Gideon Wurdz
Autore di The Foolish Dictionary
Sull'Autore
Opere di Gideon Wurdz
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Charles Wayland Towne
- Sesso
- male
Utenti
Recensioni
Statistiche
- Opere
- 6
- Utenti
- 45
- Popolarità
- #340,917
- Voto
- 3.5
- Recensioni
- 1
- ISBN
- 6
Here are a few excerpts from the dictionary for your perusal:
• Diary: An honest autobiography; makes for a good keepsake but a bad give-away
• Hotel: A place where a quest gives up good dollars for bad quarters
• Sailor: A man who makes his living on water but doesn’t touch it once on shore
• Tips: Wages we pay other people’s hired help
Included at the end are small pieces on the postal service, Greek mythology, and jabs at American holidays. It’s a quick book to rifle through and add a bit of old-timey lightness to your day. As an added bonus, it’s in the public domain so you can get it for free. If you’ve got a bit of time and a nostalgic bent, pick it up and have a good time.… (altro)