Alan Coren Professions : Writer Born : June 27, 1938 Died : October 18, 2007 Browse All Authors Top 25 quotes by Alan Coren The role of humour is to make people fall down and writhe on the Axminster, and that is the top and bottom of it. Alan Coren humor funny fall 10.30 Newsnight: What Are The Chances Of World War Three Breaking Out After You Have Gone To Bed? Alan Coren bed three war Jacob is a German Shepherd. (I have never understood why they aren't called German Sheepdogs. What do the Germans call shepherds?) Alan Coren jacob shepherds dog Disneyworld... is a historical reconstruction as sanitised as the Kremlin's, and a future vision as uncognisant of contemporary pointers as Peter Pan's. It is a magic carpet under which everything has been swept. Alan Coren magic vision historical I wonder sometimes if manufacturers of foolproof items keep a fool or two on their payroll to test things. Alan Coren things fool wonder sometimes Similar Authors Ihab Hassan writer Ingmar Bergman writer Isabella Bird writer Ivan E. Coyote writer Al Feldstein writer Bert Sugar writer All Authors