O'Grady sez: 'These essays, or whatever they may be, represent my thoughts and conclusions on various things and people. My eldest son wanted me to write my autobiography - 'The story of your life, Pop,' he said. 'And tell the truth'. He can go and jump in Lake Burley Griffin. I offer instead on what that life has taught me. And over sixty years of knocking around and being knocked around, a man acquires a sort of philosophy. Basically, mine is that nothing in life is worth getting steamed up about, and most things are only good for a laugh. So sue me!' O'Grady offers what life has taught him about chooks, language, weddings, women, God, censorship, writers, art, politicians, sex and funerals.