- Paperback: 304 pages
- Publisher: Doubleday; First Edition edition (1 Oct 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0385606745
- ISBN-13: 978-0385606745
- Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.2 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 803,408 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Following on from the "Global Village Idiot", this is another collection of satirical essays on 100 21st century subjects reproduced from John O'Farrell's popular Guardian column.
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A doctor in America has just invented a 'sperm sorting machine'. At least that's what he claimed when his receptionist burst into the office to find him doing something peculiar with the Hoover attachment. Apparently the system used for separating the male and female sperm is remarkably simple. A sample is placed in the petri dish with a microscopic pile of household items on a tiny staircase. All the sperm that go straight past without picking anything up are obviously boys.
John O'Farrell's first collection of columns GLOBAL VILLAGE IDIOT was a huge success prompting fulsome praise from such major public figures as the Queen Mother, Roy Jenkins and Cardinal Hume. Sadly, since their deaths, their glowing endorsements cannot be officially verified. So here instead is another collection of funny, satirical essays on a hundred and one 21st century subjects. Read how the government plans to introduce 'Santa loans' that will leave school children o10,000 in debt for all the presents that used to be free from Father Christmas. Learn how the EU is being expanded to include Narnia. And did you know that American war planes now have a little sticker on the back saying 'How's my bombing?' with an 0800 number to call if they blow up any Muslim country in a discourteous of aggressive manner . . .
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The previous reviewer's claim that O'Farrell regurgitates the same joke over and over is false. I have no idea what book he was reading. I Blame The Scapegoats is a compilation of O'Farrells Guardian columns. Mainly tackling current news and political issues, the book is clever, funny and stimulating. It isn't sublime, so it won't get 5 stars, but it has made me laugh on many occassions. I'll concede that the style is similar throughout, so you can learn to see what's coming. However, I think if you read this book every now-and-again, as you can given that the articles are each self-contained 3 or 4 pages of satire, you'll enjoy this. Note that you need a broad idea of what's been happening in current events in the UK for the last 2 or 3 years to maximise your enjoyment.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a wonderful collection of John O'Farrell's columns from TheGuardian newspaper. His alternative look on life, and various radicalsolutions for life's everyday problems are most entertaining. I wouldthoroughly reccommend this book to anyone, and the short chapters makethis book an ideal companion for the traveller.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A collection of O'Farrell's columns from the Guardian ranging from the mildly amusing to the very funny. O'Farrell casts his satirical eye over the current issues of the week so reading this a few years later can be at times puzzling and at times a useful reminder of the time. Reading a collection to topical satirical pieces a few years later shows two things: some things never change and some things turn out not to be that important in the long run. O'Farrell's humour is formulaic and the jokes can be seen coming but this doesn't detract from their funniness. And even when you can see them coming that doesn't stop you from laughing out loud.
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Blaming the Scapegoats
I blame The Scapegoats is a collection of past articles written for a newspaper a few years ago so they are not commentaries on current topics but the subject matter is still... Read more
Published on 29 Oct 2009 by David Nicholson
A Very Funny Collection
For pure gags per page there is no one to beat John O'Farrell. This is a great book to dip in and out of - each column is about three pages long, some on news stories we remember,... Read more
Published on 7 Dec 2007 by Suzanne
Unbelievably unfunny
These pieces of writing may have worked as newspaper columns - although I doubt it - but they certainly die a death collected together in this book. Read more
Published on 28 Jun 2005 by Rhona hotchkiss
what a load of tosh
Having read John O'Farrell's novels and loved them (especially the best a man can get - read it if you haven't already, it's very very funny)I was excited when a friend gave me I... Read more
Published on 23 Feb 2005 by T Dewey
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