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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: 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: funny
Disadvantages: not sure

...so my brother got me the little verison. which i read some every night before i go to bed laughing alot makes me tired so thats why i read it. i never get bored of it i just read it over and over again. the book includes passages on + different types of farting +farting zodiac +farting etiquette +farting personalities +the dangers of farting +the truth about farting and much more. Alec Bromice i never even heard of him before but at the ... Read review

Advantages: Fantasically useless!
Disadvantages: Uselessly useless!

++++++++++++++++++++++++ WHAT THE BOOK IS ABOUT ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Basically, its a gigantic bullet-pointed list of the most useless facts you will ever encounter. However, saying this, i did actually find myself learning a few of them to bring up in future conversations (yes, i'm sad). If you have a random, silly, or mad sense of humour, (or just an inquisitve nature), this may well be the book for you. I personally fall into the category ...
...is 'Barbara Millicent Roberts' The Garfish has green bones Bats always turn left when exiting a cave Robin Williams was voted in high school the least likely to succeed. The sections of the book are: - Famous people - Household trivia - Statistics - That's entertainment - World of Animals - Food and drink - World of business - The literary world - Places - Religion - World of science - Sport - History . . . and - Odds and ends So ... Read review