tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498014398474863655.post8879795280074170497..comments2023-07-14T08:41:48.528-04:00Comments on Wisdom's Haven: The Five Funniest Works Ever WrittenMikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17553667997271035725noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498014398474863655.post-13827045218825535822011-12-15T08:11:59.985-05:002011-12-15T08:11:59.985-05:00"One morning, upon awakening from agitated dr..."One morning, upon awakening from agitated dreams, Gregor Samsa found himself, in his bed, transformed into a monstrous vermin."<br /><br />I mean... it's so funny! Because it's so true!Damiannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498014398474863655.post-42066635580945784742011-12-15T06:33:18.518-05:002011-12-15T06:33:18.518-05:00Kafka and Joyce? You really have quite a bizarre ...Kafka and Joyce? You really have quite a bizarre sense of humor, don't you!Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17553667997271035725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498014398474863655.post-60654561532442481862011-12-14T15:55:24.455-05:002011-12-14T15:55:24.455-05:00Funniest works -- at least to my decidedly occiden...Funniest works -- at least to my decidedly occidental frame of reference:<br /><br />#5 Don Quixote -- also one of the saddest, by the way... a testimony to the fact that the comic and the tragic spring of the same root... <br /><br />#4 Have to agree with you on Chaucer, at least as concerns The Miller's Tale.<br /><br />#3 Enderby is good for a sizable laugh, as well... any novel that begins with a fart, after all. I mean, this could be a list, as well. How about it, Mike? Top ten (F)art-works. Actually, The Miller's Tale would be on this list, as well! Ah, the transcendent Chaucer!<br /><br />#2 Watt, by Samuel Beckett. His last novel written in English, first.<br /><br />and<br />I agree with you about Confederacy of Dunces being #1.<br /><br /><br />Honorable mentions: Kafka's Metamorphosis<br />(see comment in #5) and Joyce's Ulysses -- toe-jam examination; onanism on the beach to the accompaniment of fireworks and chiming clocks -- oh, the humor of classic lit abounds! <br />And, also, can't forget the first couple of books in Hitchhiker's Guide...Damiannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498014398474863655.post-75065818141385864292011-12-09T17:40:42.998-05:002011-12-09T17:40:42.998-05:00What, no Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy or anythi...What, no Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy or anything by Vonnegut?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498014398474863655.post-63195057669645468532011-12-08T11:50:38.506-05:002011-12-08T11:50:38.506-05:00Wrong again. The Bible is the greatest work of fi...Wrong again. The Bible is the greatest work of fiction ever written. Burning bushes, virgin births, women being turned into pillars of stone, the four horsemen of the apocalypse: that's some seriously wacked-out stuff!!! You gotta have real imagination to come up with shit like that. It's funny to, but in a twisted kind of way.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08087572092964365964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498014398474863655.post-90818492626994812062011-12-08T06:26:23.546-05:002011-12-08T06:26:23.546-05:00I don't know if I'd really put The Bible o...I don't know if I'd really put The Bible on my list. There are those who would classify it as non-fiction. Also, with the exception of certain sections of the Book of Revelations, most of it is not all that funny. If it was, more people would probably want to read it.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17553667997271035725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498014398474863655.post-34299965927271244162011-12-07T10:36:51.207-05:002011-12-07T10:36:51.207-05:00You forgot The Bible. That's a pretty hysteri...You forgot The Bible. That's a pretty hysterical work too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com