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Title: Ruthless Rhymes for Heartless Homes
Author: Harry Graham
Narrator: Alan Weyman
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10 mins
Language: English
Release date: 10-20-16
Publisher: Spoken Realms
Genres: Comedy, Classic British
Publisher's Summary:
Here are 26 tiny classics of English "cruel" humor, in Harry Graham's first book of Ruthless Rhymes for Heartless Homes.
Public Domain (P)2016 Alan Weyman
Members Reviews:
Dark, dated but delicious humor
There are some real gems here, but there are a lot of clunkers too. The author was good, but his writing was inconsistent and either hits the mark perfectly (such as with many of his "Little Willie" poems) or flops painfully in others.
I'd still recommend this title since the price is more than reasonable and it has some wonderful little dark ditties that still make me chuckle from time to time.
Not that this last remark is all that important, but the material is a little dated. Most people might not understand the punchlines since they were written almost a century ago in the colloquial English of that time. The one that springs to mind right away is a Little Willie poem that uses the words quicksilver and mercury interchangeably for the punchline. I have yet to have mentioned the word "quicksilver" to anyone under 60+ years old who knew what it actually was. If you know what it is right away, you'll really get a good chuckle.
An Artefact
Almost a precursor to stand up comedy but old and now the jokes are somewhat stale. Maybe interesting for someone curious about English sensibilities at the time.
Wow
Hardcore baby. They definitely had some built emotions they where trying to release during the writings in here,lol. It was a fun crowd shocking pleaser though.
Entertaining
Entertains, lewd, crude, at times downright rude - truth defined with an edgy twist - our warped perceptions and reflections with humor cleansed -
Surprising humor.
Really funny if you have a slightly dark sense of humor.