The Giant Bathroom Reader : Dip into a Compendium of Useless Knowledge, Hilarious Facts, and Bizarre Trivia - Softcover

Karl Shaw

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1845294688 ISBN 13: 9781845294687

Publisher: Magpie Books, 2006

Synopsis

This book is a collection of The ODDEST...the WEIRDEST...the most AMAZING facts and feats from all over the world including:BIZARRE CRIMES: Graham "Cutter" Carter, the bespectacled careers adviser, who used to cut large circles from the backs of women's skirts in central London. WEIRD ANIMAL NEWS: The pigs whose own methane, ignited by a spark, exploded their shed in Verona, Italy, killing them all.INCREDIBLE URBAN MYTHS: What is the curse that hangs over the US presidency? POTTY WISDOM: FROM AROUND THE WORLD: Kiss the hand that cannot bite (Romania); Thrash your apprentice while he has not yet broken the water jug (Bulgaria).Astonishing royal eccentricities: during a visit to Germany, Peter of Russia's son used his hosts' curtains as a stand-in for toilet paper. Zany sporting moments: The French dwarf who won the right to be thrown across rooms for his living after appealing against the French governments ban on "dwarf tossing". Jokes of the day: A horse walks into a bar and orders a drink. The bartender says. "Why the long face?" From elk-dropping earrings to radioactive watches, a wealth of information, all of it incredible, much of it improbable, but all of it true. Be amazed, be appalled, but, above all, be enthralled by this cornucopia of craziness.

About this title

About the Author:

Karl Shaw has worked as a journalist, in advertising and in marketing. His books include New York Times bestsellers Royal Babylon: The Alarming History of European Royalty and 5 People Who Died During Sex: and 100 Other Terribly Tasteless Lists.

About this edition

• Publisher: Magpie Books
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1845294688
• ISBN 13: 9781845294687
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 396