EPISODE · Aug 10, 2014 · 19 MIN
The Giraffe Problem -- Barry Pain
from Discover Your Favorite Audiobook Collection Today · host Barry Pain
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218765 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Giraffe Problem Author: Barry Pain Narrator: Cathy Dobson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 19 minutes Release date: August 10, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Short Stories Publisher's Summary: Barry Pain (1864-1928) was an English journalist, poet, and writer, best known as a writer of parody and lightly humorous stories. The Giraffe Problem tells the story of an evening at the Problem Club, a secret society of gentlemen in London who meet once a month in a private room above a restaurant, where one of the waiters is the admirable Leonard. Every month Leonard sets the members a problem or challenge. The one who is able to complete the feat successfully wins that month's share of the membership fees. In this tale, Leonard's challenge involves inducing an unwitting woman spontaneously to utter the words: "You ought to have been a giraffe". Which of the gentlemen will be able to do this...and in what circumstances?
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218765 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Giraffe Problem Author: Barry Pain Narrator: Cathy Dobson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 19 minutes Release date: August 10, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Short Stories Publisher's Summary: Barry Pain (1864-1928) was an English journalist, poet, and writer, best known as a writer of parody and lightly humorous stories. The Giraffe Problem tells the story of an evening at the Problem Club, a secret society of gentlemen in London who meet once a month in a private room above a restaurant, where one of the waiters is the admirable Leonard. Every month Leonard sets the members a problem or challenge. The one who is able to complete the feat successfully wins that month's share of the membership fees. In this tale, Leonard's challenge involves inducing an unwitting woman spontaneously to utter the words: "You ought to have been a giraffe". Which of the gentlemen will be able to do this...and in what circumstances?
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