Fun Run and Other Oxymorons

Fun Run and Other Oxymorons

Have you ever wondered why baths are designed to grip nicely when dry but become hip-shatteringly slippery when wet? How you can be as rich as Bill Gates? This is a collection of observations which explore some of the important questions in life.

Why is it that a man with a vacuum cleaner just has to discove exactly what it is capable of sucking up? And have you ever wondered why cars parked outside massage parlours contain dogs? Wha Monopoly is the root of all evil? Why every man should own a curcular saw? Or wondered what it’s like to sleep on a waterbed when drunk?

Joe Bennet is an Englishman abroad. With prose as clear as sunlight he illuminates normal life. The result is abnormally funny. He celebrates simplicity, and lacerates pomposity. Among his many topics are consultants, cappuccinos, karaoke, therapy, apostrophes, dogs and golf.

In his own words, ‘If anything holds these observations together it is that I like people but not in herds. I distrust all beliefs, most thought and anything ending in ism. Most opinion is emotion in fancy dress.’

Enjoy the company of this old-fashioned wit, whose sparkling vignettes highlight the absurdities of life.