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Advantages: Hilarious
Disadvantages: Not for the easily offended

I've been a fan of Viz for a few years now and have had great experiences with the magazines, not so great with the videos. I got the book for Christmas and the first thing i noticed was how thick it was. It has 348 pages full of alternative swear words(That's 8000 rude words and phrases!), and is twice as big as the last version. Some silly and some not for the faint hearted. I find a few hilarious and a few just a bit dumb. Overall however it ...
...use that many of them for the fact that A) Most people wouldn't understand them without definitions and B) I simply can't remember them. Some of them you wouldn't want to use such as "Brown Betty", which i would explain but i think Ciao might ban me! You can't sit and read this book cover to cover but it's great for a few spare minutes or some entertainment with friends. The best thing about reading it with mates is that only you and them know what ... Read review

Advantages: A laugh a minute
Disadvantages: The loo may be engaged when you need to use it!

I have been putting off reviewing this title because it is so difficult to convey the “flavour” of it and just how entertaining it is but with just five months to Christmas, I felt it was essential to pass on this handy tip for a present for older relatives! My god daughter gave this to me last Christmas and I have to admit that I was slightly offended by the choice when I unpacked it! After all, I might be pushing fifty but I am not in my dotage ...
...not acting my age! However as soon as I started dipping into it, I forgave her because it is the most entertaining and funniest collection of quotations I have ever encountered! Despite the humour, the author, Rosemary Jarski, claims a serious motive in producing this little gem. She claims:- “ Senior citizens have changed and the rest of society has yet to notice. The clichéd image of old age is still common currency in our culture. Media and advertising ... Read review

Advantages: An in depth, informative, and most of all hilarious guide to England
Disadvantages: Can cause offence, though none is intended

...during the war, he learned how to adapt, and slowly became British. I should point out that Hungarian humour is a little different from English humour; it's rather like "Gallows humour". It takes a little getting used to, but it's great once you do! If you do read the book(s) you will see what I mean, and I'm going to include some examples from the books in this review as a taster! All excerpts are taken from "How to be a Brit" (André Deutsch 1984) ...
...on Some Publishers The Language How Not to be Clever How to be Rude How to Compromise How to be a Hypocrite About Simple Joys The National Passion Three Small Points II.How to be a Particular Alien A Bloomsbury Intellectual Mayfair Playboy How to be a Film Producer Driving Cars Three Games for Bus Drivers How to Plan a Town Civil Servant Journalism If Naturalized ---The discussion - stop skimming now--- Ok that's the first of ... Read review

Advantages: there funny
Disadvantages: some people may find them offensive

...other, and we both know the other likes chocolate, so that’s what they get. Oh, apart from one year when I told him what to buy me ( A cute little penguin Christmas tree decoration from accessorize, which I still have hung in my room!) This year i was greeted with a much smaller package, which consisted of two small books, one of txt shorthand's, and this book of abuse. The front of it shocked me a little. My little brother had got me a bright ...
...the front of it! After I got over the initial shock I noticed what it said underneath the bright yellow finger! It Said “lots of one liners for the really annoying people in your life”. I grinned to myself. My brother knows me too well. This is going to provide me with ammunition for years to come! Some of the one liners aren’t that funny, but some of them are really good. I’ll give you some examples: “I’m not ... Read review

Advantages: funny, clever, original
Disadvantages: none

...giggling little audience. The Little Mole came to my attention thanks to my dearly beloved, who for some reason thought it might tickle me. And he was right: even just the title and the concept tickled me, so the next time I found myself in a bookshop with a fiver to spare I ventured into the kiddie section (which was like a journey back in time for me - I used to spend so much time in there begging my Mum to buy me all manner of books - shame the ...
...to locate a copy of the oversized book. I had been imagining something Mr.Men sized, but this is a landscape-A4. Curiosity could not be contained, and I whipped it out as soon as I was on the tube and proceeded to read - complete with giggles, snorts at snuffles at the delightful story, which goes something like this: Our little Hero - The Mole - pokes his head out one morning only to have something or someone deposit a sausage on his head. Not ... Read review