Donald Rooum<\/strong> (Stepney Green Press)
\nISBN: 978-0-9554431-0-7<\/p>\nI’m wandering a bit from my self-imposed brief here, but I can probably justify it with the fact that comic fans are factoid-freaks, that this book is wonderfully and liberally illustrated by cartooning legend Donald Rooum, and most importantly, that it’s my party and I’ll read what I want to.<\/p>\n
And that would be a nifty little paperback by Emeritus Professor of Psychology John Radford who has compiled a list of fifty-six topics of common usage that aren’t what they seem. Sub-titled \u00e2\u20ac\u0153some things everybody knows that actually ain’t so\u00e2\u20ac\u009d this is a lovely tome to sample at odd moments, or when nobody’s watching at the pub.<\/p>\n
Among the pillars of common wisdom given a good kicking are such monuments as Eskimos have many words for snow, King Alfred burnt the Cakes, Schizophrenia means Split-Personality, and You can’t prove a negative plus many, many others, all debunked in a witty memorable manner.<\/p>\n
Do you know who said \u00e2\u20ac\u0153There’s a sucker born every minute\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Any man who hates dogs and children can’t be all bad\u00e2\u20ac\u009d? No, you don’t, so you should get this book ’cause I’m not telling.<\/p>\n
\u00c2\u00a9 2007 John Radford & Donald Rooum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
By John Radford illustrated by Donald Rooum (Stepney Green Press) ISBN: 978-0-9554431-0-7 I’m wandering a bit from my self-imposed brief here, but I can probably justify it with the fact that comic fans are factoid-freaks, that this book is wonderfully and liberally illustrated by cartooning legend Donald Rooum, and most importantly, that it’s my party … <\/p>\n
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