Why shouldn't you listen to other people's advice? Why don't the English like foreigners? Why shouldn't a married gentleman play golf? Readers will find answers to these and other questions in the book that made Jerome K. Jerome famous. Before the release of Three in a Boat, No counting dogs" the whole world knew the writer precisely as the author of the collections of "Idle Reflections of an Idle Man" - a striking example of truly English humor. These stories have not lost a drop of their sparkle, and the very original conclusions that the main character comes to in the process of reflection often turn out to be very, very relevant these days...