Advantages: Very hard to put down
Disadvantages: Very hard to put down!

...The Origin of Everday Things does exactly what it says on the cover, details the origins of many everyday items and things that you and I probably take very much for granted. Researched written and edited by the team of Johnny Acton, Tania Adams and Matt Packer, the book details well in excess of 400 everyday items, and gives some pretty comprehensive anecdotes and tales about them all. The book is filled to the brim with some highly entertaining and fascinating facts and details. For example did you know that the first aerosol dispenser can was invented in 1899 by German scientists Helbling and Pertsch? Or that the Babylonians devised a prototype and extremely clever form of air conditioning? That the first car vehicle safety airbag was developed in the early 1950s by American naval engineer, John W. Hetrick? Or how... Read review

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Advantages: funny and animated
Disadvantages: none

...As Johnny bravo has just come back on cartoon network on sky digital I thought I would write something about him. Well here are some main characters and a brief description about them. Characters Johnny Bravo- He's a Crazy Mama's Boy with a muscular build and gelled-to-perfection hair Johnny is impressed with himself and thinks everyone else is too. Unfortunately his lack of common sense and ego problem usually makes every chick he sees go running. But with the high regard of his neighbour Little Suzy, the inventions of his "best-friend" Carl, advice of Pops, and protection of his Mama he always gets through life's problems... wait no he doesn't. Carl- Carl is Johnny's "best friend" although Johnny denies it and gladly would give up his life in order to protect him (usually after Johnny does something to turn everyone... Read review

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Advantages: He is Johnny Cash
Disadvantages: I am not Johnny Cash

...The fact that Johnny Cash does not yet have his own category on Ciao is shameful and they should hang their heads in shame until they rectify this. One of my ambitions as a Kid was to walk on a stage and say “Hello I’m Johnny Cash”; I fulfilled this ambition but, as a I launched into a unique Karaoke Version of A Boy Named Sue. The bloke doing the Karaoke told me later that he had never quite witnessed anything like my quite performance. It was at this point I realised that I would never be Johnny Cash. Bono out of U2 once said that “Every man knows that they are a sissy compared to Johnny Cash” this is true, but it is also true that Bono is a pretentious twonk, who makes uninspiring music. Johnny Cash on the other hand made totally inspiring music, I always imagined that god sounds a bit like Johnny Cash, but god speaks in Hebrew... Read review

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Advantages: Really great and well written ideas
Disadvantages: No movie, and the sad news of Douglas Adams’s death

...I wouldn’t say Douglas Adams was a hero of mine but he is someone I admired a great deal. I love the way he wrote and the ideas he came up with, it wasn’t until his death a year ago that it really came home to me of how much a part he played in my life, he will be very missed. I have written a couple of opinions about Douglas Adams’s lately, and have done several, most of the following I wrote but left out due to the length of those ops. So seeing as a new revised edition of what is essentially a biography of Douglas Adams has just come out and been read by this fan I thought I’d include it here. ~~Don’t Panic - Douglas Adams & The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy~~ Written by Neil Gaiman and originally came out as ‘Don’t Panic: The Official Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy Companion’, in 1987. It was revised by David K... Read review

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Advantages: Great film, great cast great everything!
Disadvantages: none

...This is my newest review and it is on Johnny English which is such a great comedy for all of the family to watch, you can read more about it later on in the review. Enough about the introduction lets get on with the review…. *-*-* The Cast *-*-* Rowan Atkinson - He is the beloved Mr. Bean one of the best known comedy actors started off his career way back in 'not the nine o clock news' that was one amazingly funny program. In this film he plays a secret agent (because the original dies) he is the last resort to the English Secret Service and the mission lies with him. You can read about his mission in the plot. Ben Miller - He starred in the Parole officer film which was awesome. But in this film he plays the assistant of Johnny English (Rowan Atkinson), throughout this film you start to feel sorry for this character as you... Read review

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