What is the message that Jerome wants to convey in his novel, Three Men in a Boat?

I believe that Jerome set out to write a fictional spoof of the traditional travel narrative. Such boating outings along the River Thames were becoming quite popular at the time. Why couldn’t someone write a fictional travelogue, set along a fairly tame and well-developed waterway, and infuse it with a lot of humor and storytelling? He succeeds at these goals. Critics could say that the book is hardly action-packed and that very little actually happens here, but real life is like this. What we see and do reminds us of past stories that we must share with those around us. Examples would be when we got mixed up with our daily schedules because we didn’t know what time it was, or when someone we know had a lot of difficulties doing simple tasks, like hanging a picture on the wall, or when we took care of a package for someone that turned out to be much more of a burden than we originally thought. I think Jerome shows that even seemingly commonplace experiences are worth telling. Our daily lives can be filled with humor, if we only allow ourselves the chances to see it.