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A new collection from David Sedaris is cause for jubilation. His recent move to Paris has inspired hilarious pieces, including Me Talk Pretty One Day, about his attempts to learn French. His family is another inspiration. You Cant Kill the Rooster is a portrait of his brother who talks incessant hip-hop slang to his bewildered father. And no one hones a finer fury in response to such modern annoyances as restaurant meals presented in ludicrous towers...
3) Calypso
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"If you've ever laughed your way through David Sedaris's cheerfully misanthropic stories, you might think you know what you're getting with Calypso. You'd be wrong. When he buys a beach house on the Carolina coast, Sedaris envisions long, relaxing vacations spent playing board games and lounging in the sun with those he loves most. And life at the Sea Section, as he names the vacation home, is exactly as idyllic as he imagined, except for one tiny,...
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Author Bill Cannon has been collecting jokes and humorous stories about the antics of fellow Texans for literally years. Once he began this book people started sending him their own special favorites. This delightfully funny book covers every facet of Texas humor from life on the range to church, politics, Texas women, history, and hysterics. And it's a book your kids can read.
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2010
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English
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In these personal essays, the hilarious comedian and Chelsea Lately host reflects on family, love life, and the absurdities of adulthood with "cheeky candor" and signature wit (Philadelphia Inquirer).
Life doesn't get more hilarious than when Chelsea Handler takes aim with her irreverent wit. Who else would send all-staff emails to smoke out the dumbest people on her show? Now, in this new collection of original essays, the...
Life doesn't get more hilarious than when Chelsea Handler takes aim with her irreverent wit. Who else would send all-staff emails to smoke out the dumbest people on her show? Now, in this new collection of original essays, the...
8) Dad is fat
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English
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The popular comedian shares his misadventures as an unlikely father of five, from his formative years in a large Irish-Catholic family, to his middle-of-the-night diaper-changing foibles, to his struggles to lull tyrannical tots to sleep.
9) Space jokes
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Child's World
Pub. Date
c1991
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English
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A collection of jokes about the planets and outer space. Example: What kind of fur do you get from an Alien? As fur away as possible.
10) Riddles at home
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English
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From classic riddles to spelling puzzles, these brain teasers are all around you. Readers will turn the pages for more mind-bending word games all within the home theme. Each riddle is accompanied by playful illustrations, with answers hidden at the back of the book, to allow readers the chance to solve each one on their own.
11) Animal jokes
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Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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Why won't Wonder Woman's worst enemy fight fair? Because she's a Cheetah! With 75+ ANIMAL jokes featuring Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman, readers will go wild for this official DC Comics joke book! Full-color art and enhanced back matter make this a surefire hit for fanboys and fangirls alike.
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In Texas "Yankee" is a loose term covering a lot of ground. If you're not a Texan or a southerner, you're a Yankee and therefore, to many Texans, suspect.
There are many rites of passage to being a Yankee in Texas: the first time you spot a pickup with a gun rack; the first time you realize that a week is a long time to go without Mexican food; the first time you recognize a change in seasons; your first thunderstorm; your first honky-tonk.
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13) Monster jokes
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Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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What hand should Superman use to pet Titano the Super-Ape? Someone else's! This official DC Comics joke book features 75+ laugh-out-loud jokes about MONSTERS, told by Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and other DC Super Heroes. With full-color art and enhanced back matter, fanboys and fangirls alike will be scared silly!
14) School jokes
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Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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Why did Wonder Woman study in her Invisible Jet? She wanted a higher education! This official DC Comics joke book features 75+ laugh-out-loud jokes about SCHOOL, told by Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and more. With full-color art and enhanced back matter, super hero fans should get ready for grade-A laughs!
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Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"Trees are gay. It's why their branches brush up against each other so softly. Right-handed people are gay because that's the first hand you use when you do the Macarena. Left-handed people are also gay. Magnets. Palindromes. All gay. A satirical textbook-including sections on history and heroes, customs and traditions-celebrating a very gay world, A Very Gay Book is an invitation to revel in the (both real and absurdly fictional) iconic successes...
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Gibbs Smith
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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"Talk Southern to Me is a love letter to the South. Julia Fowler, creator of YouTube's Southern Women Channel, home to the viral video series Sh%t Southern Women Say, has written a collection of stories and sayings that will tickle you to death. Her laugh-out-loud truths and observations about the South include essays on charm, beauty and style, chewin' the fat, love and marriage, and more. It's full of yes ma'ams and no sirs, seersucker and hairspray,...