Product Description

Not just your average miscellany, "Shite's Unoriginal Miscellany" is a collection of arcane, vital and merely fascinating information that you probably didn't even need to know, in no particular order, everything from flowerpot sizes and semaphore signals to ways of escaping from wild animals (probably) and Elvis sightings in history. Also including, amongst other random bits of information that will probably come in useful when you least expect it, a do-it-yourself index as well as charming, interesting, and sometimes hilarious, black-and-white line drawings. The ideal gift for anyone with a thirst for knowledge, useful or otherwise, "Shite's Unoriginal Miscellany" is perfect for those who love fact-for-fact's-sake and those who are, frankly, just big intellectual show-offs.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #72915 in Books
• Published on: 2007-10-01
• Format: Illustrated
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

Review
"'A large number of facts which are highly unlikely to be of use to anyone' Daily Telegraph"

About the Author
Antal Parody is a lifelong 'snapper-up of unconsidered trifles'.

Customer Reviews

Not bad
This book is a bit of a curate's egg. It's not as funny as it thinks it is, but it does have moments of laugh out loud hilarity. The annoying thing about this book is that is has some FANTASTIC useless information mixed up with RUBBISH useless information. Has just about enough inspiration to stop one from flinging it out of the nearest window.

Makes Schotts look Shite!
I can't help but feel a couple of the review(er)s of this book have completely missed its point! For those who like spouting random, dry facts at anyone unfortunate enough to be sat next to them at dinner parties or society functions in a valiant effort at appearing vaguely educated, buy Schotts and learn it by heart. Alternatively, read it on your own and feel like you've become a veritable fount of knowledge. If, on the other hand, you think what you want is actually a skillfully crafted, irreverent and hilarious collection of the absurdities of the human condition, then Shites is perfect. It might not be to everyone's taste, but you'll appear a lot more interesting giving this as a gift than trying to palm off on your grandad a copy of Schotts as if you hadn't been given it just a few weeks ago for your birthday. Come on everybody, let's lighten up!

Don't be fooled like me!
Why I bought this book I cannot imagine. I suppose it seemed like a good idea at the time. But on seeing it when the post arrived I knew immediately that I had simply fallen for a rather stupid litle wheeze: namely, take a great little book and try to copy it amusingly. Well, it isn't amusing, and rather to my annoyance I cannot think of anyone I'd inflict it on. If you're amused by the title of this book - then simply enjoy that. The book itself is, in my opinion, not worth the bother of purchasing, let alone reading. (It's full of mistakes, for one thing, but don't get me started.) If anyone wants my copy, they can have it for free!