Book description
Have you ever found that once you are between the sheets Madame
Bovary is too heavy, magazines are too slippery, and The Guns of
Navarone too long? In that case A Gentleman's Bedside Book is
perfectly designed to satisfy those final moments of the days with
facts, stories, ideas and instructions that will help every bright boy
to become a smarter man with a well rounded curriculum of lessons in
Science, English, Home Economics, R. E, Modern Languages, P. E, Art,
Music and Woodwork. A lucky dip of bedside derring-do, humour, and
oddity, written in his unique style by best-selling humourist Tom
Cutler. Constantly surprising, ridiculously fascinating, and very,
very funny. Includes such entries as: Human anatomy for the practical
man; the most frequent dream subjects; delicious caustic curries you
can make; Emergency meals from nowhere; Shaving: top tips from the
pros; Deerstalkers and why they matter; How to grow a dashing
moustache; How to open a Champagne bottle with a sword; Samuel Pepys:
the rude bits; Best ever book titles; Tongue twisters; Those you may
not marry, from The Book of Common Prayer; The worst ever movie
dialogue; Useful foreign chat-up lines; An international swearing
dictionary; filthy foreign food; Historic dumb predictions; The
history of concrete; Dad rock; Coming out on top in a pub brawl; How
to dissolve your wife; Mental arithmetic tricks for the practical man:
ten tricks; Famous car crashes and victims; The seven habits of the
highly effective Lothario; Really bad chat-up lines; Best urban
legends: a list; Sword swallowing for fun and profit; How to develop a
gigantic memory; Mind blowing mind reading for the complete novice.
