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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... morning you will fall in for parade . Number ten drill order . I don't have to warn you about your turnout . We have more imagination than the chaps at Rangalla and use it better ... 9 Every morning thereafter , Brady had us in his ...
... morning you will fall in for parade . Number ten drill order . I don't have to warn you about your turnout . We have more imagination than the chaps at Rangalla and use it better ... 9 Every morning thereafter , Brady had us in his ...
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... morning . I must explain that each morning , the white naval ensign is hoisted and a band of recruits make up the Colour Guard . Colours are hoisted at eight a.m. and struck at sunset . The Guard has to salute the ensign which a ...
... morning . I must explain that each morning , the white naval ensign is hoisted and a band of recruits make up the Colour Guard . Colours are hoisted at eight a.m. and struck at sunset . The Guard has to salute the ensign which a ...
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... morning ? ' I gasped and Ordinary Seaman Jayasinghe puffed and huffed and gritted that his arms were numb . The sad case of the boots was finally solved with the liberal application of turpentine and a great deal of cajoling to make the ...
... morning ? ' I gasped and Ordinary Seaman Jayasinghe puffed and huffed and gritted that his arms were numb . The sad case of the boots was finally solved with the liberal application of turpentine and a great deal of cajoling to make the ...
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