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100	1		_aOFarrell, John.
245	1	0	_aI blame the scapegoats : _bGuardian columns: the final sequel (part one) / _cJohn OFarrell.
260			_aLondon : _bBlack Swan, _c2003.
300			_a348 p. : ; _c24 cm.
520			_aA 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 ...
650	1	4	_aWorld politics _y1989 _xHumor.
651	1	4	_aGreat Britain _xPolitics and government _y1997 _xHumor.
651		4	_aGreat Britain _xSocial conditions _y1945 _xHumor.
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