Real Ponies Don't Go Oink!
by Patrick F. McManus | 
Never Sniff A Gift Fish
by Patrick F. McManus | 
Rubber Legs and White Tail-Hairs
by Patrick F. McManus | 
The Good Samaritan Strikes Again
by Patrick F. McManus | 
An Unexpected Twist
by Andy Borowitz | 
Kerplunk!
by Patrick F. McManus | 
Magical Thinking
by Augusten Burroughs | 
Naked Pictures of Famous People
by Jon Stewart | 
Paperweight
by Stephen Fry | 
Modern Romance
by Aziz Ansari | 
The Grass is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank
by Erma Bombeck | 
The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw
by Patrick F. McManus | 
A Fine and Pleasant Misery
by Patrick F. McManus | 
The Grasshopper Trap
by Patrick F. McManus | 
Bad Cat
by Jim Edgar | 
They Shoot Canoes, Don't They?
by Patrick F. McManus | 
I'll Go Home Then; It's Warm and Has Chairs
by David Thorne |
The Amazing Mackerel Pudding Plan
by Wendy McClure | 
Don't Make a Black Woman Take Off Her Earrings
by Tyler Perry | 
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
by Deric Longden |
Has being late to work due to dancing clowns ever been a problem for you? Have you ever had to defend yourself against a giant iguana? Does the overture to The Music Man make you violently twitch? In Life is a Circus Run by a Platypus readers are immersed into what it would be like to live every day as if a herd of ballerinas were chasing you, without the inconvenience of actually having to run. This collection of truly bizarre short stories taken from the author, Allison Hawn's, life takes one across the world and into the strangest crevices of civilization. The lessons learned through her adventures might very well save the reader if they too ever have to face birthing a cow, calming distraught technical support or death by furniture.