Free Downloads Work Hard And You Shall Be Rewarded: Urban Folklore From The Paperwork Empire (Humor In Life And Letters Series)
Anyone who has ever filled in a form in triplicate, taken an aptitude test, or been rebuffed by a form letter will appreciate the urban folklore found in this collection. Urban people as a folk are bound together by their unhappy experiences in battling "the system," whether that system is the machinery of government or the office where one works. The wonderfully expressive materials in this book-chain letters, memoranda, notices, and cartoons-touch upon every major controversy of urban America: racism, sex, politics, automation, alienation, welfare, the women's movement, military mentality, and office bureaucracy. The humor of the materials pinpoints the ills and frustrations of modern society and becomes, in turn, an escape from them.
Series: Humor in Life and Letters Series
Paperback: 248 pages
Publisher: Wayne State University Press (December 1, 1992)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0814324320
ISBN-13: 978-0814324325
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.5 x 8.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #2,587,816 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #58 in Books > Humor & Entertainment > Humor > Urban Legends #503 in Books > Business & Money > Economics > Urban & Regional #1369 in Books > Humor & Entertainment > Humor > Business & Professional
This book is a MUST HAVE for the office worker who enjoys handing out XEROX copies of great humor. Not only is this book extremely funny, it has captured an "almost lost history" of American folklore. Nowhere else can you get the ultimate source of good humor, that has detailed explainations of what and how each joke (or story) have come to being. Good information to educate the younger generation who don't quite understand the true humor of the past. Get a copy of this genuine relic of great writings of people like you and me. A modest collection of pamphlets, cartoons, stories, limmericks, "Top Ten", racial, religious, nationality, poems. etc... some of which you may have seen passed around the office at one time or another. Probably the best "bathroom book" you'll ever get your hands on.
White-collar frustration gets white-hot in this hilarious look into the minds of America's hardest working jokers. Water-cooler not included.
Still as funny as when I first read a beaten up copy of it at the school lunchtable, in the early 80's
Gotta have it. If you are at all interested in the origins of all the photocopier art passsed around from desk to desk and generation to generation...
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