Bill Nye's Funniest Thoughts

Bill Nye's Funniest Thoughts

by Bill Nye

35 chapters3h 34mEnglish0

About this book

Bill Nye was a famous American humor columnist in the middle 1800's. He said "We can never be a nation of snobs so long as we are willing to poke fun at ourselves." And he did exactly that in hundreds of newspaper columns that were later collected into books. This is a selection of just 35 of the most humorous, wry and downright funny cogitations of his, written of course in the somewhat convoluted style common in the 19th century which just adds to their flavor in my opinion. The selection process was rigorous: only those that made me laugh, giggle or snort are included. (Summary by phil Chenevert)

Chapters (35)

101 - Directions
245
202 - My School Days
248
303 - Habits of a Literary Man
382
404 - Archemides
310
505 - Anatomy
334
606 - Hours With Great Men
305
707 - B. Franklin, deceased
449
808 - Life Insurance as A Health Restorer
179
909 - The Opium Habit
289
1010 - Twombley's Tale
501
1111 - On Cyclones
291
1212 - Verona
396
1313 - A Great Upheaval
418
1414 - In Acknowledgment
383
1515 - Spinal Meningitis.
427
1616 - The Sun
375
1717 - The Stars
365
1818 - A Thrilling Experience
392
1919 - The Wail of a Wife
399
2020 - My Lecture Abroad
279
2121 - The Miner at Home
419
2222 - Christopher Columbus
419
2323 - The Amateur Carpenter
299
2424 - The Average Hen
368
2525 - My Experience as an Agriculturist
418
2626 - "Done It A-Purpose"
474
2727 - Mush and Melody
298
2828 - History of Babylon
504
2929 - The Bite of a Mad Dog
316
3030 - About Geology
403
3131 - Nero
448
3232 - The Cow-Boy
394
3333 - Stirring Incidents at a Fire
515
3434 - The Little Barefoot Boy
273
3535 - "I Spy."
330

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