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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... dressing gown over his jammies and go to the landing to collect the Mirror , ' he said . And then he would say with some complacence , ' Don't any of you forget it . I'm the hot shot here and what I say goes . ' We decided otherwise ...
... dressing gown over his jammies and go to the landing to collect the Mirror , ' he said . And then he would say with some complacence , ' Don't any of you forget it . I'm the hot shot here and what I say goes . ' We decided otherwise ...
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... Dressing down . What sir is this dressing down ? ' ' Man , what you are talking ? When you put on your clothes you are dressing up , no ? ' Everybody nods . One chants , ' I am dressing UP to go DOWN to Colombo . ' Master beams . Very ...
... Dressing down . What sir is this dressing down ? ' ' Man , what you are talking ? When you put on your clothes you are dressing up , no ? ' Everybody nods . One chants , ' I am dressing UP to go DOWN to Colombo . ' Master beams . Very ...
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... dressing down . ' ' Aha ! Dressing gown must be . Anyone can give anyone else a dressing gown , no ? If you are reading papers how you can learn English ? Every week I coming teaching and teaching and you are going and reading papers ...
... dressing down . ' ' Aha ! Dressing gown must be . Anyone can give anyone else a dressing gown , no ? If you are reading papers how you can learn English ? Every week I coming teaching and teaching and you are going and reading papers ...
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