Crossing continents and centuries Stephen Arnott brings us invaluable information about all kinds of bizarre regional customs - from sexual practices to the received wisdom on cannibalism - that could save you from embarrassing local faux pas while travelling. Did you know that amongst the Tartars, relations of the bride and bridegroom would traditionally divide into two groups and fight each other until some had suffered bleeding wounds? It was thought that causing blood to flow in this way would ensure the couple had strong sons; or that in Hungary, a cure for infertility was to beat a barren woman with a stick? The stick having previously been used to separate mating dogs; or that amongst some Aboriginal tribes of New South Wales that men who had any contact with their mothers-in-law would suffer terrible hard luck? The threat was so great that married men even avoided looking in their mother-in-law's general direction.
A massive collection of laugh-out-loud jokes—arranged A-to-Z by subject! •Did you hear about the flasher who was thinking of retiring? He finally decided to stick it out for one more year! •A dog with three legs walks into a Wild West bar and says, “I’m looking for the man who shot my paw.” •Where do you get virgin wool from? An ugly sheep! •What did the blonde say when she looked into a box of Cheerios? “Oh look! Donut seeds!” •The police have reported the theft of a shipment of filing cabinets, document folders, and labeling machines—it’s believed to have been the work of organized crime. Keep yourself—and friends and family—laughing with a new joke every day. This book is packed full of thousands of jokes, alphabetically organized into hundreds of topics from accountants to zebras, providing one gigantic, over-the-top, laugh-out-loud collection.
Be the life of the party with this ridiculous and definitely-not-for-kids joke book. Includes knock-knock-jokes, one-liners, puns, and more hilarious jokes. Do you want to be the person who keeps friends, family, and coworkers laughing with a new joke every day? Packed full of thousands of jokes and alphabetically organized into hundreds of topics from accountants to zebras, this book offers you a massive collection of over-the-top jokes that will have everyone laughing out loud. Did you hear about the flasher who was thinking of retiring? He finally decided to stick it out for one more year! A dog with three legs walks into a Wild West bar and says, “I’m looking for the man who shot my paw.” The police have reported the theft of a shipment of filing cabinets, document folders and labeling machines—it’s believed to have been the work of organized crime
An enormous collection of over 3,000 side-splitting jokes for every occasion. Jokes range from quick-fire one-liners and observations to rambling yarns, and from the classic to the modern. This book contains quips for every occasion, from the best man’s speech to the sales conference, or just for swapping around the pub table, and it’s arranged by subject matter so it’s easy to find just the right joke. Unless you're a child, because this book is definitely for adults only! This hilarious book will appeal both to people who want to find a specific joke for a specific event, and to anyone who wants to settle down in an armchair and have a good old laugh. Jokes include: • What do you call a magic dog? A Labracadabrador. • What’s the best thing about Switzerland? I don’t know, but their flag is a huge plus. • What did the slug say to the snail? ‘Big Issue?’ Word count: 200,000 words
Crazy comedy is at its best in this collection of witty one-liners and rib-tickling punch lines. Many are original puns that’ll have readers laughing their socks off, along with absurd shaggy dog tales and comic quotes. If, as they say, laughter is the best medicine, the hysterically funny jokes in this book will ensure maximum health—no need to ever take a sick day again—unless, of course, your sides have split or you’ve ended up in stitches!
For those bad girls who find most joke books tame, thissalacious selection will tickle the funny bone. With theraunchiest, rudest jokes for women ever, this no-holdsbarredjoke book will have you in stitches at the outrageousone-liners, stories and punchlines served up for you and yourmates. Packed with provocative, filthy fun for uninhibitedgirls, subject areas run the gamut from romance, chat-ups,one-nighters and dirty talk to foreplay, penis size, orgasmsand between-the-sheets mishaps. We dare you not to blush.
Croydon Inside and Out" combines text and photographs so that it records a snapshot of Croydon in order to preserve places, events and people in time, in the context of the history, architecture, streetscape and natural environment of the suburb. The book therefore serves as a time capsule for future generations and strikes an even balance between writing and photographs which appear throughout most pages of the book. There are 13 chapters which provides a keen insight into Croydon Inside and Out as we know it now and how it used to be previous times.
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