Length10h 26m
About this audiobook
A Laugh a Day Keeps the Doctor Away is a humor book by Irving S. Cobb. It features a collection of humorous anecdotes and stories, with a focus on the absurdity of everyday life. The book aims to bring laughter and joy to its readers and help them escape from the stresses of daily life. Through his writing, Cobb seeks to remind readers of the importance of humor and how it can improve our mental and physical well-being.
Audiobook details
GenreGeneral Fiction, Humor
Length10 hrs 26 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 9, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1CONTENTS [Topically Arranged]
185184 Absolutely No Reason for It
21 The Untraveled Stranger
186185 The Withdrawal of the Candidate
32 The Prudent Mr. Finnerty
187186 A Peacemaker Who Blessed Himself
43 Enough for Wilkins
188187 The Long Wait at Burlington
54 Why the Major Didn’t Suit
189188 Where Jimmy’s Education Really Was Shy
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65 Grandfather Laughed at This One
190189 The Made-in-England Substitute
76 The Day Denver Was Surprised
191190 Practically Destitute
87 And Worth the Money, Too!
192191 Assigning G. B. S. to His Place
98 The Spirit of Seventy-six, with Improvements
193192 A Voice from the Void
109 Protecting the Gentler Sex
194193 Taking Nothing from Nothing
1110 Not at All Singular
195194 The Fate of Poor Harry
1211 Strictly in Confidence
196195 A Wholesale Order
1312 He Didn’t Believe in Signs
197196 This “Yes” and That “Yes”
1413 Advice to Charlie Chaplin
198197 Satisfactory in Every Respect
1514 What Aunt Myra Desired
199198 Precisely the Right Word
1615 When the Dawn of Understanding Came
200199 Touching on London Weather
1716 As Translated into the English
201200 The Detour in the Bridal Path
1817 Absolutely no Hurry about It
202201 Tuesday May Have Been Worse
1918 One Who Desired to Know
203202 A Touch of Summer Complaint
2019 The Poor Aim of Mr. Zeno
204203 He Never Went There Anyhow
2120 Curing the Great Thirst
205204 Where Republicans Are Scarce
2221 The Ways of the Army
206205 The Sole Drawback to Utter Success
2322 Remote from the Real Centers
207206 Sure Damnation for Somebody
2423 The Way of the Neighborhood
208207 The Final Smash
2524 A Radical Difference Noted
209208 Making It Unanimous
2625 Where the Partnership Dissolved
210209 Advice from Expert Sources
2726 Absolutely Unfitted for the Rôle
211210 A Seeker after Hidden Facts
2827 The Careful MacTavish
212211 The Curfew in Nebraska
2928 The Sway of Eloquence
213212 The Reward of the Early Riser
3029 The Unuttered Wish
214213 A Competition Which Was Open to All
3130 The Gift of Tongues
215214 Not the Order of the Bath
3231 He Lacked Storage Space
216215 The Embarrassing Broad A
3332 The Voice of the Purist
217216 Tributes to the Late Lamented Ones
3433 There Spoke Envy’s Voice
218217 And the Point of Order Was Sustained
3534 The Treacherous Warehouse
219218 The Light That Lies in Bankers’ Eyes
3635 A Scotchman’s Conscience
220219 A Call for the Prohibited Stuff
3736 Establishing an Identity
221220 The Perfect Introduction
3837 An Earnest Cry for Help
222221 An Answer Right Off the Ice
3938 The Pride of Creative Genius
223222 Where He Could Go for Thirty Cents
4039 The Prompt Response
224223 Overlooking No Side Bets
4140 Once Every Ten Years
225224 The Lick That Won the Victory
4241 One Detail Was Missing
226225 No Closed Season on Fanchon
4342 In Permanent Storage
227226 Down and Out for the Count
4443 What Might Be Called an Active Man
228227 The Plan of the Shut-In
4544 Sauce for the Goose
229228 The Quick-Thinking Referee
4645 Driven Beyond His Strength
230229 George, the Forbearing
4746 The Custom of the Country
231230 An Old One and Its Younger Half-Brother
4847 Sight Unseen, As It Were
232231 Corroboration from On High
4948 A Born Snob
233232 Suffering from a Relapse
5049 Maybe Not on the Second Day, Either
234233 One Old Enough to Merit Respect
5150 Calling a Spade a Spade
235234 The Retort Courteous
5251 Poor Aim but Good Intent
236235 The Proper Point of View
5352 There Spake True Friendship
237236 Between the Cloves and the Hiccough
5453 The Tools Were Lacking
238237 War Upon the Reptiles
5554 A Tribute to Moderation
239238 One of Those Nature-Faking Yarns
5655 The Instantaneous Diagnosis
240239 The Unaccommodating Kansan
5756 In Fact, a Positive Fad
241240 The Happy Return
5857 Something Like a Wampus, Probably
242241 Bringing in the Sheaves
5958 An Education in Peril
243242 Regarding the Brooklyn Boys
6059 A Lover of Statistics
244243 When O. Henry Met the Poet Scout
6160 History in the Un-Making
245244 Our Institutions Approved
6261 Solving a Dark Mystery
246245 The Annoyed Mr. Goldstein
6362 Enough of a Good Thing
247246 Darkness Before the Dawn
6463 Absolutely Bored by the Whole Thing
248247 A Scandal in the Family
6564 The Question Categorical
249248 Aiding the Sheriff’s Vision
6665 Before or After Taking?
250249 The Affair in Half Moon Street
6766 A Time for All Things
251250 Everything Coming Out Just Right
6867 Tuesday Would Be Just Like Sunday
252251 Delivered Through a Middleman
6968 A Sort of Circulating Medium, as It Were
253252 Back to God’s Country
7069 A Service to the Whole Land
254253 Hail and Farewell!
7170 Deportment Taught by Wire
255254 Calculated to Work Improvements
7271 Speaking of Carrier Pigeons
256255 Improvements in the Language
7372 Total Loss!
257256 An Abiding Delusion, Too
7473 With All Good Wishes
258257 Bordering on the Unreasonable
7574 A Start from Humble Beginnings
259258 A Slight for the Kellys
7675 The Confusing Geography of Jersey
260259 The Luck of the Absentee
7776 With Credit to S. Blythe
261260 Everything Happens for the Worst
7877 When the H. C. of L. Came Down
262261 Spreading the Glad Tidings
7978 How to Beat the System
263262 Out of Business Hours
8079 An Echo from 1865
264263 In the Ascending Scale
8180 There’d Be a Popular Uprising
265264 A Family of Imitators
8281 From the Book of Moses
266265 Two Conundrums and a Tragedy
8382 Almost Startling, Really
267266 In the Very Lap of Comfort
8483 A Violent Indisposition
268267 Making It a Sweepstakes
8584 The Simplest of Remedies
269268 Filling a Long-Felt Want
8685 Proving There’s Something in a Name
270269 Spoken from the Heart Out
8786 Question: How Far Did George Go?
271270 Where Proper Relief Lay
8887 Natural Proof
272271 No Repetitions for Hubby
8988 A Domicile for All Eternity
273272 There Was No Hurry about It
9089 The Man Who Was Thursday
274273 An Attack on the Affiliated Talent
9190 The Least of His Worries
275274 The Deceased Had Been Forehanded
9291 This One Stood the Test of Time
276275 How the Reform Worked
9392 The Prudent Bride
277276 Where Higher Education Would Have Landed Him
9493 As a Favor to the Railroad
278277 Scarcely a Lucrative Calling
9594 Where the Real Fault Lay
279278 A Plea for Studied Action
9695 An Appeal to the Senses
280279 The Current Rate on Suckers
9796 The Truth from the Inside
281280 Going and Coming
9897 The Fate of the Saloon
282281 The Evils of Intemperance
9998 What the Case Called For
283282 Not a Family of Musicians
10099 The Light that Failed
284283 The Reverend Had a Little Lamb
101100 He’d Have Preferred Union Hours
285284 God Save the King’s English!
102101 The Perils of Pranking
286285 The Kink in Mr. Jones
103102 The Really Important Point
287286 Better than Believing in Santa Claus
104103 The Proper Remedy at Last
288287 The Curse of an Active Mind
105104 An Anniversary to Be Remembered
289288 A Way Out of the Difficulty
106105 The Handiwork of the Amateur
290289 Stylish Language, Indeed!
107106 The Forethoughted Widow
291290 The Original Package
108107 Bumpy Times for the Late Lamented
292291 The Voice of a Husband
109108 The Genesis of an Old Favorite
293292 The Passive Rôle
110109 “A Rose by Any Other Name . . .”
294293 The Suggestion of a Scandal
111110 A Detail of Figures
295294 A Warning Word to a Friend
112111 Provision for the Future
296295 Obstructing the Highway
113112 The Life of the Party, as It Were
297296 In Part Settlement
114113 Something to Look Forward To
298297 The Apostolic Switch
115114 Me Lady’s One Weak Point
299298 In One of His Tamer Moments
116115 At the Crossing of the Ways
300299 That Thick Hotel Crockery
117116 The Mysterious Stranger
301300 A Reduction for Cash
118117 A Chronic Loser
302301 Extending Down to the Very Bottom
119118 The Call of the Far East
303302 Belated but Sincere
120119 He Wouldn’t Commit Himself Yet
304303 An Expert Opinion
121120 A Seasonable and Timely Suggestion
305304 A Well-Merited Rebuke
122121 Not Vouched For as Absolutely Authentic
306305 For Business, Not Pleasure
123122 One Time When the Colonel Balked
307306 Let There Be Light!
124123 And No Steam Calliope, Either
308307 A Little Bed Time Tale
125124 Absolutely Nothing to Debate
309308 A Growing Suspicion
126125 Keeping It in the Family
310309 Caught in the Jam
127126 Speaking, as It Were, with Frankness
311310 And Getting Worse All the Time
128127 Glass of Fashion and Mould of Form!
312311 A Temptation to His Majesty
129128 Down to the Solid Portions
313312 Giving the Lady the Air
130129 An Anti-Expectoration Advocate
314313 Complete in Every Detail
131130 Putting Depew in His Place
315314 A Bare Statement
132131 How Larry Boosted the Game
316315 One Right Behind Another
133132 When Goldstein Really Cut Loose
317316 How Time Flies, to Be Sure!
134133 Tired of Dealing with Crooks
318317 Honor Where Honor Was Due
135134 By Way of Compromise
319318 On Her Own Motive Power
136135 The Lady Made Good at Last
320319 Who’s Who in Newark
137136 The Low-Down on the Saw-Milling Business
321320 Hives, Perhaps, But No Honey
138137 There Spoke a Sympathizing Soul
322321 A Mystery Revealed
139138 The Inevitable Consequences
323322 It Very Often Proves Fatal
140139 Not Listed among the Leading Ones Anyhow
324323 Proving That Figures Don’t Lie
141140 A Warning to the Yanks
325324 The Exact Locality
142141 In the Nature of a Shock
326325 A Two Part Serial
143142 His Worst Fears Confirmed
327326 A Tribute to the Father
144143 Only Three Had Remained
328327 The Personal Touch Was Lacking
145144 She Who Sought for Peace
329328 Straight from the Scriptures
146145 An Exception for a Native Son
330329 The Real Fromage, in Fact
147146 Without Professional Assistance
331330 Practically No Reason for It
148147 Making It Harder Than Ever
332331 He Couldn’t Stick to Any One Thing
149148 Why They Called Him Speedy
333332 Reserve Ammunition
150149 There Would Be Three in All
334333 Dust to Dust
151150 The Colonel’s Checking System
335334 No Trouble to Show Goods
152151 The Reunion of the Aged
336335 Fun for Little Isadore
153152 Probably Stewed Kidneys Ran Third
337336 An Awful Blow for Mr. Barnum
154153 Pretty Pol!
338337 An Over Sensitive Deer
155154 The Unforgivable Sin
339338 The Proper Rate of Exchange
156155 The Burden of the Black Brother
340339 Classifying the Delinquent
157156 Openings in the Higher Branches
341340 A Touch of the Swedish
158157 A Distinction and a Difference
342341 Calling for Night Work, Too
159158 The Prediction That Came True
343342 Returning in the Regular Manner
160159 It Wasn’t His Move, Either
344343 Or in Other Words, Slightly Confused
161160 Spreading the Feast for the Stranger
345344 A Squirrel without a Peer
162161 A Very Natural Request
346345 The Triumph of the Novice
163162 The Voice of a Prophet
347346 The Gift of Tongues
164163 The Trifles of an Earlier Day
348347 Inquiry Regarding the Stranger
165164 In Accordance with the Ritual
349348 When Appearances Were Deceitful
166165 A Customer Who Wasn’t Wanted
350349 The Curious Ways of Sheep
167166 The Surest System Yet
351350 Where They Take Things as They Come
168167 All According to Specifications
352351 A Mystery Unraveled
169168 The Reason the Artist Quit
353352 Already Showing Signs of Use
170169 To the Depths of Dogology
354353 A Hint to the Wise Is Ample
171170 Time Was No Object
355354 Just Before the Shooting Started
172171 A Diagnosis Made Offhand
356355 The Limit of Helplessness
173172 Remodeling the Calendar
357356 The Most Unkindest Cut of All
174173 Of a Careless Nature
358357 The Position of a Young Man
175174 The Light That Failed
359358 No Detail to Be Overlooked
176175 Sir Izaak Walton in Black
360359 At the Extreme Rear
177176 Doing Something for the Patient
361360 He Knew Where to Find Paw
178177 The Real Point of the Joke
362361 Consolation for the Imperilled One
179178 The Mystery of Wednesday
363362 Examples of the Higher Criticism
180179 The Cockney and the Lady
364363 The Prize Smell of the Circus
181180 Neither Here Nor There
365364 A Tribute—with One Reservation
182181 One of the Marvels of Science
366365 Staving Off the Fatal Blow
183182 The Proper End of a Caddy
367366 Special Extra—To Be Read Only in Leap Year
184183 One Way to Beat the Game
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