"He dribbles a lot and the opposition doesn't like it--you can see it all over their faces." --Ron Atkinson

"Rugby is a good occasion for keeping 30 bullies far from the city center." --Oscar Wilde

Whether over the moon or sick as a parrot, sportsmen and women can invariably be relied upon to come out with an amusing quote, even if it's not always intentional. The Bowler's Holding, The Batsman's Willey provides the definitive collection of sporting wit, from participants and observers alike. The book covers the full gamut of the sporting spectrum and providing...

The world has always produced its share of grumpy, moody, pessimistic and world-weary types. They like to groan and grumble, offering their own commentary on the shortcomings of modern life. This is a hilarious celebration of all these grumps, how to identify one, what exactly they find so irritating and why we find their rants quite so amusing.

A collection of hundreds of funny news stories, whacky phenomena, and hilarious blunders and gaffes from around the world, such as: the woman who smuggled 75 live snakes in her bra; the man who held a funeral for his amputated foot; the radioactive cat which got mistaken for a bomb; and the youth who woke to find a bullet in his tongue.

This is a collection of jokes for all the family to enjoy. 8,000 rib-ticklers, covering every subject under the sun from ardvarks to zombies, including chicken jokes, doctor-doctor jokes, elephant jokes, horror jokes, knock-knock jokes, excruciating puns, riddles, school jokes, sports jokes and waiter jokes.

Since 1894, when motor racing s colorful history began with a bang, drivers, racers and lunatics alike have done many stupid and bizarre things all in the name of motor sport. This absorbing collection of stories from over a century of motor racing around the world includes the Frenchman who drove 25 miles in reverse, the Grand Prix in which the leading drivers were so far ahead that they stopped for a meal in the pits, the Le Mans 24-hour race won by a car patched up with chewing gum, and the driver who drank six bottles of champagne virtually one per pit-stop on the way to winning the...

If there is one other paper-based product you will want to keep close at hand in the loo it is Brain Dump. Discover thousands of fun facts and stats, quirky lists, trivia and other things you need to know in the time it takes you to do a poo. Guaranteed to boost your brain while the rest of your body is otherwise occupied, this bumper compendium covers every subject from football to phobias, mountains to the Muppets and spiders to Shakespeare. It features hundreds of mind-blowing entries including Famous Haemorrhoid Sufferers, People Who Narrowly Missed Boarding The Titanic, Types...