Author Description

Product Description Knockabout brothers Gus and Steve Worland know a good joke when they hear one, and this smorgasbord of their favourite gags and yarns will keep the men in your life giggling all the way to the dunny and back. Full of the Worland brothers’ best jokes about being a dad, a son, a mate, a husband and much, much more, this collection gives you their funniest thigh-slappers, from one-liners and wait-for-its to shaggy dog stories, knock knocks, lightbulb jokes, Aussie rhyming slang, the longest and shortest jokes in the world … and of course, their choicest and most time-honoured dad jokes. Through laughter and a tipping of the hat to the important things in life, The Bloke-a-Saurus also presents the wisdom of the ages with advice from the masters that helps grow boys into men, and stories that remind us that while we’re all laughing, some blokes are doing it tougher than others. About the Author Gus Worland weighed 150 kegs, but whenever he tried to slim down he failed. Lettuce leaf diets left him hungry, hard-core training left him sore and sorry, and thousands of dollars of gym equipment left him broke. Then he found out he was doing it all wrong. With the help of health and fitness trainer Brad Pamp and his family, Gus discovered he could lose a few kegs without busting a gut. Steve has worked extensively in film and television in Australia and the U.S.A. He has written scripts for Working Title and Icon Productions, worked in script development for James Cameron's Lightstorm and wrote Fox Searchlight's Bootmen, which won five Australian Film Institute awards. Steve also wrote the New Line action-comedy telemovie Hard Knox, episodes of the television series Big Sky and the Saturn award-winning Farscape.