Question
Do you find this story funny? What are the humorous elements in it?

Answer

  • Yes, the story by Jerome K Jerome is funny and has many humorous elements in it.
  • When the narrator told his friends to leave the packing to him they promptly settled comfortably in the arm Chair and sofa and squashed off Jerome’s idea of being the boss and supervising.
  • The butter incident where George placed the butter on the chair and Harris sat on it and it got stuck at his back.
  • They kept searching for it and when they moved about George saw the butter stuck on Harris's back and they had to scrape it out.
  • The writer’s dog Montmorency squirmed in where he was not wanted.
  • He wanted somebody to stumble over him and curse him.
  • He pretended that the lemons were rats and attacked them.

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