Roll up for a Laugh- An ideal gift for a bowler

Wow! Neville Odell has done it again! Not content compiling two side-splitting reads in Bowl 'em Over (2004) and A Tad More Grass (2007), he's gone for his hat-trick with the very dip-innable Roll up for a Laugh and scored with a cracker!

Boosted by brilliant contributions from renowned cartoonist Barry Garbutt, the book's potpourri of bowls yarns, anecdotes, poems, stories and quips will prove a real tonic when you've nothing to smile about - and even when you have!

Tongue-in-cheek and light-hearted stories will elicit giggling, nay guffawing, at some of the strange things that happen on a bowling green.

There's a hilarious chapter, for example, where you'll learn why bowls is definitely the best game (compared to polo and wrestling). And then there's a delightful poem about coloured bowls - God bless 'em!

You'll genuinely enjoy the witty Ron's Chooks and The Bandywallop Bowling Club and there's a bowler's prayer for the more discerning, as well as some more funny excuses for use on those very rare occasions when you play a bad bowl.

If you're just slightly concerned about what to wear on the green, fear not for there are cunning guidelines on the correct ensembles and accoutrements for when you want to make a fashion statement.

The good, bad and ugly, otherwise known as the Selectors, are analysed and criticised whilst proverbial dummy spitters will benefit from the wonderfully funny Hurt Feelings Report. And then there's the uproarious What to Do When You Win that will help you decide whether and when to kiss and hug the crowd, the air or only your Skipper!

Younger bowlers will get advice on what is uncool in a bowling club and there's also a clever multiple choice lawn bowls quiz. You'll learn how to make your wrong bias' go straight and that `good' shots played on the green can't be compared to the `super' shots played in the bar after the game.

Well, buy the book and find out! And at the same time help with this Alzheimer's Australia fund-raising project. Books cost $20 including postage and are available from some bowls shops or direct from Neville and Denise Odell on email nevodell@bigpond.net.au or telephone: (08) 9309 3108 or write to them at 45 Drayton Green Way, Kingsley, WA 6026