I blame the scapegoats : Guardian columns: the final sequel (part one) / John OFarrell.
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REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 941.086 OF IB (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | T0033433 |
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941.085 SE TO Two lives / | 941.085092 DA PR Prince Philip : | 941.085092 HE PR Princess Margaret : | 941.086 OF IB I blame the scapegoats : | 941.70824 NO BR Bridge across my sorrows : | 941.835 DO EV Evelyn : | 941.835 LO MA MA, Jackser's Dyin' Alone/ |
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 GBP10,000 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 ...
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