'This wonderful, splendid, terrific, fabulous, uh, thick, tightly bound book contains every humorous word ever said by man' Mike Scully, Executive Producer, The Simpsons\ What's the funniest thing you've ever heard? Who said it? Was it Oscar Wilde, P.G. Wodehouse (The Right Hon. was a tubby little chap who looked as if he had been poured into his clothes and had forgotten to say 'When!'), Groucho Marx (A hospital bed is a parked taxi with the meter running), Homer Simpson (To alcohol! The...
Some 5,500 quotations that freelance writer Metcalf found amusing are listed under categories ranging from trade unions, Democrats and Republicans, and big business to orgies, breakfast, and publishing. Where attributable, the source and the author of the quote are provided. Quotations are also cross-indexed by author. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR Booknews Some 5,500 quotations that freelance writer Metcalf found amusing are listed under categories ranging from trade unions, Democrats and Republicans, and big business to orgies, breakfast, and publishing. Where attributable, the source and the author of the quote are provided. Quotations are also cross-indexed by author. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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\ BooknewsSome 5,500 quotations that freelance writer Metcalf found amusing are listed under categories ranging from trade unions, Democrats and Republicans, and big business to orgies, breakfast, and publishing. Where attributable, the source and the author of the quote are provided. Quotations are also cross-indexed by author. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \