Catch 22 and Huckleberry Finn are the two funniest books I've ever read.
Catch 22 and Huckleberry Finn are the two funniest books I've ever read.
"So-Crates: The only true wisdom consists in knowing that you know nothing." "That's us, dude!"- Bill and Ted
"This ain't over."- Charles Bronson
Feed the Hungry!
I like his acid humour. It fits not only the zoological section. And the theme of species extinction is very up to date. I was surprised that the book was published in 1941.
Some quotes by Will Cuppy:
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Will_Cuppy
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"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
Thanks, m.t.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch-22
Seems to be a great and complex war novel.
"The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on. And don't you forget that, because the longer you remember it, the longer you might live" That´s so up to date!
There is a Brazilian saying that summes up for me the meaning of Catch 22-"If you run the beast will catch you, if you don´t the beast will eat you"
As for Huckleberry Finn it's one of my favorites too!
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"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
I see there's already a twenty-five pager on this subject:
http://www.online-literature.com/for...Book-Ever-Read
Thanks for posting the link, North Star.
Being new at the forum I didn´t know about it or I would simply have posted on it.
Anyway the new thread makes a nice sequel to it.
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
Holy Cow! I LOVE McManus. I remember my dad reading his stories to me as a kid. I have every book of his that he ever published. They are the funniest thing. I'm shocked and enthused that someone else shares the same affection for his work.
brother C
“Oh crap”
-- Hellboy
That's fine Comedian.
Here are some links on Mc Manus for those who want some more information about him:
http://www.sandpointonline.com/sandp...ckMcManus.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_F._McManus
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
I'm really surprised that no one has mentioned Don Quixote by Cervantes.
Heartburn by Nora Ephron. The novel is about how a woman copes when her husband has an affair and leaves her. It is witty and self deprecating with some wonderful New York one-liners.
It´s one of my favorites. Also Cervantes shorter stories contain funny elements.
About Cervantes and his Exemplary Stories:
http://www.ems.kcl.ac.uk/content/pub/b031.html
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"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
Some information about this autobiographycal novel:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartburn_%28novel%29
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
I picked up three books by Erma Bombeck at a library book sale and started reading "The Grass is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank". It was written in the 70's and is still entertaining.
My blog: https://frankhubeny.blog/
Some links about Erma Brombeck:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erma_Bombeck
There is a film to "The Grass is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank". The film seems to be entertaining indeed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5niTqttuqjs
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"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye contains a lot of humor. Some of it appeals to me; some doesn't.
I came across Our Admirable Betty by Jeffery Farnol quite by accident. The characters are quaint, but funny, and the main character, Betty, is very engaging.
Shakespeare has a lot of good comedic moments; I think the funniest of the comedies is The Taming of the Shrew; the movie starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton is EXCELLENT.
But the funniest book I have ever read is Dickens' Pickwick Papers. It starts off kinda slow (you could even skip the first chapter altogether and not miss a thing), but it gets better as it goes along. The last half had me laughing out loud several times. There are many memorable scenes, but my favorite is in Chapter 33 when Sam Weller requests his father's advice and comments on a valentine that he has just written
'"Lovely creetur,"' repeated Sam.
''Tain't in poetry, is it?' interposed his father.
'No, no,' replied Sam.
'Wery glad to hear it,' said Mr. Weller. 'Poetry's unnat'ral; no
man ever talked poetry 'cept a beadle on boxin'-day, or Warren's
blackin', or Rowland's oil, or some of them low fellows; never
you let yourself down to talk poetry, my boy. Begin agin, Sammy.'
Mr. Weller resumed his pipe with critical solemnity, and Sam
once more commenced, and read as follows:
'"Lovely creetur I feel myself a damned--"'
'That ain't proper,' said Mr. Weller, taking his pipe from his mouth.
'No; it ain't "damned,"' observed Sam, holding the letter up
to the light, 'it's "shamed," there's a blot there--"I feel myself
ashamed."'
'Wery good,' said Mr. Weller. 'Go on.'
'"Feel myself ashamed, and completely cir--' I forget what
this here word is,' said Sam, scratching his head with the pen,
in vain attempts to remember.
'Why don't you look at it, then?' inquired Mr. Weller.
'So I am a-lookin' at it,' replied Sam, 'but there's another blot.
Here's a "c," and a "i," and a "d."'
'Circumwented, p'raps,' suggested Mr. Weller.
'No, it ain't that,' said Sam, '"circumscribed"; that's it.'
'That ain't as good a word as "circumwented," Sammy,' said
Mr. Weller gravely.
'Think not?' said Sam.
'Nothin' like it,' replied his father.
'But don't you think it means more?' inquired Sam.
'Vell p'raps it's a more tenderer word,' said Mr. Weller, after
a few moments' reflection. 'Go on, Sammy.'
...and it just keeps going.
A just conception of life is too large a thing to grasp during the short interval of passing through it.
Thomas Hardy