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Page B-4 - HERALD-CITIZEN, Cookeville, Tenn. - www.herald-citizen.com - Sunday, November 14, 1999 | |||
| Book Reviews | Cindie Miller HERALD-CITIZEN Staff | ||
| 'Nonsense' might be good tonic | |||
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Nuggets of Nonsense
by Bill and Donna Chappell; 121 pages La Luz Publishing 1998. This little book of nonsense, titled aptly Nuggets of Nonsense, is the product of Bill Chappell's years of storytelling. It is a mixture of short anecdotes, one- liners and quips which reflect the humor in Chappell's outlook on life. Included among the short stories are several famous names: The "real" stories of Robin Hood, |
Hopalong Cassidy, Tom Sawyer and Little Red Riding Hood, among others. Chuckles are provided by the one- liners and what I call "quips," which are misuses or perversions of definitions, or, to put it simply, looking at words in a different light than the norm.
What do you call a woman who knits socks and pops wisecracks at the same time? A knitwit. Nightcrawler -- A man who had so much fun at |
the party he was unable to walk home.
A person who campaigns against false advertisement is called a bullfighter.
The type of humor is reminiscent of Minnie Pearl: it's country, a little corny and never objectionable. Chappell makes fun of everybody without picking on any one group of people or things.
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songs. Nonsense is his first book. "This book has one purpose," he writes in the preface, " -- to make folks laugh." The first outburst will be when you turn the page. If you need a quick pick- me-up or a gift for a down-in-the- dumps friend, Nuggets of Nonsense is a good choice.
Nuggets of Nonsense is available through the publisher at (www.laughlaugh.com). |
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