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Von Konigswald: Jack the Ripper plays shuffleboard. -- Happy Birthday, Wanda June by Kurt Vonnegut, c.1970.
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Originally posted by Ms Diddles View Post
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Originally posted by Pcdunn View Post
It reminded me of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1066_and_All_That
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The book is a parody of the style of history teaching in English schools at the time, in particular of Our Island Story.[5] It purports to contain "all the History you can remember", and, in sixty-two chapters, covers the history of England from Roman times through 1066 "and all that", up to the end of World War I, at which time "America was thus clearly Top Nation, and history came to a .". The book is full of examples of half-remembered and mixed-up facts.
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"1006 and All That" is my go-to book of English History!Last edited by mpriestnall; 05-07-2023, 06:02 PM.
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I've heard that title, but haven't read it yet. Good to know it's funny!Pat D. https://forum.casebook.org/core/imag...rt/reading.gif
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Von Konigswald: Jack the Ripper plays shuffleboard. -- Happy Birthday, Wanda June by Kurt Vonnegut, c.1970.
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Originally posted by Pcdunn View PostI've heard that title, but haven't read it yet. Good to know it's funny!
The book has two genuine dates. The authors in their preface state that after further research two of the four dates originally included in the book were omitted because they were not memorable.
Why a four-year-old child could understand this report! Run out and find me a four-year-old child, I can't make head or tail of it.
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