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And Robert E. Howard, had some outrageously funny western parodies. See the Breckenridge Elkins stories here on MR as well.
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10-19-2013, 05:08 PM | #47 |
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The "Bindle" series by Hebert Jenkins.
You have to like British humour. Reminds me of some of the wives on "Last of the Summer Wine" |
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I've really enjoyed "The Tent Dwellers" by Albert Bigelow Paine. It's a humorous account of a canoe-camping, trout-fishing trip through Nova Scotia in 1908.
It's very interesting, and laugh out loud funny. The little illustrations are excellent as well. It's free on Amazon. I reread it occasionally, because it's also a wonderful tribute to a whole generation of men who have since passed on. |
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Bill Mauldin's _The Brass Ring_.
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Mark Leyner's Tetherballs of Bougainville. Just rediscovered his works recently, but as I remember them, his works probably haven't aged well.
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10-29-2013, 12:39 PM | #53 |
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I'm just going to answer the first question. The funniest thing I've ever read is still "Yes, But Can the Steam Engine Do This?" by Woody Allen. It's a short piece, originally published in The New Yorker, about the Earl of Sandwich's invention of the sandwich. When I read it in Reader's Digest as a teenager, I ran to the computer to type it up so I would have it forever. It was collected in Allen's book Getting Even.
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Bored of the Rings is somewhat dated. Does anyone younger than 35 remember Good Gulf?
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The funniest book I've read in years is The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson. A total spoof on history and prominent political figures from pre-WWII to present. It was a 'laugh-out-loud' book for me - probably because I've lived through most of it!
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Anything by Robert Rankin
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11-10-2013, 07:40 PM | #59 |
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I thought this was very funny:
The Evolution Man: Or, How I Ate My Father by Roy Lewis |
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