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Sun Jan-01-06 01:07 PM
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| 69. Agreed, Loved "Life Among the SAvages" and "Raising Demons" |
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The first adult literature I remember reading was "Life Among the Savages", in fact.
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| -what book was the funniest work of literature in your opinion? |
Gato Moteado |
Dec-31-05 11:23 PM |
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Roughing It--Mark Twain n/t |
SujiwanKenobee |
Dec-31-05 11:25 PM |
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That was good. When your 72 and you've read your whole |
0007 |
Dec-31-05 11:44 PM |
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"A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole |
Vickers |
Dec-31-05 11:25 PM |
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I second that! n-t |
Nutmegger |
Dec-31-05 11:33 PM |
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I agree, If you know New Orleans this is the best |
choicevoice |
Dec-31-05 11:48 PM |
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Word |
XemaSab |
Jan-01-06 01:37 AM |
#24 |
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Absolutely |
new_beawr |
Jan-01-06 11:13 AM |
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I loved that book. I first heard about it here ad DU , too.. |
jonnyblitz |
Jan-01-06 01:01 PM |
#66 |
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self-delete, dupe |
jonnyblitz |
Jan-01-06 01:01 PM |
#67 |
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. n/t |
livvy |
Dec-31-05 11:31 PM |
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yeah, that one ranks up there for sure with me |
Gato Moteado |
Dec-31-05 11:32 PM |
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You're gonna make me cry |
bammertheblue |
Dec-31-05 11:56 PM |
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"My Life and Hard Times," by James Thurber. |
JaneGat |
Dec-31-05 11:44 PM |
#7 |
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Me Talk Pretty One Day -- David Sedaris. |
1932 |
Dec-31-05 11:47 PM |
#8 |
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oh, hurrah |
oldlady |
Dec-31-05 11:57 PM |
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I have honestly never laughed harder at a book than I have laughed at |
1932 |
Jan-01-06 11:34 AM |
#55 |
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Anything by Sedaris! n/t |
hippywife |
Jan-01-06 07:09 PM |
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Of the books I've read: The Short Reign of Pipin IV by John Steinbeck and |
vlas |
Dec-31-05 11:50 PM |
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I have a couple to suggest |
baby_bear |
Dec-31-05 11:50 PM |
#11 |
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_Catch 22_ is my dad's favorite book |
bertha katzenengel |
Jan-01-06 10:58 AM |
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Catch 22 is just plain funny |
chaumont58 |
Jan-01-06 05:38 PM |
#77 |
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Hitchhiker's Guide |
kevsand |
Dec-31-05 11:52 PM |
#12 |
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Amen on both your choices. |
Crunchy Frog |
Jan-01-06 01:50 AM |
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yes both those books |
sweetheart |
Jan-01-06 04:24 AM |
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I never got around to seeing the film. Was it really that bad? n/t |
Crunchy Frog |
Jan-01-06 05:34 PM |
#76 |
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A pale reflection of the book. |
applegrove |
Jan-01-06 08:53 PM |
#81 |
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I'm not a laugh out loud reader-- |
oldlady |
Dec-31-05 11:53 PM |
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'The Pickwick Papers' by Charles Dickens. |
bowens43 |
Dec-31-05 11:54 PM |
#14 |
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Yes! My vote is for Pickwick. |
mwb970 |
Jan-01-06 05:37 AM |
#39 |
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Coyote Blue, Christopher Moore |
okasha |
Dec-31-05 11:55 PM |
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I just read Lamb, and it was pretty damn funny. - n/t |
porphyrian |
Jan-01-06 04:19 AM |
#33 |
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Hooray , another Moore Fan. |
peacefreak |
Jan-01-06 07:28 AM |
#42 |
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impssible vacation...spaulding grey |
babydollhead |
Dec-31-05 11:57 PM |
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"Breakfast of Champions" by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. |
MnFats |
Dec-31-05 11:57 PM |
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Sut Lovingood - George Washington Harris.... |
cdsilv |
Jan-01-06 01:20 AM |
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The gang that couldn't shoot straight... |
givemebackmycountry |
Jan-01-06 01:22 AM |
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Nora Ephron's "Crazy Salad " or Saul Bellow's "Humbolt's Gift" |
barb162 |
Jan-01-06 01:27 AM |
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Tom Jones |
rucky |
Jan-01-06 01:34 AM |
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Hmm... |
Sgent |
Jan-01-06 01:50 AM |
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Carl Hiaasen's Stormy Weather |
BrotherBuzz |
Jan-01-06 02:16 AM |
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Anything Carl Hiaasen writes is hilarious. |
RebelOne |
Jan-01-06 06:05 AM |
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Hiaasen's columns can be zingers.... |
BrotherBuzz |
Jan-01-06 09:11 PM |
#84 |
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Forrest Gump (not like the movie at all) |
ccbombs |
Jan-01-06 02:27 AM |
#28 |
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Naked Lunch by William Burroughs n/t |
TheBaldyMan |
Jan-01-06 02:27 AM |
#29 |
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The Gang that Couldn't Shoot Straight - Jimmy Brezlin |
BigMcLargehuge |
Jan-01-06 04:03 AM |
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Garrison Keillor |
sandnsea |
Jan-01-06 04:09 AM |
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I was once riding on a NJ Transit bus reading Keillor |
MrBenchley |
Jan-01-06 10:54 AM |
#48 |
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Candide by Voltaire. |
bliss_eternal |
Jan-01-06 04:18 AM |
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"Good-Bye To All Cats" by p.g. wodehouse n/t |
AtomicKitten |
Jan-01-06 04:20 AM |
#34 |
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Anything by Carl Hiassen or Terry Pratchett |
Hekate |
Jan-01-06 04:20 AM |
#35 |
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"Gun, With Occasional Music." (Jonathan Lethem) |
BlueIris |
Jan-01-06 04:37 AM |
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"Lies and the Lying Liars..." by Al Franken. |
Starbucks Anarchist |
Jan-01-06 04:57 AM |
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That one made me bust a gut in the middle of school. |
MiniMandaRuth |
Jan-01-06 12:59 PM |
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stack terry pratchett's works all together, then pick one. |
NuttyFluffers |
Jan-01-06 06:05 AM |
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"Candy" by Terry Southern |
nathan hale |
Jan-01-06 07:29 AM |
#43 |
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The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman |
MrBenchley |
Jan-01-06 08:06 AM |
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"Practical Jokes With Artemus Ward" |
USA_1 |
Jan-01-06 08:22 AM |
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Tristram Shandy - Laurence Sterne |
khashka |
Jan-01-06 10:46 AM |
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I love the omitted chapter.... |
MrBenchley |
Jan-01-06 10:50 AM |
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He's brilliant! |
khashka |
Jan-01-06 11:10 AM |
#52 |
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A lot of British humor goes right back to that |
MrBenchley |
Jan-01-06 01:15 PM |
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"Skepticism, Inc" by Bo Fowler |
Monkey see Monkey Do |
Jan-01-06 10:58 AM |
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Do memoirs count? One I've just finished, and one I've read each |
bertha katzenengel |
Jan-01-06 11:00 AM |
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"Diary of a Nobody" by George and Weedon Grossmith is pretty good. |
swag |
Jan-01-06 11:19 AM |
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Still Life with Woodpecker by Tom Robbins |
RetroLounge |
Jan-01-06 11:36 AM |
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One of my favorite books and authors |
lizziegrace |
Jan-01-06 12:24 PM |
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yes, great book but i don't remember it being side splittingly funny.... |
Gato Moteado |
Jan-01-06 05:31 PM |
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Anything by James Herriot |
TallahasseeGrannie |
Jan-01-06 11:45 AM |
#57 |
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Don Quixote |
Maestro |
Jan-01-06 11:54 AM |
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Shirley Jackson 'Life among the Savages'. |
Midlodemocrat |
Jan-01-06 12:18 PM |
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Oh, you nailed it. |
swag |
Jan-01-06 12:38 PM |
#63 |
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Agreed, Loved "Life Among the SAvages" and "Raising Demons" |
yellowdogintexas |
Jan-01-06 01:07 PM |
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Honest to God, there are still passages that make me |
Midlodemocrat |
Jan-01-06 03:50 PM |
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Loved Life Among The Savages! |
hippywife |
Jan-01-06 07:13 PM |
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Without Feathers by woody allen |
GoPsUx |
Jan-01-06 12:21 PM |
#60 |
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My favorites |
pokerfan |
Jan-01-06 12:26 PM |
#62 |
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Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. |
notmyprez |
Jan-01-06 12:50 PM |
#64 |
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"The Joyous Season" by Patrick Dennis, author of "Auntie Mame" |
yellowdogintexas |
Jan-01-06 01:06 PM |
#68 |
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The Sot-Weed Factor |
rug |
Jan-01-06 01:39 PM |
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"Anna Karenina" |
whoisalhedges |
Jan-01-06 01:44 PM |
#72 |
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Pure Drivel, by Steve Martin. |
CanuckAmok |
Jan-01-06 01:49 PM |
#73 |
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A Short History of a Small Place |
Redneck Socialist |
Jan-01-06 08:50 PM |
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see my post above. I love T R Pearson. nt |
yellowdogintexas |
Jan-02-06 08:50 PM |
#87 |
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Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal |
graywarrior |
Jan-01-06 08:55 PM |
#82 |
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The Milagro Beanfield War |
leftofthedial |
Jan-01-06 08:55 PM |
#83 |
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Several in the tied for first... |
usedtobesick |
Jan-01-06 09:17 PM |
#85 |
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The Good Soldier Sweik |
Ellen Forradalom |
Jan-01-06 09:22 PM |
#86 |
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