You Don't Say! Tongue Twisters, Perverse Proverbs and Foot-in-Mouth Disease - Malone, Aubrey
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Many wise words are spoken in jest but many more stupid ones are said in earnest, as this book demonstrates. How about this comment on a football match from Cristiano Ronaldo, for instance: 'The reason we lost is because we didn't win.' Or Ian Wright's, 'It took a lot of bottle for Tony Adams to admit he was an alcoholic.' Or Dave Woods' remark, 'The silence is getting louder.' It makes you think, doesn't it? There are many others: 'Abstinence is the thin end of the pledge.' 'A comedian who repeats old gags is a clear case of the tale dogging the wag.' 'It is kisstomary to cuss the bride.'…mehr

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Many wise words are spoken in jest but many more stupid ones are said in earnest, as this book demonstrates. How about this comment on a football match from Cristiano Ronaldo, for instance: 'The reason we lost is because we didn't win.' Or Ian Wright's, 'It took a lot of bottle for Tony Adams to admit he was an alcoholic.' Or Dave Woods' remark, 'The silence is getting louder.' It makes you think, doesn't it? There are many others: 'Abstinence is the thin end of the pledge.' 'A comedian who repeats old gags is a clear case of the tale dogging the wag.' 'It is kisstomary to cuss the bride.' 'Cannabalise legalis.' A cavalcade of equally regrettable utterances form the basis of this melange of spoonerisms and spectacular ignorance. Aubrey Malone has written a bumber of nooks.
Autorenporträt
Aubrey Malone is an M.A. graduate in English from University College Dublin. He has been reviewing films professionally since 1972 when he wrote for "TCD Miscellany." In 1977 he became the resident film critic for "Image" magazine and held that position until 1989. That year he became the resident film critic for "Modern Woman", a supplement of "The Meath Chronicle" and held that position until 2002. In 2002 he became the resident film critic for "The Irish Catholic" and has held that position until the present day. His reviews can be seen posted online on this website. Also, he has been a book author since 1996 and has written numerous books on the cinema: "Hollyweird" (Michael O'Mara Books, ( "I Was a Fugitive from a Hollywood Trivia Factory" (Prion/Carlton), "The Rise and Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley" (Leopold books), "Sacred Profanity" (ABC-CLIO), "Censoring Hollywood" (McFarland), "Maureen O'Hara: The Biography" (University of Kentucky Press), "The Defiant One: A Biography of Tony Curtis" (McFarland) "Hollywood's Second Sex: The Treatment of Women in Films from 1900-1999" (McFarland). Forthcoming is a biography of Marlon Brando from Propertius Press. He also reviews books on the cinema for various publications and writes film features and profiles for journals and magazines.