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  • 17-07-2008 1:02pm
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    theboytaylor
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    Hey hey,

    I'm on the lookout for something funny to read.
    Never really read anything I thought was laugh-out-loud funny
    before, with the exception of Wodehouse's Psmith books
    before. So I haven't really got too much to guide me.

    I was thinking of giving a collection of short stories by
    David Sedaris or Augusten Burroughs a go (based mostly
    on meandering through Amazon).

    Has anybody read either? Are they any good?

    Or indeed, can anyone recommend any other funny reads?


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    kismet80
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    Try something by Terry Pratchett,
    Good Omens, by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman is a pretty good bet :)


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    theboytaylor
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    Nice suggestion kismet.

    I might just do that


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    randomguy
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    David Sedaris can be very readable - I liked Dress your Family in Cordoruy and Denim

    Saki's short stories are very similar to PG Wodehouse; maybe a bit drier, but very very funny. Might be worth a try.
    http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Saki-Penguin-Twentieth-Century-Classics/dp/0141180781/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1216480354&sr=1-2

    Carl Hiaasen cracks me up too - his earlier stuff is his funniest.
    http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url?%5Fencoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books&field-author=Carl%20Hiaasen


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    Red Hand
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    I agree with Saki and Terry Pratchett. Saki usually has a twist in his short stories.

    Try The Best of Myles-a collection from Myles na gCapaleen's Irish Times column from the 40s up to the 60s. He was very funny-Ireland's funniest writer really in my opinion. Each part is only about 2000 to 4000 words.


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    studiorat
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    Douglas Adams, Spike Milligan (Puckoon), Kurt Vonnegut (breakfast of champions).

    Garrison Keillor can be pretty funny too.

    And any of the Rumpole of the Bailey stuff too


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    madser
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    I was gonna suggest Ross O Carroll Kelly but given that your a northsider maybe not:o


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    Earthhorse
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    Any of Woody Allen's short prose. Recommend starting at the start but it's all good.

    Even if you don't like his movies I recommend picking these up. Side splitting stuff.


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    studiorat
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    madser wrote: »
    I was gonna suggest Ross O Carroll Kelly but given that your a northsider maybe not:o

    I'm a southsider. D4 actually;o) and I hate that b*stard too!!!


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    madser
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    studiorat wrote: »
    I'm a southsider. D4 actually;o) and I hate that b*stard too!!!

    Ah ya gotta love Rosser;)


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    Hrududu
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    David Sedaris cracks me up. I highly recommend "Me Talk Pretty One Day"


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    theboytaylor
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    In the end I ordered a collection of the Jeeves & Wooster books
    by Wodehouse.

    Thanks for all your suggestions I hope to get 'round to reading at least some of them


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