- Hardcover: 288 pages
- Publisher: Headline (11 Nov 2010)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0755360869
- ISBN-13: 978-0755360864
- Product Dimensions: 1.9 x 12.1 x 17.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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'Hilarious... [the names] make you happy to belong to a people who believe it is their patriotic duty not to take themselves too seriously'
(Allison Pearson, Daily Mail )'It may well make you laugh like a hyena'
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'Such was Catherine Morland at ten. At fifteen appearances were mending; she began to curl her hair and long for balls...' (Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey)
'Will it jerk me off?' (Margaret Thatcher, inspecting a field gun in the
'You know, animals are very psychic. I mean, the least sign of danger and my pussy's hair stands on end' (Mrs Slocombe, Are You Being Served?)
From the unwittingly filthy, to the gleefully subversive, double entendres have been making us laugh for centuries. In this hilarious survey, Russell Ash uncovers some of history's dirtiest double meanings. From the smut lurking between the polished lines of literature's most revered writers, to the public innuendo accidents that have tripped up even the most respected of politicians, right through to the sly innuendo that has characterized some of our best-loved comedies, IT JUST SLIPPED OUT has it all.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
purchased as a gift for someone who loves double entendres and it had him giggling from his first dip into the book
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Sidesplittingly funny. I have given it to eight friends for Christmas. Wonderful observations on the nuances of the English language and the troubles they can get us into. Thank you Russell Ash for making our Christmas.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Extremely amusing book and at a good price.Bought as a gift for the star of innuendo and he liked it.
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laugh out loud pleasure of a book
It Just Slipped Out: A Bulging Encyclopaedia of Double Entendres by Russell Ash laugh out hsitory of this englaih language comedy institution what is a doulbe entendre well a girl... Read more
Published 26 days ago by mark1000
Jolly smut! Full of in yer end ohs!
If you enjoy embarrassing / funny/ risque slips of the tongue, this is the volume for you.
Packed full of in-offensive but hilarious gaffs made by the rich and... Read more
Packed full of in-offensive but hilarious gaffs made by the rich and... Read more
Published 1 month ago by RONBEE
Nice one!
Quickly delivered I bought this as a joke present for a friend in need of enlightnment. she devoured it and found it hilarious. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Genius
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took a little bit longer than usual but I assume that was due to weather conditions as it was very snowy. An affecting factor out of their hands. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Em
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