Don't Everyone Jump at Once

by Ross Murray

What would you like to know? The real made-up rules of rugby? Society’s failure to properly honour the long john? The power secrets of MEtivation? How to perform a body scan on the Prime Minister? What to do when you discover slime in your Gatorade? Fifty ways to say “I love you”? Something that rhymes with “borscht”? Humorist Ross Murray has all the answers. If only someone would ask him the questions. All you really need to know is that this collection of observations about the weirdness and wonders of life will leave you laughing and jumping for joy.

181 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2013

About the author

Ross Murray grew up in Antigonish, NS but has lived on the Canada-U.S. border in Stanstead, Quebec for over 30 years. For 11 of those years, he was editor/publisher of the weekly Stanstead Journal. He went on to write an award-winning humour column for The Sherbrooke Record and also recorded a bi-weekly radio piece for “Breakaway” on CBC’s Quebec Community Network. He has published three collections of his humour and a novel, A Hole in the Ground (2016). Also a playwright, Ross directed his original comedy All Together Now for Borderline Players in 2019 and Bride of Memphre in 2023. His work has also appeared at McSweeneys, Points in Case, Font Magazine, Havehashad and elsewhere.