A recent poll conducted by Ipsos Reid for the Comedy Network showed that 99 per cent of Canadians believe laughter is good for the health. That only confirms what we suspected all along - The Penguin Book of Jokes is the ultimate feel-good book of the year! 
There has long been a rumour going around that Canadians aren't funny. Well, John Robert Columbo has assembled a comprehensive collection of Canadian humour that is sure to dispel this rumour for once and for all. At once scandalous, subversive and hilarious, The Penguin Book of Canadian Jokes includes a wide range of riddles, puns, and side-splitting anecdotes from the world of history, politics and culture (er, hockey). All those jokes that you share around the water cooler, that delight you in your morning e-mail and that crack you up over your morning paper - they're all here, together for the first time in one handy and hilarious volume.

Penguin Book of Canadian Jokes

Humor & Entertainment

Colombo, John Robert

Humor

Penguin Canada

Q: What do they call a witty man in Canada? A: A tourist. 
Master anthologist John Robert Colombo continues his collecting of comedic Canadiana with this companion volume to the popular The Penguin Book of Canadian Jokes. Colombo sees the funny side of everything Canadian—our culture, our politics and even our beloved hockey. In his second collection of jokes and anecdotes with a Canadian slant, Colombo resumes his silly, satirical and sly look at life, love and the country we call home. With a section on 24 classic Canadian jokes, The Penguin Book of MORE Canadian Jokes reaffirms Colombo’s position as one of the country’s best-loved humourists.

Penguin Book of Canadian Jokes Book 2

What greeting did Alexander Graham Bell hope would catch on with telephone callers? What is a “Shawinigan handshake”? How old is the average Canadian? Why are the Toronto Maple Leafs not the Maple Leaves? Find the answers to these questions and more in The Little Book of Facts About a Really Big Country. Canada’s Master Gatherer is back doing what he does so well: pulling together obscure Canadiana in an entertaining collection to lure the trivia buff and to take the reader on a tour from serious to quirky, across the entire history, geography, and culture of Canada. These may not be the facts you learned in school, but armed with this odd assortment of knowledge you should be ready to challenge anyone on the merits of our home and native land. This book may be small, but the country is big. How big? Read this book!

Little Book of Facts About a Really Big Country

Reference

Gathers information about Canada's geography, history, government, business, technology, people, culture, and society

1001 Questions About Canada

Puzzles & Games

DOUBLEDAY

The Dictionary of Canadian Quotations

Quotations

Stoddart

Colombo's Canadian quotations

Hurtig Publishers

Colombo's book of Canada

Hurtig

Colombo's New Canadian Quotations

Dust jacket shows modeate wear with a few, mostly closed tears. Dust Jacket is protected in new mylar cover with no glue or tape. Pages show som discoloring. no writing or torn pages. B &amp; W illustrated end pages, 1982 edition

Windigo: An Anthology of Fact and Fantastic Fiction

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

University Of Nebraska Press

Colombo's Canadian Quiz Book

Douglas & McIntyre, Ltd

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