Book description
A doctor in America has just invented a 'sperm sorting machine'. At
least that's what he claimed when his receptionist burst into the
office to find him doing something peculiar with the Hoover
attachment. Apparently the system used for separating the male and
female sperm is remarkably simple. A sample is placed in the petri
dish with a microscopic pile of household items on a tiny staircase.
All the sperm that go straight past without picking anything up are
obviously boys.
John O'Farrell's first collection of columns GLOBAL VILLAGE IDIOT
was a huge success prompting fulsome praise from such major public
figures as the Queen Mother, Roy Jenkins and Cardinal Hume. Sadly,
since their deaths, their glowing endorsements cannot be officially
verified. So here instead is another collection of funny, satirical
essays on a hundred and one 21st century subjects. Read how the
government plans to introduce 'Santa loans' that will leave school
children £10,000 in debt for all the presents that used to be free
from Father Christmas. Learn how the EU is being expanded to include
Narnia. And did you know that American war planes now have a little
sticker on the back saying 'How's my bombing?' with an 0800 number to
call if they blow up any Muslim country in a discourteous of
aggressive manner . . .
John O'Farrell is the author of seven books. His first book, Things
Can Only Get Better, was a number one bestseller and was dramatized for
BBC Radio 4. The Best a Man Can Get was the bestselling debut novel of
2002. As well as being a bestselling author, John O'Farrell is a regular
contributor to television and radio. For the past five years he has
written a weekly humorous column for the Guardian, three collections of
which have been published as Global Village Idiot, I Blame the
Scapegoats and I Have a Bream.
