The traditional Aussie jokes told in pubs and cabs now compete with global jokes. It's Dad 'n' Dave versus Monica Lewinsky.

This book is to the joke what a telephone directory is to the phone number. No taxi has been left unturned, no dunny wall unread, no pub unvisited in rounding up these funnies. The result is a naughtier, even more notorious volume than the bestselling Penguin Book of Australian Jokes. Of course, you should be reading serious fiction or uplifting works of theology - but if you don't mind feeling thoroughly ashamed of yourself, this is the book for you.

New collection of jokes from the team that previously compiled 'The Penguin Book of Australian Jokes' (1994), 'The Penguin Book of More Australian Jokes' (1996), 'The Penguin Book of Jokes from Cyberspace' (1995) and 'The Penguin Book of Schoolyard Jokes' (1997), which in turn were published in one volume as 'The Giant Penguin Book of Jokes' (2001). Adams is a newspaper columnist and presents ABC Radio's 'Late Night Live'. Other publications include 'Adams Versus God' and 'A Billion Voices'. Newell, a former model and TV presenter, is now a farmer. Other works include 'The Olive Grove'. The compilers are partners.

Presents under the one cover four previously published collections of jokes: 'The Penguin Book of Australian Jokes' (1994), 'The Penguin Book of More Australian Jokes' (1996), 'The Penguin Book of Jokes from Cyberspace' (1995) and 'The Penguin Book of Schoolyard Jokes' (1997). Each of the individual sections, corresponding to the original volumes, is indexed.