Emergency Questions: 1001 conversation-savers for any situation - Softcover

Herring, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0751574384 ISBN 13: 9780751574388

Publisher: Sphere, 2019

Synopsis

If you had to wear somebody's guts for garters - if you had to - who would you disembowel in order to facilitate your socks staying up?

What do you consider your median achievement?

Would you rather have pubic hair made of unremovable barbed wire or to be attacked by a rabid badger in your sleep once a week?

We've all been there. Stuck at a boring family party, on an awkward date, in a below-par job interview, or any number of other situations in which conversation has become more of a trickle than a flow. Well, fear the excruciation no more, as Richard Herring's EMERGENCY QUESTIONS is about to change your life. Containing 1,001 conversation starters from one of our most cherished comedians, along with plenty of answers from the many household names who've appeared on his podcast, this book is virtually guaranteed to remove any social anxiety from your life, and will raise your repartee-game to new heights.

About this title

About the Author:

Richard Herring has enjoyed phenomenal success as a writer and performer and is an innovator in the world of podcasts. Persistently placing in the Top 10 UK Comedy Podcast chart,Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast sees him interview top comedians in front of a live audience, with previous guests including Stephen Fry, David Mitchell, and Russell Brand. He has written and appeared in a number of critically acclaimed plays, is a frequent guest on television panel shows, and regularly tours as a stand-up comedian.

Review:

Guaranteed to get a conversation started . . . even if it ends up being a conversation about your weird taste in books―Dave Gorman

Ridiculously funny and (unexpectedly) genuinely useful ―Adam Kay author of This is Going to Hurt

Thank god and all her sisters for Richard Herring, leaving no turnable stone unimagined with these iceberg breakers―Al Murray

This book is very funny. And a social lifesaver. I'm definitely going to use it for my next awkward conversation with Richard Herring―Sarah Millican

A perfect way to pretend you're interested in people you're not that interested in―Kathy Burke

Would you rather read this book cover to cover every day for the rest of your life, or never read again? We would take the former, because it's the stupidest funniest book of the stupidest funniest questions we've ever read―Elis James and John Robins

Perhaps if Michael Parkinson had asked Mohammad Ali if he'd ever seen a Bigfoot he might be remembered as a great interviewer. Instead it is Richard Herring who has perfected the art of creating funny, interesting and offensive questions that will supercharge even the dullest encounter―Adam Buxton

Most of this book is pointless filth, all of it is hilarious, and my answer to question 715(a) is "Yes thank you and it was very tasty"―Dawn French

Of all the clever people I know, Richard is the stupidest. And of all the stupid people I know, Richard is the cleverest. That's why this is such a brilliant book for everyone―Richard Osman

Richard Herring bullied me into claiming this book, which I haven't yet read, is brilliant―Charlie Brooker

About this edition

• Publisher: Sphere
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 0751574384
• ISBN 13: 9780751574388
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288