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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... Anyway , without Claud , I see no reason to go on either . I have also quit . I have told Abu to be as fair as possible with you . He will pay your wages for this month and there should be another month's pay added 92 A Funny Thing ...
... Anyway , without Claud , I see no reason to go on either . I have also quit . I have told Abu to be as fair as possible with you . He will pay your wages for this month and there should be another month's pay added 92 A Funny Thing ...
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... anyway . ' Yes , money counts for everything . To be without money in the Middle East is to be of a status lower than a jackal . Money must be made by hook or by crook . Richard Crompton was , at the time , Sales Manager of a rent - a ...
... anyway . ' Yes , money counts for everything . To be without money in the Middle East is to be of a status lower than a jackal . Money must be made by hook or by crook . Richard Crompton was , at the time , Sales Manager of a rent - a ...
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... anyway . ' ' So I'll go to Bahrain or Kuwait or someplace . ' That night I telephoned the Dubai representative of the Gulf Weekly Mirror , a weekend tabloid that comes out of Bahrain . ' Do you need a sub - editor ? ' I asked him . The ...
... anyway . ' ' So I'll go to Bahrain or Kuwait or someplace . ' That night I telephoned the Dubai representative of the Gulf Weekly Mirror , a weekend tabloid that comes out of Bahrain . ' Do you need a sub - editor ? ' I asked him . The ...
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