Emus Can't Walk Backwards: Another Round of Dubious Pub Facts [Hardcover]

Robert Anwood (Author)

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Publication Date: Sep 1 2007

Did Ernie Wise really make the first mobile phone call in the UK? Did Isaac Newton invent the cat flap? Is a smurf really three apples tall? 'Pub facts' are the improbable, bizarre and yet somehow convincing claims that are often wheeled out by armchair scientists, amateur lawyers and pub historians. They'll tell you, without a shadow of a doubt, that you can get tonsillitis even if you've had your tonsils removed; that it's illegal to drive in bare feet; and that some bloke had hiccups for 68 years. But is it fact or fabrication?"Emus Can't Walk Backwards" will help you stride confidently through the most treacherous trivia minefield, while providing definitive answers to life's most pressing concerns. Did Johnny Cash become addicted to painkillers after being attacked by an ostrich? Do ants ever sleep? Are mushrooms and toadstools the same thing? Refreshingly cynical and engagingly informative, this hilarious follow-up to "Bears Can't Run Downhill" clears up the confusion by revealing the outright lies, the muddled misunderstandings and - just occasionally - the astonishing truth.

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Product Details

Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Ebury (Sep 1 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0091921511
ISBN-13: 978-0091921514
Product Dimensions: 12.9 x 2.4 x 18.5 cm
Shipping Weight: 299 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,046,523 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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"Anwood assiduously subverts the novelty-book format with his humour and sincere curiosity" Guardian "This should settle a few pub arguments once and for all" Daily Star "Fascinating" Mail on Sunday

About the Author

Robert Anwood lives in London, where his hobbies include going to the pub and arguing. Writing under the questionable pseudonym of Siegfried Baboon, he also runs the Truck Driver's Gear Change Hall of Shame (www.gearchange.org), a website that musically documents the world's most unnecessary key changes. He is the author of Bears Can't Run Downhill (2006).