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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... Koelmeyer , ' the QM said , ' but if I know those buggers , they would have gone off by now . Anyway , you guys get going . It's past twelve . ' ' You go ahead , ' I told Hillocks as I watched the kettle . ' I'll bring a pot of tea ...
... Koelmeyer , ' the QM said , ' but if I know those buggers , they would have gone off by now . Anyway , you guys get going . It's past twelve . ' ' You go ahead , ' I told Hillocks as I watched the kettle . ' I'll bring a pot of tea ...
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... Koelmeyer had had a party . And , being congenial souls , invited Abey to it . At the subsequent inquiry it was grudgingly admitted that the two incorrigibles had gone to their duty with a bottle of hooch and a mug . In the armoury they ...
... Koelmeyer had had a party . And , being congenial souls , invited Abey to it . At the subsequent inquiry it was grudgingly admitted that the two incorrigibles had gone to their duty with a bottle of hooch and a mug . In the armoury they ...
Page 127
... Koelmeyer and Tucker : ' You buggers are happy ? You put Hillocks in the asylum . ' Koelmeyer closed one eye . He had reached the stage where he was seeing double . ' Bollocks ! ' he said . ' Not bollocks ! Hillocks ! ' ' So ? What's ...
... Koelmeyer and Tucker : ' You buggers are happy ? You put Hillocks in the asylum . ' Koelmeyer closed one eye . He had reached the stage where he was seeing double . ' Bollocks ! ' he said . ' Not bollocks ! Hillocks ! ' ' So ? What's ...
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