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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... thought the last hurdle had been cleared . The Fair opened and everything went smoothly until George rushed in . ' Our flags are gone ! This is sabotage ! ' Back to the coffee machine . I found out that the Chinese had paid a little ...
... thought the last hurdle had been cleared . The Fair opened and everything went smoothly until George rushed in . ' Our flags are gone ! This is sabotage ! ' Back to the coffee machine . I found out that the Chinese had paid a little ...
Page 148
... thought it would ? It flaked off in bits and pieces and cobwebbed in hideous wrinkles and scrawls . Ordinary Telegraphist Yusuf threw up his arms and announced that he wished most earnestly to kill himself . ' Never mind that . You can ...
... thought it would ? It flaked off in bits and pieces and cobwebbed in hideous wrinkles and scrawls . Ordinary Telegraphist Yusuf threw up his arms and announced that he wished most earnestly to kill himself . ' Never mind that . You can ...
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... thought . Here were red - blooded boys who thought nothing of slinging mud balls at policemen and hooting their schoolmasters hoarse . Now , keen on the murder of the English language , they troop in , sit , ogle the girls who giggle ...
... thought . Here were red - blooded boys who thought nothing of slinging mud balls at policemen and hooting their schoolmasters hoarse . Now , keen on the murder of the English language , they troop in , sit , ogle the girls who giggle ...
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