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A very funny spoof of pop-science collections (Telegraph )

The finest example of man-friendly Q&A bog books out there (Zoo )

Every year, one funny book seems to stand out from all the others. This year, it's Do Ants Have Arseholes?... a rip-roaring parody... (The Spectator )

The book being touted as this year's can't-miss, downstairs-loo-fixture of a dead-cert publishing-phenomenon-cum-stocking-filler sensation... (The Guardian )

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A hilarious parody of the popular series of New Scientist question and answer books DOES ANYTHING EAT WASPS? and WHY DON'T PENGUINS' FEET FREEZE?

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3.0 out of 5 stars Great questions, not so sure about the answers..., 5 Jan 2008

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G. Meehan (Suffolk, England) - See all my reviews
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Going by the other reviews on here, this book really seems to divide people in a Marmitian kind of way (you either love it or hate it). The concept's great, and the questions are things that we all need to know the answers to. Actually, they're not, but they are funny: Where does my lap go when I stand up? Where is the middle of nowhere? How easy is it to fall off a log? Is there another word for synonym? My housemate claims to be indifferent to Marmite - is he weird? (And based on the answer to that, perhaps I'm weird for not reacting stronger one way or the other to this book?...)

Quite a few of the answers, discussions and "editor's comments" did make me smile, and can be pretty clever in a surreal, not-to-be-taken-in-the-least-bit-seriously way. I can see how some people would really find it funny when others really wouldn't. But personally, ultimately I didn't find the book quite as funny as I thought it had promised. Then again, with a title like that, it did have a lot to live up to...

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5.0 out of 5 stars THEY MUST - BUT DO THEY TALK OUT OF THEM?, 15 Nov 2007

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This is a totally daft surreally inventive book which moves the total sum of knowledge of the human race forward not one jot and all the better for that! Thoroughly enjoyable - very funny - buy one and give the other away free to a particularly stodgy relative!

Mick Drake- author of the comic novel All`s Well at Wellwithoute

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2.0 out of 5 stars Some good Q&A when you sift through the rubbish, 24 Aug 2009

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A strange book to review. You feel and hope the book will be good, have good humour and interesting stories. However, for each interesting Q&A, there are plenty of stupid boring ones. You have to sift through the book to find anything that is worth reading.

Think of the book as one in the lines of the adult comic "Viz", and you will not be far off. The questions are silly and the answers made up. If I had known this from the beginning, I would not have bothered with the book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Funny
This did take a while to read but only due to commitments, it was an excellent read and i would recommed others to take a peek as well

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