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Coots, codgers and curmudgeons : things were more like they used to be then than they are now

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    1999
    Summary:

    Crude, rude, and pathetic are the adjectives that best describe these
    reminiscences from the 1940s and 1950s. The authors recall a string of
    trivial, and usually unpleasant, incidents from their disaster-prone
    childhoods and prank-filled teen years on the Canadian prairies. Most of
    the memories involve getting drunk, falling down, urinating, and
    farting. To give full credit for creativity, it should be noted that
    some of the farting was done into milk bottles.

    For those who seek more sophisticated entertainment, there’s an
    account of a teenage girl getting stuck to the wet paint on a toilet
    seat, and the recurring favorite about the day “the boys” dug a pit
    in the path to the outhouse, filled it with water, and disguised it with
    a thin layer of earth.

    I cannot imagine any justification for publishing this puerile drivel.

    Original Publisher: Victoria, BC, Salal Press
    Language(s): English
    Collection(s)/Series: Public Library InterLINK 2018