An extensive cross-referenced anthology of quips and quotations, ideal for after dinner speakers and anyone in search of amusement. A second revised edition of this text, published previously in 1987.
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Fred Metcalf was born in Yorkshire and educated in Devon. He has written jokes for Morecambe and Wise and Kenny Everett. He is also the editor of THE PENGUIN DICTIONARY OF JOKES. He lives in Bruton, Somerset. Mike Scully is the Executive Producer of The Simpsons.
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This review is from: The Penguin Dictionary of Modern Humorous Quotations (Paperback)
"The trouble with my car is that it won't start and the payments won't stop""I care a lot about my wife's happiness. So much so that's I've hired a private detective to find out who's responsible for it." This book is an excellent collection of one-liners. Unlike many joke books, over 90% of its jokes are actually funny! There's a good indexing system as well. Though admittedly there's no entry for jokes on bicycles.
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This review is from: The Penguin Dictionary of Modern Humorous Quotations (Paperback)
This is the only book I keep in the toilet. I read it every time I have to sit down and each time I get such a buzz. This is such an amazing cornucopia of brilliant minds (being very, very witty). I rate it up there with any non-fiction reference book out there for reasonably well read people who need a chuckle EVERY time they open it up.
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The print is small and the paper is not of the best quality (this is a paperback edition) and the contents are very much like those of the Oxford Dictionalry of Humorous Quotations, indeed, quite often the same ones, but I enjoy reading it and it is not very heavy at all.
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