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Comic Poems & Stories

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    Diary of a Nobody

     

    Mr Pooter is one Englis literature's funniest characters. Includes the classic episode when he paints his bath red.
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    Speed Limit

    Was that a wheelchair?

    A young man in a wheelchair is waiting to cross the road. A moment later he is racing down the highway.
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    Edward Lear

    Funny verse

    one of the most popular English comic poets. He wrote comic verse for children (including ‘The Owl and the Pussy Cat’) and limericks - or 'nonsense' - poems including
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    Plaza Hotel?

    Wrong Number

    What can you do when you receive 'wrong number' calls at every hour of the day and night. One woman plans her revenge.
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    Fred & Rita

    Conversations

    Rita needs to work but Fred loves to talk
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    Hilaire Belloc

    Comic verse

    Belloc's Cautionary Tales

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