I haven't done a degree in literature. But if I had, I assume that one of the first things I would have been taught is that all books fall into one of three fundamental categories. There are those you take to coffee shops so strangers think you are more clever than you really are; there are those you leave on your coffee table so your friends think you are more clever than you really are; and there are those you read on the toilet.

I'm far too British to talk about my toilet habits while sober, and as I'm writing this it's only 10am so I'm not drunk yet, just pleasantly buzzed. So let's talk about coffee tables, baby. What's on yours? I'll show you mine if you show me yours. Deal? Deal.

Upon my coffee table at present are: a bunch of coasters, three magazines (New Scientist, National Geographic, and the Bulletin of the Concrete Repair Institute), a copy of [b:Sexually, I'm More Of A Switzerland|12395914|Sexually, I'm More Of A Switzerland|David Rose|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1331164013s/12395914.jpg|9693633], and Dim Wit: The Funniest, Stupidest Things Ever Said. Damn straight my friends think I'm cleverer than I really am.

Ostensibly, Dim Wit is a collection of quotes that are hilarious in their idiocy. It's slightly too old to include Twitter messages, but a second edition could probably fill itself with just tweets. The first edition has to make do with the usual suspects: George W. Bush, Paris Hilton, Yogi Berra, and a fair amount of dear old Murray Walker. But if you want a collection of these foot-in-mouth quotes and nothing else then you might be disappointed with this one. The majority of the quotes aren't people saying hilariously foolish things, rather they're lines from books or television shows, or bits from comedy sketches and a whole lot of one-liners from stand-up comedians.

Some people expecting five hundred pages of verbal slip-ups might be upset at this juxtaposition of the accidentally funny with the intentionally funny, they might not want to see clever Steven Wright quips sandwiched between George W. Bush's boobs (as it were). I hold the opposite view. Too many stupid quotes in a row just make me despair for mankind. If this sottisier only contained such comments then I'd probably need a stiff drink of warm milk after every page. As it is, the genuinely witty quotes make me realise all is not lost. Now, as long as I can avoid the comments sections on Youtube I might just be able to hang onto that feeling…. ( )

I haven't done a degree in literature. But if I had, I assume that one of the first things I would have been taught is that all books fall into one of three fundamental categories. There are those you take to coffee shops so strangers think you are more clever than you really are; there are those you leave on your coffee table so your friends think you are more clever than you really are; and there are those you read on the toilet.

I'm far too British to talk about my toilet habits while sober, and as I'm writing this it's only 10am so I'm not drunk yet, just pleasantly buzzed. So let's talk about coffee tables, baby. What's on yours? I'll show you mine if you show me yours. Deal? Deal.

Upon my coffee table at present are: a bunch of coasters, three magazines (New Scientist, National Geographic, and the Bulletin of the Concrete Repair Institute), a copy of [b:Sexually, I'm More Of A Switzerland|12395914|Sexually, I'm More Of A Switzerland|David Rose|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1331164013s/12395914.jpg|9693633], and Dim Wit: The Funniest, Stupidest Things Ever Said. Damn straight my friends think I'm cleverer than I really am.

Ostensibly, Dim Wit is a collection of quotes that are hilarious in their idiocy. It's slightly too old to include Twitter messages, but a second edition could probably fill itself with just tweets. The first edition has to make do with the usual suspects: George W. Bush, Paris Hilton, Yogi Berra, and a fair amount of dear old Murray Walker. But if you want a collection of these foot-in-mouth quotes and nothing else then you might be disappointed with this one. The majority of the quotes aren't people saying hilariously foolish things, rather they're lines from books or television shows, or bits from comedy sketches and a whole lot of one-liners from stand-up comedians.

Some people expecting five hundred pages of verbal slip-ups might be upset at this juxtaposition of the accidentally funny with the intentionally funny, they might not want to see clever Steven Wright quips sandwiched between George W. Bush's boobs (as it were). I hold the opposite view. Too many stupid quotes in a row just make me despair for mankind. If this sottisier only contained such comments then I'd probably need a stiff drink of warm milk after every page. As it is, the genuinely witty quotes make me realise all is not lost. Now, as long as I can avoid the comments sections on Youtube I might just be able to hang onto that feeling…. ( )