A performance of seven humorous stories, followed by questions from the audience.
Humour
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Author:Sedaris, DavidSummary: - Author:Wong, AliSummary:
In her hit Netflix comedy special Baby Cobra, an eight-month pregnant Ali Wong resonated so strongly that she even became a popular Halloween costume. Wong told the world her remarkably unfiltered thoughts on marriage, sex, Asian...
- Author:Nadeau, MauriceSummary:
Après une première expérience, Maurice Nadeau récidive en vous offrant un deuxième tome à son Dictionnaire humoristique d’un libre penseur. À chaque jour, lorsqu’il lit ou parle avec les gens, il note des expressions qui lui donnent des...
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In Discworld, unlike our own frustrating Roundworld, everything makes sense. The world is held up by elephants standing on the back of a swimming turtle who knows where he's going, the sun goes round the world every day, so it...
- Author:Carter, David E.Summary:
When considering their canine friends, what do dog owners really need to know? Important stuff, according to Buster, like how dogs would run the world if they were in charge (fleas would taste like hamburger, only dogs would be allowed...
- Author:Veitch, JamesSummary:
The Nigerian prince eager to fork over his inheritance, the family friend stranded unexpectedly in Norway, the lonely Russian beauty looking for love--they spam our inboxes with their hapless pleas for help, money, and our social...
- Author:Sedaris, DavidSummary:
David Sedaris plays in the snow with his sisters. He goes on vacation with his family. He gets a job selling drinks. He attends his brother's wedding. He mops his sister's floor. He gives directions to a lost traveler. He eats a...
- Author:McCune, FaithSummary:
Duffy’s World is part memoir, part dog owner’s manual, narrated primarily from a dog’s point of view. As Duffy’s owner chimes in with her own perspective, readers will recognize their own joys and challenges that mark the territory of...
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Where do we come from? Who created us? Why are we here? These questions have puzzled us since the dawn of time, but when it became apparent to Jon Stewart and the writers of The Daily Show that the world was about to end, they embarked...
- Author:Bombeck, ErmaSummary:
Even after her death, Erma Bombeck remains one of America's best-loved writers of all time. Eat Less Cottage and More Ice Cream is based on one of her most requested columns. In 1979, someone asked humorist Erma Bombeck, "If you had...
- Author:Strauss, NeilSummary:
This book traces Neil's white-knuckled journey through today's heart of darkness, as he sets out to move his life offshore, test his skills in the wild, and remake himself as a gun-toting, plane-flying, government-defying...
- Author:Alderton, DollySummary:
A spot-on, wildly funny and sometimes heart-breaking book about growing up, growing older and navigating all kinds of love along the way. When it comes to the trials and triumphs of becoming a grown up, journalist and former Sunday...
- Author:Mansbach, AdamSummary:
Witty and truthful, this loving monologue outlines the fact that two is a million more kids than one - and as you probably know by now, you shouldn't read it to a child.
- Author:Figueiredo, Dan deSummary:
A madcap guide to hiding out in Canada and passing oneself off as a local; the how-to book on quirky Canadian ways.
- Author:De Figueiredo, DanSummary:
Dan de Figueiredo is a humour columnist, journalist and television writer. His love of words and ideas began when he received a copy of Robinson Crusoe at the age of seven, and he has never looked back. After earning a BA in Political...
- Author:Adams, Robert J.Summary:
Stories from the author's adventures as a Fish and Wildlife Officer on the Alberta prairies.
- Author:Campbell, JonahSummary:
What hidden evasions and exclusions lie behind the subtle perfection of the BLT? What is the etymology of the croissant? Why did we drink all that Bud Lite Lime? What did you do to my face? This collection of writing by Jonah Campbell-...
- Author:Havrilesky, HeatherSummary:
"Full of razor-sharp, big-hearted wisdom ... Couples should read this book aloud to each other instead of writing vows. People who never want to get married should read this book anyway."--Leslie Jamison. An illuminating,...
- Author:Fry, StephenSummary:
Stephen Fry hosts four programmes on the joys of the English language - as heard on BBC Radio 4. Current Puns Why does our language groan with the weight of puns? What exactly is a pun? And who, or what, is the Thief of Bad Gags?...
- Author:Fry, StephenSummary:
A second BBC Radio 4 series of Stephen Fry's witty and incisive programmes looking at the oddities of the English language. Includes four 30-minute Radio 4 programmes presented by Stephen Fry indulging his delight in the English...
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