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"This compares with the previous best-selling adult hardback, Thomas Harris' Hannibal, which has sold 298,000 copies since it was published in 1999."


I bought and read Hannibal and found it disappointing in the end.


I was in Waterstones at lunchtime and the woman in front of me was buying the Dan Brown book - did not realise it was only out yesaterday.

I, on the other hand, was buying "Revolutionary Road" - ask me in a month and i'll tell you if its any good, I'm not the fastest reader.

I think this is one of those sneering threads Quids comes up with when he's excrutiatingly bored. Tomorrows topic of debate will no doubt be something to do with lottery tickets being value for money, or if pocket money should be taxed.


I know.


Should today's children in primary education of be forced to endure really rough Izal toilet paper to prepare them for future hardship, like in the 70/80's?

red devil Wrote:

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> Wolfie, the problem with Izal wasn't it roughness,

> in fact it was the opposite, it was too smooth and

> non-absorbant, so your arse ended up looking like

> a pre-cooked butter basted turkey...


RD, contortionist or exhibitionist? I think we should be told.

Unless it's not falling out the back of an aid flight over Afghanistan, you only usually encounter the stuff 'en masse' in pikey shops like Asda and Iceland where you can pick up a roll of Izal glass/toilet paper for 6p. The only other places you can get it is hardware shops and Target Arms with all the rest of the memorabilia.


Buy a family pack and they'll chuck in an Anderson shelter for free.

Oh and in case any Johnny foreigners are wondering what on earth Izal is. It's a course toilet paper introduced by Lloyd George's war cabinet to inspire bravery in soldiers on the trenches because any firing squad is preferable to having to scrape your arse with the this notoriously eye watering toilet paper.


It was introduced by Neath's conservative government to foster a bit of character in the education system. It did just that.

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