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

by Alan Dundes (Author), Carl R. Pagter (Author)
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  • Paperback: 223 pages
  • Publisher: Wayne State University Press (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.com Sales Rank: #1,405,264 in Books (See Bestsellers 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 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.
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5.0 out of 5 stars White-collar frustration gets white-hot, October 7, 1997
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White-collar frustration gets white-hot in this hilarious look into the minds of America's hardest working jokers. Water-cooler not included.
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5.0 out of 5 stars For all the office workers of the world. A MUST HAVE !!, August 4, 1999
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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...
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