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 ...
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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
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