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Expect exotic travel and many laughs as the peculiar and breezy episodes of Rambunctious transport you to London, Paris, and Amsterdam; to Beijing and Bangkok; to the far-flung islands of Hawaii, Pohnpei, Tuvalu, and Fiji; and ultimately to Terra Incognita.

These worldly romps are quick reads of entertainment and thought known as 'blip stories.'

Included with each story is a joke stolen from a well-known humorist, and at the end of each tale, the joke and humorist are noted. Guessing which joke in the story was stolen and from whom is the game to play while luxuriating in these locales.

What the reviews say:

"Intelligent, zany and unpredictable. With quick twists and turns, Rose chronicles ten adventurous vignettes."

"Ten short stories, very funny short stories, which are structured as ruminations on recent travel experiences, but more precisely set out Rose's reflections on a variety of increasingly absurd, but oddly compelling bits that are on his mind."

"There's a long tradition of brilliant barfly writing that I love. From John McNulty & Damon Runyon's NY snappy dialogue-spewing characters, to Kerouac and the Beats on the go-go, and the more recent JP Mohringer's Tender Bar nostalgia: barstool travelers take a more skewed road than the armchairs. Their stories are full of wit, color, philosophy and a world-view filtered thru a glass.....lightly. Jefferson Rose owns one of those barstools. His 5-minute stories are like welcome pop-up events: unexpected treats to be quickly devoured."

Whether you are a sophisticate looking for new travel destinations, a vagabond looking for tips on how to 'go native, ' or an admirer of tales that take one in new directions, Rambunctious might just have the answer.

This book does not go into how to have an amazing travel experience, so we will tackle that right now: The fruitful way to start an international journey is to select an array of gifts for the locals you will encounter. A simple, inexpensive, and ingenious offering will open hearts that draw one into fascinating connections everywhere around the globe. For going native with tribal folk, there are no better gifts with which to energize the experience than pinwheels and super balls.

Another way to connect with locals is to use the universal language of humor. Simply use the local language and in surprising ways. To help you go native, create jokes from phrasebook phrases. In France, that means saying, "Merci beaucoup, whatever that means." Do say it all in French language-with a broken accent. Need to use the bathroom? Pull out the phrasebook and learn the local lingo for the phrase, "Where is the bathroom going?" Yes, mix it up a little, get it all wrong, have some fun. The locals will get a laugh, then they will point you to the bathroom. In a restaurant in Athens, Greece, look at the menu, hand it back to the server, and say in the Greek language, "It's Greek to me."

Yes, humor is a language spoken by all of the peoples of the world and this is the spine of the book. But, look out! Look out for the people on North Sentinel Island of the Andaman Islands. Their sense of humor is upside-down. Do not go to visit these people, they will murder you on the dock-local custom and all. No, we are not kidding.

All-in-all, an easy click acquires this treasure of travel, one that will arrive with a bonus-a spy spoof thriller set in the Principality of Monaco and around the globe. And we publishers of this fine book of travel are proud of all, save our arithmetic. There are actually twelve travel stories in this book of ten travel stories.

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