Funny You Should Say That

''A fool and his words are soon parted'' wrote William Shenstone in 1764; one might add that ''A wit and his words are rarely collected''. Here is the antidote: a dazzling survey of the funniest remarks, quips and observations from Ancient Rome, the Bible and Chaucer right up to The Simpsons and Little Britain. Over 5,000 of the very funniest remarks to have appeared on paper since, well, paper wa...