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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... give to him one hundred rupees ! ' ' Tonight ? Why ? ' ' Why ? I want , that's why . Look at him . Magnificent ! You tell him to come . Stay for one hour , no , two hours . This is a wonderful country ... men like this ! ' ' What the ...
... give to him one hundred rupees ! ' ' Tonight ? Why ? ' ' Why ? I want , that's why . Look at him . Magnificent ! You tell him to come . Stay for one hour , no , two hours . This is a wonderful country ... men like this ! ' ' What the ...
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... give us passport . ' I was nonplussed . ' My passport ? ' ' Yes , you give us your passport . Take the lorries and go home . Everything OK , no ? You come back to the Long Room tomorrow . ' Giving up my passport I boarded the lead lorry ...
... give us passport . ' I was nonplussed . ' My passport ? ' ' Yes , you give us your passport . Take the lorries and go home . Everything OK , no ? You come back to the Long Room tomorrow . ' Giving up my passport I boarded the lead lorry ...
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... give me the headline I want . ' After nineteen years in one newspaper or another in Sri Lanka I had never come up with such an idiotic procedure . One cannot exercise ingenuity or imagination . ' Look , I've got a peach of a headline ...
... give me the headline I want . ' After nineteen years in one newspaper or another in Sri Lanka I had never come up with such an idiotic procedure . One cannot exercise ingenuity or imagination . ' Look , I've got a peach of a headline ...
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