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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Page 88
... Claud's filing cabinet was a stack of glossy photographs which had been specially flown in from London for the newspaper . They were ' Page Three Girls ' . Abu had really spun his wheels when he saw a page proof with Betty Bloxham of ...
... Claud's filing cabinet was a stack of glossy photographs which had been specially flown in from London for the newspaper . They were ' Page Three Girls ' . Abu had really spun his wheels when he saw a page proof with Betty Bloxham of ...
Page 91
... Claud made the cardinal mistake of thinking that no newspaper in Dubai could run without his expertise . He was ... Claud had made no indication that there would be a Gulf News . Abu was getting worried . Claud had his own escape route ...
... Claud made the cardinal mistake of thinking that no newspaper in Dubai could run without his expertise . He was ... Claud had made no indication that there would be a Gulf News . Abu was getting worried . Claud had his own escape route ...
Page 92
... Claud . ' You're fired ! ' Just like that . We had no idea of the high drama that was going on behind the curtains of Abu's office . Claud came into the newsroom looking like a Sunday picnicker on the Thames who had been hit , bows on ...
... Claud . ' You're fired ! ' Just like that . We had no idea of the high drama that was going on behind the curtains of Abu's office . Claud came into the newsroom looking like a Sunday picnicker on the Thames who had been hit , bows on ...
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