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Al Murray: The Pub Landlord's Book of British Common Sense

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4th September 2008

Price: £9.99

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Selected: Paperback / ISBN-13: 9780340952184

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We live in an age of waffle, mumbo-jumbo and bad thinking. We’re forever being fed dodgy information by so-called experts, scientists, opinion-makers, politicians, journalists and jumped-up little graduates. Their combined bad thinking includes:
*the idea that no one should win in running races at school, in case the losers get upset
*the idea that owning a house in France is a decent way to spend your money
*the idea that we should all talk about our feelings and that would make things better
*speed cameras
*mineral water
*hummus
*and the fact that everyone reckons they’ve got asthma.
Why do we believe this nonsense? Because, as a nation we’ve forgotten the basic elements of common sense. Thank God then for Al Murray. Together with the collecting thoughts of hia locals, he’s here to put good old-fashioned British common sense back where it belongs.

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Reviews

<i>Sun</i>
One of the few TV performances that actually deserves the tag "genius".
<i>Observer
Murray has reinvented the chatshow. At last, a resounding success for ITV. Light entertainment with brains.
<i>The Sunday Times
Unstoppable comedy from the joke-telling machine gun
<i>Observer
A showcase of ruthless stand-up brilliance.
<i>Sun</i>
One of the few TV performances that actually deserves the tag "genius".
<i>Observer
Murray has reinvented the chatshow. At last, a resounding success for ITV. Light entertainment with brains.
<i>The Sunday Times
Unstoppable comedy from the joke-telling machine gun
<i>Observer
A showcase of ruthless stand-up brilliance.