Inspired by a tweet from @kevcecil and there was a bit of chat about the Natural Law party and yogic flying as well as some entertaining chat from @TomBatnumber30 about things to say to unwanted callers at your door.
Tom had to leave early due to some kind of preparing potatoes crisis as did @patblack9 who was not preparing potatoes but off to indulge in a monosodium glutamate feast in the form of a chinese buffet. Pat did leave us with a couple of recommendations before he ate more mini spring rolls that you can shake a (chop) stick at.
I'd be interested to know where that phrase comes from, who was the first person who had just enough things meaning it was okay to shake a stick at them? And who was the person who had more things you could shake a stick at? "I'm sorry, I just have too many of these now, far too many to shake my stick. The numbers must be reduced so that stick shaking can resume."
Anyway, Pat recommended A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole and also mentioned he enjoyed Money by Martin Amis. Pat mentioned that this was about to be televised for BBC starring Nick Frost. Funny Book Club is looking forward to that!
Lori - @lacarrington1 called in too with a link to a list of Funny Women's Fiction From this list Lori thought that The Forty Fitters was the best.
Also had some great recommendations from @stevyncolgan Stevyn is currently reading Mark Gatiss third Lucifer Box novel 'Black Butterfly' and also suggested any of the Timewaster books by Robin Cooper, and also 'The Pyrates' by George McDonald Fraser, one of his favourites.
Funny Book Club is also going to check out @stevyncolgan 's book Joined Up Thinking.
Stephen Fry said of Joined Up Thinking "
I found myself fascinated and somewhat dizzy. Most impressive."
This weeks recommendations are listed here below. If you have any favourite funny books, please use the hashtag #funnybookclub on twitter at any time. We meet every Monday for a chat at approximately 18.42 sharp (GMT). All welcome. Follow @funnybookclub for details.
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