be fast vanishing from America, more works like those of Mr. Brett's are sorely needed.

I've read this book--three times. I practically laughed my soul out of my head. This is a collection of some incredible twists on words, plays on words, and "groaners." Anybody who loves to laugh, anyone who loves the English language, anyone who appreciates "cunning linguistics," will revel in these stories. The book is a collection of some forty-five or fifty stories, short, short stories each leading up to an incredible PUNchline. Some of the stories are old classics, but classics that have been more than simply dusted off and brought before the reader; they have been refined under the superb style of the author. These puns have been traveling the humor circuit for years, but Brett's inimitable style makes them sound new. Ohers are new, others are original. The reader is certain to meet some old favorites here as well make some new friends among the jokes and puns. Yes, the book is funny, but it is all puns--"punny"--and they don't just quit. Within this collection, you will meet the heavenly angel who "left his harp in Sam Clam's Disco," the English university students who, having accosted a group of ladies of the evening one day on campus, suggested they comprised a "jamb of tarts," or a "flourish of strumpets," or an "essay of Trollops," or an "anthology of prose." I won't go on--these lines are just a small sampling of what you can expect from Brett's hilarious collection. Truly, "Don't Book a Judge by his Cover: A Collection of the World's Most Outrageous Puns" is not to be judged by its cover; it must be judged by its intelligent, at times sophisticated, but always riotous contents.

I've read this book--three times. I practically laughed my soul out of my head. This is a collection of some incredible twists on words, plays on words, and "groaners." Anybody who loves to laugh, anyone who loves the English language, anyone who appreciates "cunning linguistics," will revel in these stories. The book is a collection of some forty-five or fifty stories, short, short stories each leading up to an incredible PUNchline. Some of the stories are old classics, but classics that have been more than simply dusted off and brought before the reader; they have been refined under the superb style of the author. These puns have been traveling the humor circuit for years, but Brett's inimitable style makes them sound new. Ohers are new, others are original. The reader is certain to meet some old favorites here as well make some new friends among the jokes and puns. Yes, the book is funny, but it is all puns--"punny"--and they don't just quit. Within this collection, you will meet the heavenly angel who "left his harp in Sam Clam's Disco," the English university students who, having accosted a group of ladies of the evening one day on campus, suggested they comprised a "jamb of tarts," or a "flourish of strumpets," or an "essay of Trollops," or an "anthology of prose." I won't go on--these lines are just a small sampling of what you can expect from Brett's hilarious collection. Truly, "Don't Book a Judge by his Cover: A Collection of the World's Most Outrageous Puns" is not to be judged by its cover; it must be judged by its intelligent, at times sophisticated, but always riotous contents.

Theodore A. Brett's book, "Don't Book a Judge by his Cover: A Collection of the World's Most Outrageous Puns," is a wonderfully hilarious romp through some of the funniest twists of words ever seen. Brett has an ear for language, and he has an ear for what people who love words, puns, and the language in general will like. There are some old chestnuts here that all punsmiths and punsters will recall and laugh at, but there are some original puns here that nobody's ever heard. The collection contains some 50 "pun-stories," stories that lead up to absoutely outrageous pun endings. In this collection you will read Brett's puns with appreciation for this own language, and as you read, occasionally you will anticpate an ending; more often you won't, but as he holds you in suspense, the reward at the end of each story is always worth the entertaining read. For example, here you'll meet the four Oxford students who meettheir don on campus. While they're talking, a group of prostitutes ambles by. The don asks the students who these women are. The students, anxious to impress the don, each answer in his own clever way. One says, "They are a jamb of tarts." Another offers, "They are a pride of loins." A third students susggests, "An essay of trollops." A fourth student, not to be outdone, claims the women are "A flourish of strumpets." The Oxford don, however, suggests that the women are nothing more than "An anthology of prose." I know; you're groaning, but that's good. AFter all, that's the "raison d'etre" of puns. You'll groan, howl, and chuckle at these stories. Get the book--it's a winner in every sense. Fewer books contain such PUNch.