Emus Can't Walk Backwards
index 50 Cent 84 Ancient Egyptians 175, Azerbaijan 232 205–7 Abbot, Russ 163 Angels & Demons 62–3 Babbitt, Natalie 53 ABC 199 angle of repose 109–10 Bacall, Lauren 163 absolute zero 112 ants 52 Bacon, Francis (1561– AC/DC 76–7 Ant and Dec 163 1626) 173, 192–4 Adams, Douglas 173 land 232 Bacon, Francis (1909–92) Adams, John 160 apartment blocks 229–30 192 adverbs 80–1 aphids Bad Boy Records 148 Afghanistan 222–3, 232 breeding habits 8, 35–7 Baden 211 African debt 168 milking 52 Bagnold, Ralph 109 agoraphobia 82–3 Apple Macs 60 Bagpuss 175–6 agoutis 30–1 apples, poisonous 28–9 Bahamas, undersea post air pressure 116–17 Argentina 231 office 223–6 al-Qaeda 222, 223 Armillaria ostoyae 42 Bailey, Martin 86 alarm clocks, you can’t set Armstrong, Neil 209 banknotes 210–11 Arundel, Earl of 193 cocaine traces 95–7 Ali G 57 Ascension Island 232 cotton 103–5 All in the Family 202 asexual reproduction 35 barometers 117 All Saints 90 Aubrey, John 173, 192–3 Baron Cohen, Sacha 57 Allen, Woody 67 Australia 227, 235 Barry, Gerald 194 alligators coat of arms 45–8 Barthes, Roland 184 tree climbing 31–3 driving 125, 127 Bartholdi, Frédéric weather forecasting 116 money 105 Auguste 226 ’Allo ’Allo! 57–9 police 143 baseball 37 ambigrams 63 snakebite 145–6 Bass, Saul 165 Amboise, Pierre 192 street names 76–7 Bassan, Harry 167 American Football 200–2 Sydney Opera House Batman films 66 American War 160 215–18 BBC 100, 131, 218 American Werewolf in Autry, Gene 157 Beaton, Cecil 162 London, An 144 Autumn, Kellar 23, 25 Beaumont, Laura 76 249 a INDEX a Beautiful Game, The 207 Carroll, James 234 collection tins, shaking Beck 87–8 Carroll, Lewis 189, 191–2 127–9 Berlin, Irving 135 Cash, Johnny 65–6 Collins, Phil 35, 76, 215 bestiality 63–5 Cassels, Richard 160 Colney Hatch Asylum, bicycle pedals 210–11 cat flaps 172–6 London 244–5 biggest organism, world’s Catherine de Valois 171 Combs, Sean John see 41–3 Cattrall, Kim 63 P.
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