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Vintage humor from a master of the tongue-in-cheek comment. 42 delightful pieces display Sullivan's gentle touch in "The Passing of the Old Front Porch," "A Bachelor Looks at Breakfast," "An Innocent in Texas," "How to Change a Typewriter Ribbon" and scores of other amusing selections.
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Jew (jōō) – noun 1. An adherent of Judaism 2. A descendant of the Hebrew people
humor - (hyōō´mər) noun 1. The quality of being amusing or comic especially as expressed in literature or speech 2: the power to see or tell the amusing side of things
Jewmorous – (jōō´mər-əs) adjective 1. How I view myself (an opinion not always shared by others)
"Jewmorous: A Collection of Stories Which Prove I'm Full of SCHTICK!" is a coming-of-age...
43) Not Daffodils
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The first poem I remember writing was school work at the age of ten, about King Canute. The teacher, I think, felt like the King, unable to hold back the tide. The stanzas, like waves, kept coming. Later, English was my main subject in which I got a Degree. However, I chose to teach juniors rather than English at a higher level, perhaps fearing frustration? If anyone asked me the question they asked Mr. Chipping, I would have answered as he did Hundreds...
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From the wildly popular Instagram account, Disappointing Affirmations hilariously counters the culture of relentless toxic positivity with a realistic take on a disappointing world where failure is always an option, but that's okay.
Pairing lovely vacation photos taken by the author himself with sayings that are amusingly self-critical, encouraging, disillusioned, or all three at once, Tarnowski points to feelings commonly...
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In the Fall of 2013, at the urging of family and a few friends Cal Seybold wrote a small book of some of his youthful escapades in the Army during the 1960's. The booklet was published locally by him and given as Christmas gifts to family and a few friends. He called the booklet, "May You Live in Interesting Times: My 1960's", and it covered his time as a second lieutenant of Infantry during a tour in Korea and two tours with the Army Special Forces...
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Discover how you can guard a priceless painting in the Louvre, pilot a space shuttle back to Earth, and survive other ridiculous-yet-possible scenarios using the all-encompassing power of mathematical equations. Whether you paid much attention in math class or not, the inescapable truth is that real life is full of equations. You use differentiation when driving from point A to B and apply basic geometry when you're crossing the road between traffic,...
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Christmas is an ethical and political minefield. Luckily, this survival guide contains valuable advice on how to navigate the hazards of the holiday season.
Learn how to...* launch a scathing dinner table takedown on your woefully unwoke relatives* craft your own sustainable decorations that bring festive cheer without compromising the 2050 Paris Agreement* splurge on Black Friday without propping up the neoliberal capitalist agenda* build a body-positive...
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'What readers ask nowadays in a book is that it should improve, instruct, and elevate. This book wouldn't elevate a cow... All I can suggest is that, when you get tired of reading "the best hundred books", you may take this up for half an hour. It will be a change.'
A book of essays and observations by one of the finest humorists of all time, Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow has remained a classic since it was first, published in the late nineteenth...
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The ruling council of hell directs Truman Capote to fetch Dr. Harry T. Biffeldorf, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Political Science, at UC Berkeley. It's time to call in his IOU. "Now this is really elegant. See, hell isn't really so much a place as it is an institution to be preserved. Actually, we registered with the IRS as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation. We promote chaos theory." "Huh?" "Oh, come on! You're the only person in all of eternity who gets...
52) The Thesoddy
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JD Peterson introduces a lunatic epic poem parody of Homer's Odyssey that occurs on a distant planet called Orn. This tiny planet, hidden in a corner of our (or some other) galaxy, is a subject of modest debate among Earth's xenohistorians. Only a select few on Earth (individuals who prefer to remain anonymous) know much about this planet, and researchers have discovered a rich body of Ornian literature that seems to have had a significant influence...
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Congratulations, man! By picking up The Complete A**hole's Guide to Handling Chicks, you are just pages away from finally understanding:
- How a five-dollar date can get you laid
- How to stop being friends with girls and start getting them in the sack
- Where you'll have the best odds of finding a one-night stand, and how to get rid of the chick the next morning
- How to trick a woman into thinking you're classy, even if you have holes in your...
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Traditionally, women share their secrets with their hairdressers. But what about their manicurists, masseurs, chi gong teachers, and tattoo artists? In Damage Control, women wax poetic about the experts and gurus who help them love themselves, sharing stories of everything from friendships born in the make-up chair to the utter dismay of a truly horrible haircut. Minnie Driver finally meets a Frenchman who understands her hair . . . and tries to teach...
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All those aspiring ne'er-do-wells who cackled all the way to the cash register with the bestselling How to Be a Villain are ready to embrace the finer points of the evil life with The Villain's Guide to Better Living. Within lie the answers to such trying questions as: Home decor - Gothic? Apocalyptic? Ikea? Friends - Do I have any? Can I make them? Work - Should I be a mad scientist or a corporate bastard? Written by the author of How to Be a Villain,...
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There's something for everyone in this bumper First Edition of REVISTA. Whatever you're into - Ghosts, Private-Eyes with the Most, Interstellar Exiles, Fatally Conflicted A.I.'s, Transmigrated Testifiers, Tinkering Rock 'n' Roll Time-Travellers, Ex Detectives, Puzzling Disappearances, Deadly Vendetta's, Former Inmates- Telling-All or Paranormal Investigators, you'll find a Tale or Two among the Ten that's just right for you.
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Feeling blue? Indulge yourself with this fabulous line-up of some of the friskiest films of all time. Some of them real, some of them imagined, these titillating titles are accompanied by anatomically unimaginable illustrations. This book of sexy spoof movies will have you hooting with disbelief, wincing with wonder and guffawing at its audacity and just plain rudeness. From Lord of the G-Strings: The Twins Shower to The Sperminator, the delectably...
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Marchiena Davis writes in her book light-hearted entertaining short essays through a charmingly amusing narration that explores the humor of ordinary yet meaningful personal interactions and events with an appreciative eye for the viewpoint of other people and animals involved. This is a fun and quirky look at day-to-day events delivered with a smile and insight that readers will relate to.
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Un caballero pide el tocho más pesado (literalmente) que aflija las estanterías, otro necesita adquirir cincuenta y dos metros de lomos más o menos vistosos y un tercero quiere leer la edición débil de cierta obra. Una dama sospecha que las novelas de Dickens fueron escritas por su hermana Charlene, otra busca libros de color verde y una tercera pregunta por relatos donde Robin Hood no robe a los ricos. Demencias como éstas (e incluso más dementes)...
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Discover the mother lode of trivia with this quirky collection of crap! Trivia for the Toilet: Double Duty offers up more than 250 odd-but-true facts and strange happenings, including:
• The Green Bay Packers' season ticket waiting list is so long that if you joined today, it would take you 955 years to make it to the top.
• Polar bears' hair is not actually white; it's transparent.
• One in every five people has dropped...