Does Anything Eat Shit?: And 101 Other Crap Questions

188 Pages·2007·1.68 MB·English

by  Sarah Herman

DOES ANYTHING EAT SHIT?
Copyright © Summersdale Publishers Ltd, 2007
Text by Sarah Herman
Illustrations by Harry Malt
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This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of
trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out or otherwise circulated in
any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and
without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the
subsequent publisher.
Summersdale Publishers Ltd
46 West Street
Chichester
West Sussex
PO19 1RP
UK
www.summersdale.com
Printed and bound in Great Britain
ISBN: 1-84024-606-5
ISBN 13: 978-1-84024-606-3
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DOES ANYTHING EAT SHIT?
Copyright © Summersdale Publishers Ltd, 2007
Text by Sarah Herman
Illustrations by Harry Malt
Condition of Sale
This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of
trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out or otherwise circulated in
any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and
without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the
subsequent publisher.
Summersdale Publishers Ltd
46 West Street
Chichester
West Sussex
PO19 1RP
UK
www.summersdale.com
Printed and bound in Great Britain
ISBN: 1-84024-606-5
ISBN 13: 978-1-84024-606-3
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For Lowri and Jameils (the Tripod) – because if it
didn’t have three legs, it wouldn’t stand up.
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Acknowledgements
Big back-slapping thanks to…
Captain Lucy ‘Pevs’ York for her fi ne mind, fabulous editing skills
and impressive right hook. You have made sense where there was
none, guiding this shadowy vessel through the storm to a sandy
beach, bottle of rum and a plate of homemade nachos. Aaarrrrr
me hearties!
The Grand Page Master, Rob Smith, for hovering, consumption
in the face of adversity and general design wizardry.
Director of many things, Jen Barclay, for knowing that laughter,
cake and wine are very important.
And all the other fabulous folk at Summersdale HQ without
whom I would be nothing but a short homeless person with no
job and very messy hair.
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Contents
Foreword..............................................................................7
Funny Food.............................................................................9
My Body and its Bits.............................................................55
Man-made Matter................................................................101
Animal Magic.......................................................................137
The End of the World as We Know It....................................187
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Foreword
Living in modern times, as I do, there are plenty of reasons to be
paranoid, and the fear of the unknown hangs over me like a pretty
tall person leaning slightly to their right. With the collective brain of
my fellow man in mind I have taken it upon myself to answer all the
questions that few would even dare to ask and offer them to you
in exchange for some money (unfortunately, even knowledge has
a price).
Open your mind and prepare to be a vessel for my wisdom; in
these pages you will fi nd steaming piles of facts gained by hanging
around in libraries trying to look studious, nuggets of truth just
waiting to be plucked by your wandering hands and fl oating logs of
genius ready to rescue you from the sea of ignorance.
This is a bible for all those people who feel lost and trapped in a
world where there is too much certainty and not enough nonsense.
I don’t claim to have all the answers, but I hope you fi nd some
solace and the occasional titter in the ones that I have provided.
Plato once said: ‘Science is nothing but perception.’ And he was
a wiser man than me.
Sarah Herman
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