Bats + B****ks = one very funny read (Do Bats Have Bollocks? and 101 More Utterly Stupid Questions - Jon Butler)

Member Name: JakeLedge

Product:	Do Bats Have Bollocks? and 101 More Utterly Stupid Questions - Jon Butler
Date:	30/01/09 (71 review reads)
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Advantages: Great fun and hilarious

Disadvantages: None

I have the read the brilliant bestseller that is Do Ants have Arseholes? (I have wrote a review of that, however it was my first review so it isn't of a brilliant standard) After thoroughly enjoying that book, I decided to purchase the next book; provocatively entitled Do Bats have Bollocks? It was deemed last years critically acclaimed book created by Jon Butler and Bruno Vincent.
It was only £5 so I decided to treat myself. After finishing the book in one sitting, a mere 200 pages long, to call it a treat would be something of an understatement.

The book, much like its predecessor involves various questions asked by should we say the less literate people of our current society.
The basic concept of the book is that a ludicrous question is asked by a somewhat demented member of the public and sent into the 'corrections and clarifications' column of the Old Git magazine. The magazine then receives various replies from a wide variety of people that can be actually serious or outrageous, but it's mostly the latter of that sentence. Many of the answers suggested are untrue. However, the hilarity of these answers makes for a rather amusing read.

The questions published in this book vary from the important pressing matters of our current affairs, to the downright bizarre.
Questions included in the book are;

Is time travel possible?
Would it help Global Warming if I left my fridge door open?
How many ways are there to skin a cat?
When they make bubble wrap in a factory, what do they pack it in?

These are just some of the questions posed in this book, which are hilarious in their own right, but the answers supplied are witty, sharp, quirky and rip-roaring. There are a lot of running gags throughout the book, but my personal favourite has to be the reoccurrence of this supposedly young boy called Billy Braithwaite whose age changes after each question.

Unfortunately, I haven't read the Old Git magazine which is where all these answers and solutions come from. So if you haven't read any of the magazines then start with this book because it is essentially a collection of all the best questions and replies. As I said earlier, I finished this in a couple of hours as my mind was drawn away from everything else that had previously bothering me. However, due to its question and answer style, I regularly find myself dipping into again during the ad breaks on TV or just whilst waiting around. A question and its answers usually are no longer than four or five pages which make it great for picking up for a few minutes.

Obviously if you're easily offended you probably wouldn't have even stumped up the courage to click on this review having seen the title, let alone have gotten this far down the page. However, I must warn you that this book is rude, crude, vulgar, explicit and any other synonyms you can think of for those words. It's definitely not for the children or for the faint-hearted.

I wouldn't be put off by the absurd title as it is much more intellectual than it lets on. For instance, lots of scientists are avid readers of the Old Git magazine and seem to write in as soon as one question is asked regarding their profession. The vocabulary used in this book varies due to the different people writing in, but some of the answers are very academic and can be quite strenuous to read.

In my opinion, those drawbacks aren't of great significance and don't hinder the originality, freshness, funniness and sharpness of this highly entertaining book. I recommend this as well as Do Ants have Arseholes? as they are both compelling reads. This is one that I will continue to dig out from the bottom of book shelf.

Summary: Fantastic book that I will read time and time again