Guest Nelson Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 I have just had tears pouring down my cheeks laughing at Bill Bryson's 'Down Under'... I thoroughly recommend it if you haven't read it yet and, if you have, do you agree??? Can anyone recommend any more topical books - serious, funny, fiction - I'm a bookworm and love to read about where I'm going. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest choobs Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 I have just had tears pouring down my cheeks laughing at Bill Bryson's 'Down Under'... I thoroughly recommend it if you haven't read it yet and, if you have, do you agree??? Can anyone recommend any more topical books - serious, funny, fiction - I'm a bookworm and love to read about where I'm going. Cheers! Yeah, it made me laugh too - daisydeeds still hasn't read it, though, despite my constant nagging. He does seem a little obsessive about the myriad things which can do you in over there though Choobs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gollywobbler Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 Hi Krista Bill Bryson's book is hilarious, I agree! Another one is "In the Land of Oz" by Howard Jacobsen/Jacobson. Just tell Google to find it because all the second-hand booksellers can supply it for peanuts. Jacobse/on had me Rolling in Mirth when I first read his book! He describes something like 350 people on a ship to Oz in 1788, accompanied by 7 or so Ladies & Gentlemen Of The Cloth. He remarks that this might seem a large number for the pastoral care of so few, but comments, "It was towards the aboriginal population that the sacerdotal fleet harboured its most rapaciously philanthropic desires." I just fell about, and that was only page two or so! The rest is just as amusing. Cheers Gill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nelson Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 Consider it purchased :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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