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The Best Australian Humorous Writing
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Melbourne :
Melbourne University Publishing,
2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; Title; Contents; Introduction; Everyday Life; Teacherwoman; Torn between satay skewers and children as an endangered species; Love is never saying sorry ... so there; Listen up, you selfish and ignorant people. Stop driving 4WDs; Song of the crestfallen pigeon; My 2UE producer noticed a tendency for me to nod off during interviews. In my own defence, they lined up some boring farts; My father sat on Winston Churchill; Idle hands make for short nails; My loyal subjects and possums! A seasonal message from President Edna; Politics; Phwoarr, check out the policies on Julia Gillard
- The right wingThe pollies went a little crackers; All is not lost when you can see success in anything; Er, thanks for your support. No, don't call us, we'll call you; Don't worry, just testing; Society; Adventures in LA-Land; Fame; Seven modern wonders indeed? I think not; Corporatising culture: Who holds the past in common trust?; The perfectly bad sentence; In from a busy day at Barwon jail, Carl asks for a fair go; Environment, Science and Technology; On climate change; Contact; Planet Earth: Beware of the chimps; Modern telecoms run rings around me; Popular Entertainment
- I came, I buzzed, I lostYou just know it will be deliciously messy; Madonna's latest offering leaves listener pondering: Just because she can, does it mean she should?; A time to repent: Big Brother's over; Lashings of lust curved up by Nigella; Interview with Ja'mie King; The Chaser's Logies; The Arts; Cook's tour: Peter Cook; The satire we had to have: Keating; So Ian McKellen drops his trousers to play King Lear. That sums up the RSC's whole approach; Group giggles groovy again; Business; Packed it in: The demise of the Bulletin; It's a loathe-hate relationship, but at least I own a slice
- Lies, damned liesSport; Pump more beer, iron out muscle; Having a ball: How we finally fell in love with the world game; Lifestyle; A hookworm's-eye view of the world around us; The Library hotel, Thailand, and other hip hotels; Who cares if she can't sing and can't dance? Posh Spice is the Damien Hirst of dress-wearing; Fashion pinkoes are the fifth columnists of masculinity; Silence of the lamb; Telly tubbies; Rude food; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Copyright