Customer Reviews
But ear-wax is a no-no - By: one-eyed Jack, 15 Nov 2008 
As a loving & above all responsible parent I felt that this was the perfect reference manual to further my two daughters' education. Having recently caught my 8 year old watching television with most of her hand up one nostril only to be withdrawn & feed the extractions into her mouth below, I felt that the title of this book was relevant, & it seemed to place an emphasis on her health too, which can only be a good thing.
The fact of the matter is, there is a lot of genuinely useful informationin here. It's allin question-and-answer format, there being 310in all, & while a lot of them are rather pointless (at least to an adult) there are many that are handy to know & a whole lot that I couldn't answer myself. For example, I read many years ago that you could fit the entire human population of the world on the Isle of Wight - is this true? The answer lies within. Why is yawning so infectious? Why is a piggy-bank so called? What is the origin of the best known word on the planet, "OK"? Why do we say that someone has been "given the sack", when they have been fired? Who was Gordon Bennett?
Most important of all of course is the (apparent) fact that bogies are indeed good for you, or at least that's the claim of an Austrian physician named Dr Friedrich Bischinger - although he stresses that any digit employedin this way needs to be thoroughly clean, & that you should only pick your own nose. Conversely, you must never consume ear-wax, not even your own; doubtless this will come as a disappointment to countless Amazon members but the said Dr Bischinger strongly advises against this pleasant pastime. My pet cat won't mind hearing this news however, as for him it's a prized delicacy & he wouldn't want to share my ear-wax with anybody.
Some of the questions are rather silly but the majority are definitely interesting & of genuine value. Suitable for quite a wide age group among children, I would say, at anything between 6 & 16.
Meanwhile, why do we have eyebrows? If you want to know, guess where the answer lies...
if you want a bit of piece of quiet and if your sons don't like "books"!!! - By: CAROLYN, 25 Apr 2008 Well my non-reading computer mad two boys all love this book & regularly enjoy swapping titbits they've picked up from it. Have given copies to a couple of their similarly computer-obsessed friends & I gather they have been equally well-received! Am now hoping for further titlesin this series as they really seem to get my boys enthusing... Not sure about the title though! I'm old fashioned enough to think that eating bogeys is rather unpleasant. I'm sure girls will find the books juts as interesting - I juts don't happen to have any...
Great! - By: Mr. N. I. Crinson, 05 Nov 2007 Saw this for sale the other day & noticed it was by the same author who did 'How To Avoid A Wombats Bum' which my 13 year old step-son really enjoyed reading.
He loves this one too as it's great reading for kids/teens etc, full of interesting & weird facts. Great stocking filler which the adults will also enjoy if it's left lying about on the coffee table!
