*****= An all-time favorite
**** = Outstanding
*** =
Above average
**
= Enjoyable
*
= Good, with
reservations
****Not So Funny When It Happened
The Best of Travel Humor and Misadventure
edited by Tim Cahill
Reviewed May
7, 2004.
Travelers’ Tales, San Francisco, 2000. 207 pages.
Available at Sembach Library (910 NOT).
This is a collection of hilarious stories about traveling, absolutely
perfect for a 10-hour plane trip to Oregon. I have to admit that some
of the stories are a little bit lacking in taste, but they are all tremendously
funny.
Some of my favorite humor writers are here: Dave Barry, Bill
Bryson, and Anne Lamott. But there are many more that I had never
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