Potty, Fartwell and Knob

Author: Russell Ash
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 147222194X
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 431

Book Description
Russell Ash has trawled parish registers and censuses going back 900 years to compile the first ever complete book of breathtakingly unlikely-but-true British names. It features an incredible and diverse range of totally genuine names, evoking everything from body parts (Dick Brain), sex (Matilda Suckcock), illness (Barbaray Headache) and toilet functions (Peter Piddle) to food (Hazel Nutt), animals (Minty Badger) and places (Phila Delphia). Every single one has been checked for authenticity and its source is given, as well as extra notes where further fascinating illumination is possible. The book provides a rigorously researched yet laugh-out-loud overview of Britain's eccentricity through the ages. And in this fully revised, expanded and enhanced paperback edition, it is no exaggeration to say that it's Pottier, Fartier and Knobbier than ever before.

Potty, Fartwell & Knob

Author: Russell Ash
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780755316540
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 264

Morecock, Fartwell, & Hoare

Author: Russell Ash
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312545355
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 269

Book Description
There’s a baby born every minute and each one has to be named. In this book, you’ll find an insanity of nomenclature that beggars belief. Russell Ash has trawled birth, marriage, and death certificates, phone books, and censuses going back centuries to compile a compendium of breathtakingly unlikely-but-true names. Why on earth would Mr. and Mrs. O’Shea name their son Rick? What were the Fants thinking when they named their child Elle? Or Mr. and Mrs. Royd, for that matter, when naming their daughter Emma? Or how about Everard Cock, Page Turner, or Sally Forth? In this painstakingly researched, utterly true, riotously entertaining collection, readers will discover real-life examples of some of the most unusual, crude, and shocking names ever, presenting a laugh-out-loud overview of eccentricity through the ages.

Incredible Comparisons

Author: Russell Ash
Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
ISBN: 9780789410092
Category : Big books
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Packed with visual comparisons of hundreds of objects from the world around us, The Incredible Book of Comparisons is a book that children of all ages will love. This new book is ingeniously cross-referenced, offering tangible evidence of sizes, heights, speeds, and numbers. Gatefold pages reveal dramatic large-scale artworks that let the young reader appreciate comparisons at a glance. Full color.

It Just Slipped Out

Author: Russell Ash
Publisher: Headline Book Publishing
ISBN: 9780755360864
Category : Plays on words
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
'Such was Catherine Morland at ten. At fifteen appearances were mending; she began to curl her hair and long for balls...' (Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey) 'Will it jerk me off?' (Margaret Thatcher, inspecting a field gun in the Falklands) 'You know, animals are very psychic. I mean, the least sign of danger and my pussy's hair stands on end' (Mrs Slocombe, Are You Being Served?) From the unwittingly filthy, to the gleefully subversive, double entendres have been making us laugh for centuries. In this hilarious survey, Russell Ash uncovers some of history's dirtiest double meanings. From the smut lurking between the polished lines of literature's most revered writers, to the public innuendo accidents that have tripped up even the most respected of politicians, right through to the sly innuendo that has characterized some of our best-loved comedies, IT JUST SLIPPED OUT has it all.

Bizarre Books

Author: Russell Ash
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061346659
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 226

Book Description
They say you can't judge a book by its cover—but its title can tell you more than you ever needed to know! Amazing, illuminating, and gut-bustingly funny, Bizarre Books is the wonderfully twisted product of more than two decades of determined searching in forgotten corners of out-of-the-way libraries and through the literary detritus of eclectic private collections. It is certain to delight every true fan of trivia and the patently absurd.

Great Wonders of the World

Author: Russell Ash
Publisher: Dk Pub
ISBN: 9780756619367
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 64

Book Description
Describes the Seven Wonders of the World, providing background and related information, and comparing them to such modern wonders as the Channel Tunnel, Hoover Dam, Versailles, and the bullet train. Reprint.

Busty, Slag and Nob End

Author: Russell Ash
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1472221966
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 254

Book Description
Building on the phenomenal success of POTTY, FARTWELL AND KNOB, this new collection of extraordinary but true names goes a step further... In BUSTY, SLAG AND NOB END, Russell Ash has compiled real names from around the world that are really rude and are of places and products as well as people. The result of painstaking research, each name has been thoroughly checked and authenticated: you will marvel at the range of naughty nomenclature and hoot at the unwitting innuendo. From Harriet Nicewonger (born Derbyshire c.1876) and Connie Lingus (resident of Indiana, USA) to Dick Swinger (born Switzerland c.1842) and Blo Job (US immigrant from Slovakia, born c.1897); from Titty Ho in Northamptonshire to Dildo in Newfoundland; and from Cock Soup to Pee Cola - this compendium of sauciness is guaranteed to make you laugh out loud.

The Top 10 of Everything 2002

Author: Russell Ash
Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
ISBN: 9780789480422
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 296

Book Description
This is an illustrated book of lists, a mix of facts and trivia on areas of human achievement and the natural world.

Factastic Book of Comparisons

Author: Russell Ash
Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
ISBN: 9780789454003
Category : Curiosities and wonders
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Ash presents unusual facts and comparisons about a variety of topics, including human population, travel, buildings, and forces of nature. Full-color illustrations.