Old Mr. Settle's Guide to Bar Humor

Old Mr. Settle's Guide to Bar Humor

Author: Martin Settle

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2024-04-15

Total Pages: 99

ISBN-13:

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Old Mr. Settle’s Guide to Bar Humor is a compact compendium of humor found around bars. The author was not only a bartender but a son of two generations of bartenders. His knowledge of jokes, poems, pranks, tricks, and toasts are encyclopedic. Mr. Settle tries to condense his comic knowledge into this volume with humor both old and new, refined and bawdy, and visual and verbal. The bar setting is a place where customers expect to be entertained, and bartenders who can entertain make the best tips. But a tip for the reader of the material in this book is that you, too, can be the center of attention in many places besides bars – parties, dates, coffee klatches, and even business meetings. By a thorough reading and practice of this book’s content, you can lighten up many occasions. What you can expect to find in Old Mr. Settle’s Guide to Bar Humor: • old jokes – old jokes never die; they just get recycled • new jokes – about current politics and social issues • cartoons – designed by the author • visuals – for bar tricks, for physical humor and for bar pranks • bawdy poems – for toasts and for recitation • And much, much more __________________________________________ This book gets better and better in my company. -Jack Daniels Enter into the world of drunkenness without drinking. Thich Cold Duc Drown in a cold vat of whiskey? Death, where is thy sting? -WC Fields Some of these jokes are real knockouts. -Mickey Finn Settle has accomplished a zaniness in this book in what usually takes a night of steady drinking. -Tom Collins If you like your humor neat, this book is for you. – Jim Beam Warning: Old Mr. Settle’s Guide to Bar Humor may have humor that is offensive. -P.C. Barnum


English Settlement

English Settlement

Author: D. J. Taylor

Publisher: Open Road Media

Published: 2015-07-28

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 1504015231

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A thirty-something, would-be master of the universe tries to reinvent himself in London in this hip and hilarious novel about ambition, family, missed connections, and Anglo-American relations It is the late nineties. The Iraqis are in Kuwait and the former decade’s financial bubble has burst. From his high-backed swivel chair in an eight-foot cubicle on the sixth floor of a London management-consulting firm, Scott Marshall prays he can survive the coming carnage. The son of an inveterate Anglophile, Marshall moved to England when his former employer—Manhattan’s Hassenblad Consultancy—went belly-up. With the optimistic wine- and money-flowing days of Reaganomics vanished into a sinkhole of blighted hope and stalled aspirations, Scott is desperate to hold on to his job amid massive layoffs. He is meanwhile dealing with a girlfriend hiding a nasty secret; an embattled football club that conceals a wellspring of deceit and subterfuge; and the reappearance of his father, whose ill-timed visit unleashes a swarm of ghosts from the past. From Wall Street to Belgravia, English Settlement is a novel about manners, money, morals, and national identity on both sides of the Atlantic.


Good Guide to Dog Friendly Pubs, Hotels and B&Bs 4th edition

Good Guide to Dog Friendly Pubs, Hotels and B&Bs 4th edition

Author: Alisdair Aird

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2009-02-05

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13: 1407026550

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What happens when you want to take a holiday or even just pop out for a drink and your dog looks up at you with expectant eyes? Do you know which pubs welcome muddy paws with a bowl of water and a dog biscuit? Or where you and your dog can both enjoy a comfortable overnight stay? From the editors of the UK's No 1 travel guide, the much loved Good Pub Guide, comes the Good Guide to Dog Friendly Pubs, Hotels and B&Bs. Featuring a fantastic new easy-to-use page-layout and fully updated information, the guide provides you with hundreds of wonderful places in the UK to drink, eat and stay with your pet. So don't leave your dog a treat and take your faithful friend on holiday too!


How to Tell a Joke

How to Tell a Joke

Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2021-03-30

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 0691211078

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Timeless advice about how to use humor to win over any audience Can jokes win a hostile room, a hopeless argument, or even an election? You bet they can, according to Cicero, and he knew what he was talking about. One of Rome’s greatest politicians, speakers, and lawyers, Cicero was also reputedly one of antiquity’s funniest people. After he was elected commander-in-chief and head of state, his enemies even started calling him “the stand-up Consul.” How to Tell a Joke provides a lively new translation of Cicero’s essential writing on humor alongside that of the later Roman orator and educator Quintilian. The result is a timeless practical guide to how a well-timed joke can win over any audience. As powerful as jokes can be, they are also hugely risky. The line between a witty joke and an offensive one isn’t always clear. Cross it and you’ll look like a clown, or worse. Here, Cicero and Quintilian explore every aspect of telling jokes—while avoiding costly mistakes. Presenting the sections on humor in Cicero’s On the Ideal Orator and Quintilian’s The Education of the Orator, complete with an enlightening introduction and the original Latin on facing pages, How to Tell a Joke examines the risks and rewards of humor and analyzes basic types that readers can use to write their own jokes. Filled with insight, wit, and examples, including more than a few lawyer jokes, How to Tell a Joke will appeal to anyone interested in humor or the art of public speaking.


The Good Pub Guide 2014

The Good Pub Guide 2014

Author: Alisdair Aird

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2013-09-20

Total Pages: 1140

ISBN-13: 1448175925

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The 32nd edition of The Good Pub Guide is as invaluable as ever. Organised county by county, its comprehensive yearly updates and countless reader recommendations ensure that only the very best pubs make the grade. Here you will find classic country pubs, town-centre inns, riverside retreats, historic havens and exciting newcomers, plus gastropubs and pubs specialising in malt whisky or own-brew beer. Discover the top pubs in each county for beer, dining and accommodation, and find out the winners of the coveted titles of Pub of the Year and Landlord of the Year. Packed with hidden gems, The Good Pub Guide 2014 provides a wealth of honest, entertaining and indispensable information. Whether you are planning a night out, a weekend away, holidaying in the UK or simply looking for a local pub, Alisdair Aird and Fiona Stapley have it covered.


Marry Him

Marry Him

Author: Lori Gottlieb

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2010-02-04

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 1101185201

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An eye-opening, funny, painful, and always truthful in-depth examination of modern relationships, and a wake-up call for single women about getting real about Mr. Right, from the New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone. You have a fulfilling job, great friends, and the perfect apartment. So what if you haven’t found “The One” just yet. He’ll come along someday, right? But what if he doesn’t? Or what if Mr. Right had been, well, Mr. Right in Front of You—but you passed him by? Nearing forty and still single, journalist Lori Gottlieb started to wonder: What makes for lasting romantic fulfillment, and are we looking for those qualities when we’re dating? Are we too picky about trivial things that don’t matter, and not picky enough about the often overlooked things that do? In Marry Him, Gottlieb explores an all-too-common dilemma—how to reconcile the desire for a happy marriage with a list of must-haves and deal-breakers so long and complicated that many great guys get misguidedly eliminated. On a quest to find the answer, Gottlieb sets out on her own journey in search of love, discovering wisdom and surprising insights from sociologists and neurobiologists, marital researchers and behavioral economists—as well as single and married men and women of all generations.


The Good Pub Guide 2015

The Good Pub Guide 2015

Author: Alisdair Aird

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2014-09-04

Total Pages: 1103

ISBN-13: 1473501865

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The 33rd edition of this much loved guide is as invaluable as ever. Organized county by county, its comprehensive yearly updates and countless reader recommendations ensure that only the very best pubs make the grade. Here you will find classic country pubs, town-centre inns, riverside retreats, historic havens and exciting newcomers, plus gastropubs and pubs specialising in malt whisky or craft beer. Discover the top pubs in each country for beer, food and accommodation, and find out the winners of the coveted titles of Pub of the Year and Landlord of the Year. Packed with hidden gems, The Good Pub Guide provides a wealth of honest, entertaining and indispensable information.


Settle it Out of Court

Settle it Out of Court

Author: Thomas E. Crowley

Publisher:

Published: 1994-05-25

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13:

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Now, in this smart, witty guide, attorney and conflict resolution expert, Thomas Crowley offers you "battle-tested" strategies and step-by-step guidance on resolving your business and personal disputes fairly, equitably, and without the agonies of a court trial. And most importantly, he explains it in clear, down-to-earth English, not in legalese! Applicable to virtually any type of dispute, including marital, employer/employee, and contract disputes, the techniques Thomas Crowley provides are designed to get both sides to structure their feelings, help them get their facts out straight and state their cases, and enable them to hash out a mutually agreeable settlement in a civilized fashion.