Humour Books

Advantages: An in depth, informative, and most of all hilarious guide to England
Disadvantages: Can cause offence, though none is intended

...during the war, he learned how to adapt, and slowly became British. I should point out that Hungarian humour is a little different from English humour; it's rather like "Gallows humour". It takes a little getting used to, but it's great once you do! If you do read the book(s) you will see what I mean, and I'm going to include some examples from the books in this review as a taster! All excerpts are taken from "How to be a Brit" (André Deutsch 1984) ...
...on Some Publishers The Language How Not to be Clever How to be Rude How to Compromise How to be a Hypocrite About Simple Joys The National Passion Three Small Points II.How to be a Particular Alien A Bloomsbury Intellectual Mayfair Playboy How to be a Film Producer Driving Cars Three Games for Bus Drivers How to Plan a Town Civil Servant Journalism If Naturalized ---The discussion - stop skimming now--- Ok that's the first of ... Read review

Advantages: Fantasically useless!
Disadvantages: Uselessly useless!

++++++++++++++++++++++++ WHAT THE BOOK IS ABOUT ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Basically, its a gigantic bullet-pointed list of the most useless facts you will ever encounter. However, saying this, i did actually find myself learning a few of them to bring up in future conversations (yes, i'm sad). If you have a random, silly, or mad sense of humour, (or just an inquisitve nature), this may well be the book for you. I personally fall into the category ...
...is 'Barbara Millicent Roberts' The Garfish has green bones Bats always turn left when exiting a cave Robin Williams was voted in high school the least likely to succeed. The sections of the book are: - Famous people - Household trivia - Statistics - That's entertainment - World of Animals - Food and drink - World of business - The literary world - Places - Religion - World of science - Sport - History . . . and - Odds and ends So ... Read review

Advantages: Profound, deep, agile.
Disadvantages: It's written in Geordiespeak.

...got a heart of gold. The other is short, tricky and a bit of a slime. Both are broke, both live for their footy team, i.e. Newcastle United. Write it in Geordiespeak. Amplify the poverty of the North to shock the genteel Southern literary agent, thus convincing him you're the Northern Roddy Doyle and thus making its rejection political. Cynical, but true...the author has won prizes for his short stories, which no doubt accounts for the poor links ... Read review

Advantages: Hilarious
Disadvantages: Your Cheeks may ache from laughing too much

...hostel in Alice Springs. My friend had gone on a day trip to Ayres Rock, so I was left to entertain myself. At first I presumed it was an autobiography, it didn't look particularly grabbing and I had never seen or heard of it before. However, it was worth a read to see if it could conquer my boredom. I spent the whole day reading the book, and unaware as my friend returned I was practically giggling my pants off and she was intrigued to know what ...
...I loaned the book to my friend the following day and she read it in a day also (prior to that I think she had only read 2 books in her life). This is an incredibly easy book to read, and one I have now read a couple of times for light relief when I'm feeling stressed. Its the kind of book you can pick up and start at any chapter, its all nonsense and after all theres no order to nonsense. An idea of some of the chapters are included below Thanks ... Read review

Advantages: Hilarious
Disadvantages: Not for the easily offended

I've been a fan of Viz for a few years now and have had great experiences with the magazines, not so great with the videos. I got the book for Christmas and the first thing i noticed was how thick it was. It has 348 pages full of alternative swear words(That's 8000 rude words and phrases!), and is twice as big as the last version. Some silly and some not for the faint hearted. I find a few hilarious and a few just a bit dumb. Overall however it ...
...use that many of them for the fact that A) Most people wouldn't understand them without definitions and B) I simply can't remember them. Some of them you wouldn't want to use such as "Brown Betty", which i would explain but i think Ciao might ban me! You can't sit and read this book cover to cover but it's great for a few spare minutes or some entertainment with friends. The best thing about reading it with mates is that only you and them know what ... Read review