£2 from an antique shop in Dunkeld! And Mr F paid!
This was an amusing book about after-dinner speaking, written by Giles Brandreth. It starts with some tips for the would-be speechmaker (practise a lot, be prepared for things going wrong and keep it short!) Then there's examples of jokes. Unfortunately as the book was sponsored by Cockburn's Port, there are a lot of references to it which make Mr Brandreth look rather sycophantic.
Day 311; Book 302
'The cat distribution system works in mysterious ways': Cat-allergic hooman
stumbles upon a liter of kittens at the park, takes them in despite
allergy, nurses them back to health as allergy lessens
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Stories like these truly are rare miracles. The protagonist has always been
a dog person, and everyone in his family are dog people as well. One day
he's...
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