Work Hard and You Shall Be Rewarded: Urban Folklore from the Paperwork Empire [Paperback]

Alan Dundes (Author), Carl R. Pagter (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 223 pages
• Publisher: Wayne State Univ Pr (T) (October 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0814324320
• ISBN-13: 978-0814324325
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #473,984 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars An American Treasure of humor, June 13, 1999

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This review is from: Work Hard and You Shall Be Rewarded: Urban Folklore from the Paperwork Empire (Paperback)

This book is a MUST HAVE for the office worker who enjoys handing out XEROX copies of great humor. Not only is this book extremely funny, it has captured an "almost lost history" of American folklore. Nowhere else can you get the ultimate source of good humor, that has detailed explainations of what and how each joke (or story) have come to being. Good information to educate the younger generation who don't quite understand the true humor of the past. Get a copy of this genuine relic of great writings of people like you and me. A modest collection of pamphlets, cartoons, stories, limmericks, "Top Ten", racial, religious, nationality, poems. etc... some of which you may have seen passed around the office at one time or another. Probably the best "bathroom book" you'll ever get your hands on.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars White-collar frustration gets white-hot, October 7, 1997

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This review is from: Work Hard and You Shall Be Rewarded: Urban Folklore from the Paperwork Empire (Paperback)

White-collar frustration gets white-hot in this hilarious look into the minds of America's hardest working jokers. Water-cooler not included.

5.0 out of 5 stars For all the office workers of the world. A MUST HAVE !!, August 4, 1999

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This review is from: Work Hard and You Shall Be Rewarded: Urban Folklore from the Paperwork Empire (Paperback)

Gotta have it. If you are at all interested in the origins of all the photocopier art passsed around from desk to desk and generation to generation...