Kategoria BISAC: Humor >> Form - Essays

FROM THE BOOK
A true story as told by one of my friends about a conversation with her child.
Child: Mom, how do cows get bread?
Mother: Bread? Honey, I don't think cows use bread.
Child: Well, grandpa said that the cows were going to get bread soon.
Mother: Hmm ... I think you need to have grandpa to explain that one to you
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I am having cod for dinner. Having cod for dinner with Fuzzbutt in the house is a challenge. He sits there and gives me the guilt look. You know the one. It is the same look a woman gives a man when she feels that he has...

Even jobs of the utmost seriousness lend themselves to a little fun from time to time. Fun on the Job explores one such industry-America's burgeoning aerospace trade-to give us an entirely new perspective on what really went on when some of the largest advancements in aviation and defense technology were developed.

This book is a collection of hilarious and entirely true essays from people who have worked at General Dynamics, one of the leading producers of planes, aircraft, weapons, and other technologies that played a pivotal role in America's military success...

Peter Wick's blog "Simple Displeasures" has become a destination for thousands of readers since it debuted in 2012. In this potpourri of a collection, Wick brings together selections from the blog, plus lots of extra goodies; humor, satire, a little bit of serious commentary, and a handful of short stories. The selection is as entertaining as it is diverse.

To say that Carl Yeatman has led a very interesting life would be an understatement. He is a country boy from Mississippi who, one could say, has a gift at "spinning a yarn" in the old Southern tradition. Nine Lives and Counting is an entertaining and compelling collection of true accounts of Carl's nine near-death experiences. As one of its early reviewers stated,

"I must tell you, I thoroughly enjoyed reading this collection of stories. I was laughing at points, and my heart was racing at other times.... I can surely see that God has a purpose for your life "...

To say that Carl Yeatman has led a very interesting life would be an understatement. He is a country boy from Mississippi who, one could say, has a gift at "spinning a yarn" in the old Southern tradition. Nine Lives and Counting is an entertaining and compelling collection of true accounts of Carl's nine near-death experiences. As one of its early reviewers stated,

"I must tell you, I thoroughly enjoyed reading this collection of stories. I was laughing at points, and my heart was racing at other times.... I can surely see that God has a purpose for your life "...