Fifty Sheds of Grey
by C.T. Grey
When Fifty Shades of Grey took the world by storm in 2012, C.T. Grey saw an opportunity. Not to write erotica. To write jokes about sheds.
The book is a collection of short, deeply committed double entendres, all set in and around garden sheds. “She looked at my tool collection and raised an eyebrow. ‘Is that a spirit level?’ she asked. ‘No,’ I replied. ‘I’m just pleased to see you.’”
The genius is in the relentlessness. Every single entry follows the same structure. Every single one ends with a punchline about woodworking, DIY, or garden storage. The author never breaks character. There is no winking. There is only the shed.
It sold extremely well, which says something about Britain that we will not elaborate on here.
Give it to a dad. Give it to someone who recently bought a shed. Give it to someone who laughed at the excerpt above. You know who they are.