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Penguin Books Author Blurbs from Yesteryear
Are modern book blurbs too dull? I think so, judging by these two gems. Thanks to Phaude for the one from Edmund Crispin and his fascinating list of ... Read more »
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- And now on an FCC train where designer had never used a train. Or a chair. Hate the noddy seat trains. 19 hrs ago
- First visit to the Excell in London. It is so important to employ those architects with no sense that people might use their buildings. 19 hrs ago
- Admittedly, not a cracker. But German wordplay jokes are few and far between. Generally they like toilet gags, sardonic humour and satire. 1 day ago
- A German told me this gag. Mitt Romney greets a German: "Guten tag, Ich bin Mitt Romney." German replies: "Hallo. Aber, wo ist Romney?" 1 day ago
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About Dan Wilson
Social media human, eBay bore, online community manager, Brightonian, writer, author, reader, editor, punner, infovore, Briton, plastic paddy, progressive, socialist, radical, totter, citizen, Whovian, Blue Peter badge winner, LSE graduate, Old Etonian, European, Labour leaning, romantic cynic, consultant, randomaniac, bad historian, internaut, contrarian, wannabe wit, freelancer, raconteur, dilletante, bon vivant, flaneur, psychogeographer, amateur pedant, natural blond, subversive, bibliophile, logophile, oenophile, beer swiller. Read more »Most Popular Posts
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Recent Comments:
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- Chris: I had a memory flashback of, just as you say, sitting in a class watching this at school in the 1980s. I...
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