The new Ladybird guide to laughs

HowHo It Works: The Husband

HE CAN remember football scores, all his old ca car number plates and most of the film Wi Withnail And I. But he cannot remember wh what his wife asked him to bring back from the shops. This is because his brain is full up, no not because he was not listening.

HowHo It Works: The Wife

WIVESWI like to be right. Sara has been waiting for her husband, Tom, to arrive. He is half an hourho late. Sara is delighted. She knew this wouldwo happen.

BookBoB Of The Mid-Life Crisis

JOE’SJOO body used to agree with him. It used to agreeag that his shirt fitted, that he could manageag another pint, that he would be awake whenwwh the train reached his station, and that he had finished relieving himself. Now Joe’s bodybo disagrees with him on all these things.

Book Of Dating

LONELYLO people know ‘the one’ is out there somewhere.so They will search the whole worldw for them. It is surprising how often thatth soulmate turns out not to be on the otherot side of the world, but fairly nearby andan reasonably drunk. The perfect match.

BookB Of Mindfulness

‘THERE‘T is more wisdom in a waterfall than thereth is in a hundred men,’ says Jake. Jake is alwaysal saying things like this. His ex-wife’s sistersi calls him Jerk.

Book Of The Hangover

WHAT a confusing world it can seem with a hangover. Sit as still as you can. Do not at attempt to make any decisions. Look out of the window. Can you recognise simple sh shapes or colours? Is there a moon or sun in th the sky? What sort of name might you have? W Where might there be bacon?