A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the CemeteryNineteen side-splitting stories from sri lanka to begin this chronicle of the funny things that have happened to him, muller goes back to his days as a recruit in the royal ceylon navy when the queen of england came a-visiting: the saucy sailors decide to tip her a wink! the second story takes us back to mullers childhood in anuradhapura where two visiting rat snakes turn out to be a railway linesmans grandparents there are further hilarious adventures in the navy, encounters with more snakes of different sizes and lineage, graphic descriptions of jam-making factories, and hazardous days in the gulf effortlessly, muller creates caricatures that leave you helpless with laughter as they highlight the follies and foibles of the human race. |
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... railway efficiency experts , that the incurring of overtime was never an exception . Any and every day's work merited overtime and thus , extra wages . Trains have to be on time . . . the driver's time . Nothing could be simpler . Hence ...
... railway efficiency experts , that the incurring of overtime was never an exception . Any and every day's work merited overtime and thus , extra wages . Trains have to be on time . . . the driver's time . Nothing could be simpler . Hence ...
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... railway yard where he conscripted a couple of coolies . By evening the olive tree was no more . The sun would blaze fiercely on the balcony but that did not matter . Mother grumbled at the mess in the garden . " Those old buggers ...
... railway yard where he conscripted a couple of coolies . By evening the olive tree was no more . The sun would blaze fiercely on the balcony but that did not matter . Mother grumbled at the mess in the garden . " Those old buggers ...
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... railway station for the return express to Kandy . And there was Bow Legs in merry conversation with a gaggle of Railway Security Guards . He , too , boards the train home . He sits , and sinks his hand into a plastic 177 Guide Me , I'm ...
... railway station for the return express to Kandy . And there was Bow Legs in merry conversation with a gaggle of Railway Security Guards . He , too , boards the train home . He sits , and sinks his hand into a plastic 177 Guide Me , I'm ...
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