A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: The World's Oldest Joke Book - Couverture rigide

Crompton, Dan

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ISBN 10 : 1843174987 ISBN 13 : 9781843174981

Editeur : Michael O'Mara Books Ltd, 2010

Synopsis

They say the old ones are the best, and this long-negelcted collection of jokes revived from the archives of Ancient Greece confirms that in some cases this is true, and in others it really isn't. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is the first commercial translation of Philogelos - a 1600-year-old collection of Greek jokes. From absurd situations to general stupididity, farting to foolishness, this book contains a wealth of jokes, some of which still hit the mark and some that will have you groaning with laughter, even if it is because they're so bad, they're good! Includes such 'old chestnuts' as: . At a woman's funeral, a stranger solemnly asks, 'Who is resting here?' 'I am!' cries the widower, 'Now that she's gone!' From the sublime to the ridiculous, and despite some humour appearing to have been 'lost in translation', this bizarre collection of quips from our comedy forefathers is guaranteed to raise a smile.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Dan Crompton studied Classics and Linguistics at Cambridge University. He is the author of Caught Short (2013) and A Classical Primer (2012) and the translator (from the original Ancient Greek) of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: The World's Oldest Joke Book (2010).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1843174987
• ISBN 13: 9781843174981
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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