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Why Do Farts Smell Like Rotten Eggs?
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Product Description
Ever wondered why we burp? What a wotsit is? Whether lemmings really jump off cliffs? Why vomit always contains carrots? And why do farts smell like rotten eggs? Mitchell Symons has the answers, told in his brilliantly witty trademark style!
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #5274 in Books
- Published on: 2009-03-05
- Original language: English
- Binding: Hardcover
- 352 pages
Editorial Reviews
From the Back Cover
Ever wondered . . .
why we burp?
what a wotsit is?
whether lemmings really jump off cliffs?
why vomit always contains carrots?
and why farts smell like rotten eggs?
No subject is too strange and no trivia too tough for Mitchell Symons, who has the answer to these crazy questions, and many more.
About the Author
Mitchell Symons was born in 1957 in London and educated at Mill Hill School and the LSE, where he studied Law. Since leaving BBC TV, where he was a researcher and then a director, he has worked as a writer, broadcaster and journalist. He was a principal writer of early editions of the board game Trivial Pursuit and has devised many television formats. Currently he writes an award-winning column for the Sunday Express.
Customer Reviews
Another great success for my "non reader" !!!!
This book was eagerly awaited by my son who had devoured the earlier volumes by the same author. When this arrived two days ago, he disappeared into his bedroom and read it from cover to cover. He has since spent every opportunity showing off all his peculiar new understanding of the world. This is a chap who never normally reads books!
Very entertaining book
Like the other reviewer, my son just loves all of this author's books. I must admit that, when he is not looking, I sneak a look at them and find I cannot put them down. Where does Mr. Symons get all his information from?!
It really is very funny and entertaining.
Mitchell Symons rides again!
As with Mr Symons' previous books, this is a mine of interesting information not readily obtainable elsewhere. Apart from the "headline" facts about farts and vomit, within these covers you can find out if there ever was a Granny Smith, James Bond or Mr McDonald, the origin of the word "blockbuster" and whether you really can hear a pin drop. But my favourite part of the book was "Mitch's advice". Buy this book for your son or daughter, and I guarantee you'll find yourself reading it from cover to cover!
