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Advanced banter: the QI book of quotations

By John , Lloyd , John;Mitchinson

Book information

Publisher
Faber & Faber
Year
2008
ISBN
9780571248230, 0571248233
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
353 kB (361615 bytes)
Pages
xiv, 428 pages\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
American;QuotationsDictionaries Of Quotations;GAMES / Trivia;Gift BooEnglish;REFERENCE / Quotations;Trivia & Quiz Quest

Description

The ultimate compendium of crisp one-liners, knockout jokes, droll asides and universal truths collected over the years by the creators of QI. 'You know 'that look' women get when they want sex? Me neither.' Steve Martin; 'You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from nesting in your hair.' Chinese proverb; 'The Beatles are dying in the wrong order.' Victor Lewis-Smith; 'Cauliflower is nothing but a cabbage with a college education.' Mark Twain; 'Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember: it didn't work for the rabbit.' R.E. Shay; 'If it were not for quotations, conversation between gentlemen would be an endless series of 'what-ho's!' P. G.Wodehouse

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