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Oh, My Word!
Tall stories by two English humorists provide invented explanations of and fanciful backgrounds for slightly twisted quotations from Browning, Shakespeare, Dickens, Burns, Shelley, and others
- GenresHumor
112 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1980
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Frank Muir
68 books7 followersLibrarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.
Frank Herbert Muir was an English comedy screenwriter and radio and television personality. From 1977 on he also wrote children's books based on his family dog, What-a-Mess. In 1997 he published his autobiography.
Frank Herbert Muir was an English comedy screenwriter and radio and television personality. From 1977 on he also wrote children's books based on his family dog, What-a-Mess. In 1997 he published his autobiography.
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July 9, 2025
I've enjoyed the various shows on NPR - pleased when I happen to catch one, but not going out of my way to listen.
I think this was an ER Hamilton bargain bin purchase. I've started it several times, and never quite got around to finishing - not because it's bad - but because it's much of a muchness. It's a book to dip into - not read through. Then it gets buried under other TBR books and you wind up starting it again.
The incidental puns on the way to the finale can be surprisingly amusing. Laughed out loud at the following:
"Over their shoulders the Highlanders wore a rolled up piece of woollen cloth which they called a 'plaid'. At night, up the mountains, when the snow lay on the heather and the air was below freezing point, the Highlander would find a 'burn' (a small poetic stream), dip his plaid into the icy water, wring out and then roll himself up in it to keep warm. This practice produced men so tough that they formed the nucleus of what is now the famous Coldstream Guards."
No need to keep - will gift to someone who likes puns...
I think this was an ER Hamilton bargain bin purchase. I've started it several times, and never quite got around to finishing - not because it's bad - but because it's much of a muchness. It's a book to dip into - not read through. Then it gets buried under other TBR books and you wind up starting it again.
The incidental puns on the way to the finale can be surprisingly amusing. Laughed out loud at the following:
"Over their shoulders the Highlanders wore a rolled up piece of woollen cloth which they called a 'plaid'. At night, up the mountains, when the snow lay on the heather and the air was below freezing point, the Highlander would find a 'burn' (a small poetic stream), dip his plaid into the icy water, wring out and then roll himself up in it to keep warm. This practice produced men so tough that they formed the nucleus of what is now the famous Coldstream Guards."
No need to keep - will gift to someone who likes puns...
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