Butt me no Butts

Advantages: Engaging, well-drawn characters
Disadvantages: May require multiple readings to fully appreciate

...There's definitely some satire in Will Self's latest novel, The Butt. A tourist carelessly flicks away his final cigarette, and then finds himself charged with attempted murder after it hits his neighbour's head. The satire's target, however, is less clear. Is Self (a man pilloried for taking cocaine on a politican's plane, remember) simply having a dig at the absurdity of the smoking bans that are sweeping across the Western world? Or is this a more sophisticated examination of compensation culture? Moral relativity between different cultures? Post-colonialism? Or, as seems likely, all of the above? The book is set in a distant land which can't quite make up its mind whether it's supposed to be Australia or the Middle East. It's never actually named, but clearly Allegorica would have been a perfectly apt name. Broadly Antipodean...

Olly_Plimsoll 14.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of The Butt - Will Self

I love a nice Butte! But you can keep the snakes.

Advantages: The Buttes are Awesome
Disadvantages: The drive and the snakes are really long

...In May 2008 my husband and I went to stay with a dear friend in Colorado who was a fabulous host and guide to the Denver region. Unfortunately whilst we were out having a great time exploring, poor Kris had to go to work but at the end of our visit he managed to get the day off and so we asked him where he most wanted to go. Pawnee Buttes was his choice for a day out. Three go out on a adventure We loaded up the rental car and headed out of the city in a northerly direction. I suppose I should have asked more questions before we went like "How far is this place?" and "What on earth are we going to look at?" but I didn't. Perhaps it was a fear of admitting that I couldn't remember from my school geography what a butte was that stopped me interrogating a bit more. He'd not let us down with his other hot tips for tourism so we...

koshkha 07.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Pawnee Buttes, Colorado

  Laughing all the way to the butt

Advantages: good for plants; good for the environment
Disadvantages: expensive outlay; some look rather plain

...all the major jobs like new fencing and patio laying had been done, I was faced with a blank canvas. One of the first items I decided to buy, before any new plants, was a water butt, for two particular reasons. ~ Going green ~ The first was that like most people, I'm a keen recycler of any household matter that can possibly be recycled. I assiduously putting everything in the correct boxes for the councils doorstep collections. And we all know that taking small steps like using energy saving light bulbs and switching off appliances when they're not in use help environmentally too. With this in mind, it seemed like a natural progression for us to buy a water butt as soon as we could. As any gardener knows, most new plants need watering regularly until they're established, which can take up to a year. This is so the roots...

kevin121 02.07.2009 (15.07.2009) · Read review
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Review of Sankey Water Butt 1068

* Want your butt pumping? . .

Advantages: Very good idea, very green.
Disadvantages: Not a lot.

...You are reading about a submersible pump by Hozelock, designed to fit into your water butt, and provide a supply of water suitable for watering your garden. Simple idea, and a good one too. It will feed water with enough pressure to provide a decent spray. A very good idea in these days of hose pipe bans. I did a review on a drill operated pump, not a bad idea I thought, a cheap option, especially if you only have a limited amount to shift, although someone suggested that a drill operated pump is a bit of a waste, why not get a real pump? Good thinking, good point. I have baled out strip footings with a bucket before now, and must say any sort of pump is an improvement. A proper submersible one is ideal. I must admit I was thinking of adapting my drill operated gizmo to fit my water butt, but having used one of these, I know which...

smudgeybabes 27.01.2008 (26.01.2008) · Read review
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Review of Hozelock Water Butt Pump

A great way to give up smoking !!

Advantages: The style and writing is excellent.
Disadvantages: A rather dull plot, and rather bizarre.

... THE BUTT WILL SELF I started reading 'The Butt' by Will Self really expecting to enjoy it as I had found his earlier book "The Book of Dave" excellent and hard to put down. THE BOOK The plot of "The Butt" revolves around American, Tom Brodzinski, who is on holiday with his family in an unnamed country somewhere in the middle east. He is about to stop smoking, and after enjoying his last cigarette on the balcony of his apartment , he flicks the cigarette butt which unfortunatly lands on, and badly burns, the elderly Reggie Lincoln. Because the said butt had passed through public space before hitting Lincoln , the local authorities look at Brodzinski's action and he he is charged with assault with "a projectile weapon with a toxic payload,". On top of this it turns out that the American...

oldchem 22.06.2009 · Read review
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Review of The Butt - Will Self

A Good Workout, butt....

Advantages: Fun, gets you moving/sweating
Disadvantages: Some routines tricky

...The hotpants workout. Why did I buy this? Do I have a creeping desire to shimmy around a disco like Kylie, with bits of my perfectly toned rear on display for all to see? Erm, no. It was the no.1 selling exercise dvd when I bought it on Amazon last year, so I figured it must be good. This dvd has, as you can see, an annoyingly pert bottom on the cover. I figured it was just a sales tactic but turns out to be one of the dancers in the dvd. The dvd has the following chapters: Photo Gallery Behind the Scenes Hannah's Story Workout: 1. Bounce 2. Slide 3. Rush 4. Groove 5. Two Step 6. Abs and Butt-Ups If you choose to play the dvd from start to finish, you will be greeted with a video style-y dance performance by Mr. Dan Karaty, choreographer to stars like Kylie and Britney. While there is no doubting Mr. K is an excellent...

venice105 17.03.2006 (22.03.2006) · Read review
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Review of The Hotpants Workout (DVD)

Butt Naked

Advantages: Solid film, great FX
Disadvantages: Bit gory and predictable

...has not seen the film yet! Acting ****** The acting is very good indeed. Bacon excels has the egotistical scientist, hell bent on pushing the boundaries of science, whatever the cost. Definitely one of his better performances and he has gone up in my estimations as an actor. Bacon fans might like to know he can be seen walking around butt naked at times! Shue is equally good as the have a go heroine, a tough cookie and pretty cute as well! Unfortunately she is not to be seen in her birthday suit! The rest of the cast performances are solid and believable. Watch out for William Devane, a very familiar face, he has been in many films but is probably better known for his performances in dodgy American soaps like Knotts Landing! Special Effects *************** One of this movies strong points is the special effects...

Judgee 22.09.2001 · Read review
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Review of Hollow Man (DVD)

Fading Away

Advantages: -
Disadvantages: -

...Nicky Butt, nearly made a £5m move to Birmingham at christmas due to lack of first team football at Man Utd. It provoked Sir Alex Ferguson to play him more, but stil far less than he would like to be playing. He would be starting in pretty mch any other Englis team outside the top three, but maybe his quality is fading with his confidence ever lowering. However, Sven still had to think about whether to play him in front of the back four with a diamond formation in England's opener against france, but he opted with Frank Lampard in the end, which won't help Butt's confidence. He's not gettting any yuonger as well, he's been around a long time as part of the homegrown united batch of player from the mid nineties, along with Scholes, Beckham and the Neville brothers, and now he's 29 his England career might be getting away from him...

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Review of Nicky Butt

Walking Your Butte Off

Advantages: Towers of rock springing up give fantastic views.
Disadvantages: Very busy - not as peaceful and natural as the North Rim.

...give something back then this is the place to buy something. ***Between Desert View & The Village*** There are many points to stop and take in spectacular views on the way to the village and the first one was just a few minutes drive away from Desert View. Navajo Point is 7461 feet up and gives excellent views of where the Colorado River bends its way from a southerly to a westerly direction. The colours of the rocks are all dark reds and blacks here and as clouds make shadows, the patterns change continuously. Lipan Point is slightly lower down a few miles along again at only 7360 feet but again you can see the river twisting and carving its way through the high mountain edges. Looking directly below, at a drop of about 2000 feet are the Escalante and the Cardenas Buttes and these are situated next to Tanner Canyon where a trail...

belfin 08.11.2007 · Read review
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Review of South Rim, USA

Butt Kicking For Goodness

Advantages: Huge game time and ability to play the character you want
Disadvantages: May result in player doing Minsc and Boo impressions

...a Ranger and a rather good fighter to have in the party but who is also completely and utterly nuts. Minsc carries around a hamster called Boo. Now according to Minsc Boo is a dwarf giant space hamster that talks to him often to hilarious consequences. Some of Minsc?s quotes are: Butt kicking for goodness !! Go for the eyes, Boo! Go for the eyes !! Do not make me add your ass to the kicking list !! The butts of evil await my boot print !! All that is goodness cries out for this. Even little Boo, although he cannot cry out quite so loudly !! I will crush your foes into little foe-shaped chunky bits !! This behavior must not continue! Feel the burning stare of my hamster and change your ways !! Boo is outraged! See his fury. It's small, so look close. Trust me, it's there !! We come because the little boy, Delon, said...

gabrielangeles 06.01.2003 · Read review
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