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Must Try Harder!: The Very Worst Howlers By Schoolchildren

(Paperback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Must Try Harder!: The Very Worst Howlers By Schoolchildren

Contributors:

By (Author) Norman McGreevy

ISBN:

9781845296322

Publisher:

Little, Brown Book Group

Imprint:

Constable

Publication Date:

8th November 2007

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Dewey:

828.9207

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

128

Dimensions:

Width 193mm, Height 168mm, Spine 10mm

Weight:

108g

Description

A side-splitting collection of the most earnest and mangled attempts at the English language made by generations of schoolchildren. Be they funny, irreverent or just plain silly, Mr McGreevy's Absolute Howlers are guaranteed to have you weeping with laughter. Four separate editions cover howlers in Science, History, English and Geography.

Includes, amongst hundreds of others, the following howlers:

Coal is decayed vegetarians.

Socrates died of an overdose of wedlock.

Joan of Arc was burnt to a steak.

The King wore a scarlet robe trimmed with vermin.

In the middle of the 18th Century all the morons moved to Utah.

The German Emperor's lower passage was blocked by the English.

The French Revolution was caused by overcharging taxis.

Nets are holes surrounded by pieces of string.

In biology today we digested a frog.

The seventh commandment is 'Thou shall not admit adultery'.

Pompeii was destroyed by an overflow of saliva from the Vatican.

A census taker is a man who goes from house to house increasing the population.

Adolescence is the stage between puberty and adultery.

Author Bio

Norman McGreevy was brought up and educated in Glasgow and now lives quietly in Melbourne with his wife and a small menagerie. He currently teaches IT and communication to (often bewildered) executives.

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