Why Would Anyone Want to Swing a Cat?

by Andy Simpson

Why is bureaucracy known as red tape rather than yellow or blue? What is haywire and why do we go it? Why is a yawn infectious? Who was Parker and why is he so nosey? These are just some of the burning issues that have been exercising the minds of Daily Mail readers in recent years, and 500 of the most entertaining have been reproduced in this bumper collection.

465 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2013

Reviews

[Heather Iveson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some fantastic stuff but a lot that I found quite uninteresting in between, probably in part because I am not British.