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Posted on entry Odd cheat, now binned by vicar* ::: December 16, 2005, 04:02 AM:
I got nearly half-way through 'Odd cheat, now binned by vicar', just because I felt I needed to know what *absolutely everyone* on my daily commute thought was so great about the book. The last straw - really quite a small error compared to some of the clunkers in this awful book - came when the Smart car's fuel mileage was mentioned in passing. Because the French - like many Euro countries - reckon their fuel efficiency the other way round to the anglophone nations, Brown followed suit and gave a figure in litres per kilometre, rather than miles per gallon. I don't remember the exact figure, but as I recall it worked out to about 250 mpg. They're good, but not *that* good.
Posted on entry Open thread 49 ::: September 15, 2005, 11:48 AM:
The 'wide boys' were, I believe, so called because of the width of their lapels. Think a kind of 1940's brit take on the zoot suit.

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