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Great British Wit (Paperback)

by Rosemarie Jarski (Author)
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  • Paperback: 464 pages
  • Publisher: Ebury Press (3 Nov 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0091906318
  • ISBN-13: 978-0091906313
  • Product Dimensions: 20.2 x 15.2 x 3.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 129,756 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"'An Englishman, even if he is alone, forms an orderly queue of one.' George Mikes"

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There's nothing much left to feel good about these days if you're British, but one of the few things where we all agree that we're still a world leader is our defining sense of humour. Thematically covering every subject imaginable, from God to dogs, this collection will be the seminal gathering of our national wit and a picture of who we are as a nation - a monument to our monumental silliness. 'An Englishman, even if he is alone, forms an orderly queue of one.' This work includes George Mikes Jane Austen, Pam Ayres, Alan Bennett, Jeffrey Bernard, John Betjeman, Jo Brand, Craig Brown, Winston Churchill, Alan Clark, Jeremy Clarkson, Billy Connolly, Peter Cook, Tommy Cooper, Noel Coward, Quentin Crisp, Les Dawson, Stephen Fry, A.A. Gill, Stella Gibbons, W.S. Gilbert, Joyce Grenfell, Tony Hancock, Harry Hill, Jerome K. Jerome, Boris Johnson, Samuel Johnson, Maureen Lipman, Spike Milligan, Nancy Mitford, Frank Muir, Eric Morecambe, Joe Orton, David Renwick, Brian Sewell, William Shakespeare, George Bernard Shaw, Edith Sitwell, Frank Skinner, Arthur Smith, Sue Townsend, Peter Ustinov, Queen Victoria, Oscar Wilde, Kenneth Williams, P.G. Wodehouse, and Victoria Wood.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Wit? Nit!, 4 Aug 2008
The title is ambiguous; is it the Wit or the British that is Great? This is a puzzle because neither, today, can be considered great if this book is anything to go by. The mind boggles that someone with such an un-British name dares to pontificate on what is both British and supposedly witty or otherwise. The problem is that this book offers thousands of one-liners, for the most part taken out of context, which spoils half the fun.

Put it this way: not once did I fall off the lavatory throne to roll on the floor, laughing. Perhaps a dozen times it raised a glimmer of a smile. And the quality of the paper made it unsuitable for other lavatory uses.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Tommy Docherty has the best quote, 20 Feb 2007
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Loved the one on Tommy Docherty. I promisedI would take Rotherham out of the second division, I did -into the third division.
Typical British Wit !!!
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