Utta Drivel Short Stories

Utta Drivel Short Stories
Author: Alan Pinkett
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2019-04-05
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 0244471533

Utta Drivel Short Stories is a collection of comic short stories read out at Creative Writing evening classes to much laughter. They cover a wide range of subjects. From a neolithic sex strike, to the ancient Egyptians Lotatotty & Obsequiops, to philosophers meeting at the Fill the Greek, the Parthenon canteen. From an abattoir wedding, to the first Russian to laugh in 200 years, to the Knights of the Round Hovel. There are longer short stories about the fun to be had working in the Falkland Islands & Hong Kong. Other short stories tell of rocky horror in Transylvania, of banned fox hunts switching to hunting smokers & sheep taking over Wales. In a different vein, staff in a St Trinians-type school hold an emergency meeting & when a man's private parts suddenly drop off, he considers having a vagina fitted by a quick-fit fanny fitter. And there is a pirate treasure story with Midshipman BraceYourself and a science fiction one that features Startifartlast, a mystic Chinese Constipate.

Utta Drivel Too

Utta Drivel Too
Author: Alan Pinkett
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2015-03-31
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1326206672

Alan Pinkett took up writing for the first time just a few years ago. He found he quite liked it and said he'd do some more if you're not careful. The result of that was his first comic novel, Utta Drivel, entered for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize. He is now pleased to present its successor, Utta Drivel Too. It describes the laughter-filled lives of friends Wilfric, Boothroyd & Utta Drivel and their surreal comic adventures when their normal existence is periodically deflected by outside events. These include increasingly frequent attacks instigated by a man sworn to be Wilfric's enemy - a one-time Israeli landscape painter by the name of Mori Arty... *** An audaciously satirical work in which the author's wit will make you laugh out loud.

Utta Drivel Free

Utta Drivel Free
Author: Alan Pinkett
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2014-10-20
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 132604950X

Utta Drivel Free is a comic novel that follows the life of Wilfric and his friends Boothroyd and Utta Drivel. Wilfric is 1600-odd years-old, a longevity that can make for some interesting takes on history. Meeting up with walking disaster Boothroyd and the wonderfully eccentric patriot Utta Drivel leads to much laughter. Their sparkling conversations cover many interesting ideas. Are 10 commandments enough to cover 7 deadly sins? Why were typists ever needed - you wouldn't get a monk to do your handwriting for you, after all... But laid-back entrepreneur Wilfric has managed to make enemies in mystical Glastonbury after setting up a business there. This upset the Glastonbury Underworld and they took out a contract on him. The friends' lives become interspersed with attacks from two incompetent New Age hippies - Loco Chanel, a militant aromatherapist, and her mad partner, Ossie the Osteopath. An audaciously satirical work in which the author's wit will make you laugh out loud.

Utta Drivel Goes Forth

Utta Drivel Goes Forth
Author: Alan Pinkett
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2017-07-16
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 0244916101

Utta Drivel Goes Forth is a comic novel that follows the lives of laid-back entrepreneur Wilfric & his 2 friends. He is 1600-odd years-old, which gives him a unique view of history. His get-togethers with walking disaster Boothroyd & eccentric patriot Utta Drivel involve much laughter. Their lives and sparkling conversations cover a wide spectrum. From a Falkland Islands folk club to a virgin man who'd have burst out of a pair of the Pope's erection straps to the afterlife: would you find Alfred the Great arguing with Alexander the Great as to who was the greatest? And whether old people have to give up sex when they go into care homes - there can't be many that give you that much assistance. Following a visit to the London Olympic Park, the friends' lives become interspersed with attacks from a man who accuses Boothroyd of getting his sister pregnant. To stop this, they trap the man while he is burglaring a billionaire's mansion and reveal the surprising identity of the real father.

Tales of Us

Tales of Us
Author: Virender Arora
Publisher: Notion Press
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2021-10-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1639975853

‘You are a Keralite and we are Bengalis. We are on two ends of the Bay of Bengal. It shall be tough to marry the two cultures, separated as they are by 2,000 kms of ocean.’ Mr. Nair Goes to London ‘What about your father?’ ‘He went abroad and forgot us and we have forgotten him. I am not sure if he is even alive.’ ‘Do you want to meet your father?’ ‘No, not at all. I do not want to meet a person who abandoned his family.’ Harry Khanna’s Story She exploded in laughter, ‘Oh my God – what have you done to yourself. No hair no pagri! You look like a brown American.’ I opened my arms and she came into them in a hearty embrace. ‘By God, you still smell the same,’ I exclaimed. Phillaur to Gurdaspur – A Homecoming

Utta Drivel

Utta Drivel
Author: Alan Pinkett
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2018
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 0244102074

Utta Drivel is a comic novel that follows the lives of laid-back entrepreneur Wilfric and his two friends. Wilfric is 1600-odd years-old, which gives him a unique view of history. His get-togethers with walking disaster Boothroyd and eccentric patriot Utta Drivel always involve much laughter. Their lives cover a wide spectrum. From an Israeli landscape painter by the name of Mori Arty to the use of bonsai whales in garden ponds. From a naïve Catholic priest called Father Thousands to EU regulations requiring French windows to be made in France. From a Middle-aged Folk's Home to a conman called Big One O'Really. And whether funfairs are just a chance for 13-year-old girls to meet gypsies. As life goes by, Wilfric increasingly feels he is being watched. He eventually discovers who by, but not why. That is only resolved when they try to intercept him, resulting in an exciting canal barge chase. An audaciously satirical work in which the author's wit will make you laugh out loud.

The Last Lecture

The Last Lecture
Author: Randy Pausch
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Cancer
ISBN: 9780340978504

The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.