The Throwback by Tom Sharp. It tickled my sense of humour, a sociopath on the loose. Proper LOL stuff.

Bill Bryson…
Life and times of the thunderbolt kid had me laughing so much I had to put the book down..

Me too. the bit about the fly in the soup in the diner almost made me have a seizure.
Also try Secret Diary of Adrian Mole.
Reggie Perrin by the late, great David Nobbs.
1066 and All That.
Anything by David Sedaris.

Let’s just say that Bill Bryson’s ‘Neither Here Nor There’ was the wrong choice to read whilst sitting in a hospital bed recovering from a hernia operation. Laughter and groinal stitches are a poor combination.

Second the Picolax thread

The Picolax thread made me laugh a lot as did Bill Bryson’s Travels in Small Town America.

This gave me a good chuckle. Unbelievable!
http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/singlespeed-shaving

Bill Bryson , A walk in the woods .

All the Bill Bryson travel books are funny, I still love them. The problem is the funny bits creep up on you so make you laugh out loud really suddenly in public places! Notes from a small island is perfection to me and makes me love Britain even more every time I read it.

Hello Sailor by Eric Idle

yup, I’m a fan of Lord Harry Flashman too.

I always remember the one where he’s living with the Native Americans and impresses them with his horsemanship. They name him ‘he who rides faster than the wind’ and he is very impressed with this title until they shorten it to ‘windbreaker’.

Childish I know but I can’t help laughing at it.

Round Ireland with a fridge by Tony Hawks

The Observer is claiming that Flann O’Brien’s ‘At Swim Two Birds’ is in the top 10 English language novels. It is very very funny indeed, particularly the biographical bits, but a bit more of a challenging read.

Nice one Matt but I suspect the cover is funnier than the content 🙂

THGTTG audiobook used to get me in trouble at work, others don’t like you to be happy 🙂

You clearly haven’t read it…

Nope but now you are making me think I should check it. Is this a genuine recommendation?

Adolf Hitler My Part in his Downfall by Spike Milligan and Bill Brysons Notes From a Small Island are two books that left me at times unable to breath and in physical pain with my eyes streaming.
An effect almost as lethal as Monty Pythons funniest joke in the world used to disable the entire German army.

“I had a few days off work one September. I fancied Assynt, but then I have always fancied Assynt. If Assynt was a boy, I would have knocked him to the ground with a rugby tackle and pulled his trousers down years ago.”

I will take that as a yes 🙂

It is genuinely funny.

Robert Rankin’s ‘Brentford Trilogy’
Cracking books…..all nine of them!

I almost died just reading out the toity jar” episode in Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid. I think part of the joy of Bill Bryson’s writing is he never seems like he’s trying to be funny. The mysterious instrument on the hire car dashboard with one needle which moved very slowly and another which appeared to barely move at all, in Notes From A Small Island is another fine one.

Viz Profanisaurus.