Cunk on Everything: The Encyclopedia Philomena
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Summary
Once in a blue moon， a book comes along that changes the world。 The Origin of Species。 War and Peace。 1984。 The World According to Danny Dyer。 And now， Cunk on Everything: The Encyclopedia Philomena， by Philomena Cunk。
Philomena Cunk is one of the greatest thinkers of the 21st century， and in Cunk on Everything she turns her attention to our biggest issue: why are there so many books？ Wouldn't it be better if there was just one？ This is that book - an encyclopedia of ALL HUMAN KNOWLEDGE， from sausages to Henry of Eight to Brush Strokes to vegetarian sausages。
Read it， and you'll never have to read another book again。
'This is a book' Philomena Cunk
'Never contact me again' Professor Rupert Delgado， MBE
'。 。 。 book 。 。 。' Guardian
Philomena Cunk is one of the greatest thinkers of the 21st century， and in Cunk on Everything she turns her attention to our biggest issue: why are there so many books？ Wouldn't it be better if there was just one？ This is that book - an encyclopedia of ALL HUMAN KNOWLEDGE， from sausages to Henry of Eight to Brush Strokes to vegetarian sausages。
Read it， and you'll never have to read another book again。
'This is a book' Philomena Cunk
'Never contact me again' Professor Rupert Delgado， MBE
'。 。 。 book 。 。 。' Guardian
Reviews
Marie Jose
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So much fun。。。。。even though it is ridiculous。 Or is it？ We all need to laugh out loud sometimes。
Jennifer Fisher
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If you find Cunk funny then you’ll like it， but I found myself missing Diane Morgan。
Oscar Dent
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Silly faux-journalism/dictionary style。 The format makes longer reading sessions difficult， but great to pick up now and then
Anne
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A book to take in small pieces for maximum pleasure， like a bar of good chocolate。 Too much in one go doesn't feel good， but take a chunk of Cunk at a time and it becomes something a whole lot more wonderful。 A lot of silliness， and sometimes just a little too much。 But for lighthearted， easy， distractible escapist reading hovering somewhere between fact and fiction， this is well worth a look。Pixie Reads rating 6/10 A book to take in small pieces for maximum pleasure， like a bar of good chocolate。 Too much in one go doesn't feel good， but take a chunk of Cunk at a time and it becomes something a whole lot more wonderful。 A lot of silliness， and sometimes just a little too much。 But for lighthearted， easy， distractible escapist reading hovering somewhere between fact and fiction， this is well worth a look。Pixie Reads rating 6/10 。。。more
Ed
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Funny
Vinod
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Extremely illuminating ， Cunk manages to pull it off ！A must have encyclopedic book ， and a massive contribution to pursuit of human knowledge 。
Bill Boswell
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Fun read from the Diane Morgan Character
Katie
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There were a few bits that made me chuckle mildly but by the end I was just skim reading。 I suspect this would be better in audiobook read by Diane herself as her comic acting gets lost in the book format。 Not for me this one。
peppersocks
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Reflections and lessons learned:A perfect Kindle book for someone like me at a time of manhoosive change - short comedic entries with a very random map tiptoe through the information。 It’s about time that someone recognised the potential link between Goldenballs and the end of the world。。。 I once confused Essex and ethics too。。。 best analogy for anaesthetic effects that I’ve ever heard！ Why can’t medicine be put on crisps？ Seems so simple - 2021 should be year where I eat more crisps。。。
Lowthor
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Best when your brain reads it in Diane Morgan's voice Best when your brain reads it in Diane Morgan's voice 。。。more
Rob Menzies
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Inside everyone is a scarier version of themselves called a skellington！ Brilliant！
Stephen Clynes
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Diane Morgan regularly appeared as Philomena Cunk on Charlie Brooker’s Weekly Wipe on BBC television。 Her character did wonderful pieces of mockumentary to camera in a dead pan manner poking fun at many things。 I loved the television programme， so I bought the book。 I did not want an audiobook as I do not want somebody wittering on into my ear。So how does a television programme I loved transfer into a book？ BRILLIANT， as the whole book is done in character。 The personality of Philomena Cunk shin Diane Morgan regularly appeared as Philomena Cunk on Charlie Brooker’s Weekly Wipe on BBC television。 Her character did wonderful pieces of mockumentary to camera in a dead pan manner poking fun at many things。 I loved the television programme， so I bought the book。 I did not want an audiobook as I do not want somebody wittering on into my ear。So how does a television programme I loved transfer into a book？ BRILLIANT， as the whole book is done in character。 The personality of Philomena Cunk shines through from the very first word to the last。 Diane’s accent and voice rings in your head as you read the words。 This is satire at it’s best。 The book is formatted as an A to Z of things important to Philomena。 She has a lovely bending of the truth and develops conspiracies of things that could be true。 Philomena also has great word play， not just misspellings but using the wrong words in an innocent manner。 Her character is dim， but nice。 She presents an alternative view on history and life。This book is very British， with numerous cultural and geographical references。 Quite often when you read a memoir of a comedian， there are very few jokes throughout the book。 Cunk on Everything is VERY different and is like a transcript of a stand-up comedian’s full length stage show。 I found this book to be very entertaining and simply a joy to read。 This is a quality， satire read。 Editing was spot on and there are no wasted words， it is comedy gold。 It also makes you think and forces you to refresh your views of society here in the UK。I thoroughly enjoyed reading Cunk on Everything and found it an OUTSTANDING read that gets the top score of 5 stars from me。 I highlighted 75 sections of text on my Kindle to use as a quote later， but I do not intend to copytype them all。 So here are 5 clips to demonstrate the quality of Diane’s writing。。。。You might think our closest planet is the Moon。 But you’d be wrong。 Because our closest planet is Earth。 Earth is the science name for the world， so it has two names， like Puff Daddy and everything in Wales。The Big Bang was where everything started。 And to be honest， it’s nice to have something to blame。 What was it like？ Nobody knows。 Because nobody was there to see it。 Like Top Gear when it went to Amazon。Science can’t decide if a carton is a bottle or a box， because it looks like a box but you treat it like a bottle。David Bowie was a series of different singers from between the years 1969 and 2016。 Although it was the same person， like Doctor Who he regenerated every album or so into a new Bowie。Police try to stop crime - but couldn’t exist without it。 If there was no crime， what would they do all day， except putting addresses on bikes with that hammer？ If no one’s going to steal those bikes， that’s just decorating， and much harder to justify as a reasonable spending of taxpayers’ money。 。。。more
Faisal Bashir
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Critique of Pure Reason pales in comparison。。。
Simon Sweetman
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Cunk On Everything？ More like Cunk Is Everything！
Laura
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This is a book by Philomena Cunk in which she will teach you everything about everything so you don't need to read a book again。 How great is this？The book is hilariously full of Philomena greatest moments。 Some of them have been already shown in some of the shows but some others are new and I haven't laughed more in my entire life。 This is a book by Philomena Cunk in which she will teach you everything about everything so you don't need to read a book again。 How great is this？The book is hilariously full of Philomena greatest moments。 Some of them have been already shown in some of the shows but some others are new and I haven't laughed more in my entire life。 。。。more
Mr Alister Cryan
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Quite funHer writing is very similar to her television work or to for example The Mash Report。 An entertaining diversion although comic writing can be better than this it is often hard to find better。
Nikolai
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It turns out you can have too much of a Cunk thing。Also， very much—the internet of its age。
Jurjen Van dijk
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Ok， some of the material was already used in 'Cunk on Brittain'， but still I found this a hilarious read。 Diane Morgan's reading is as funny as she is on TV， and some pieces had me laughing out loud。 Ok， some of the material was already used in 'Cunk on Brittain'， but still I found this a hilarious read。 Diane Morgan's reading is as funny as she is on TV， and some pieces had me laughing out loud。 。。。more
Richard
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This book is utterly stupid - and that is really the point！ If you are familiar with Philomena's style of reportage you'll be glad to know this book is just the same without the aspect of annoying actual experts on a regular basis， but the misapprehensions， malaprop and general ridiculousness is the same as the TV show "Cunk on Britain"。 A Marmite book？ Maybe， but Marmite is good for you :） This book is utterly stupid - and that is really the point！ If you are familiar with Philomena's style of reportage you'll be glad to know this book is just the same without the aspect of annoying actual experts on a regular basis， but the misapprehensions， malaprop and general ridiculousness is the same as the TV show "Cunk on Britain"。 A Marmite book？ Maybe， but Marmite is good for you :） 。。。more
Richard Cubitt
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Very Funny。
Nikee
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3。5* Grappig als je haar kent， waarschijnlijk verwarrend als je haar niet kent。
Santosh
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Perhaps the most boring book I've ever come across。 Terrible Perhaps the most boring book I've ever come across。 Terrible 。。。more
Matthew Gildea
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An A-Z of all things， with Cunk’s distinct inquisitive mind。 Few things have made me laugh out loud in a literal sense， though this book can now count itself amongst giants like Idiot Abroad， and The Inbetweeners。 There’s topics to cover everyone’s fancy， from politics， history， sports， and each is full of jokes， wordplay， and just hilarious ‘oh yeah！’ moments that you’ll struggle to remember what you’re even laughing at！ If you’re aware of the character， then it’s an easy sell。 It’s 280+ pages An A-Z of all things， with Cunk’s distinct inquisitive mind。 Few things have made me laugh out loud in a literal sense， though this book can now count itself amongst giants like Idiot Abroad， and The Inbetweeners。 There’s topics to cover everyone’s fancy， from politics， history， sports， and each is full of jokes， wordplay， and just hilarious ‘oh yeah！’ moments that you’ll struggle to remember what you’re even laughing at！ If you’re aware of the character， then it’s an easy sell。 It’s 280+ pages of pure insight。 If you don’t know the character， please do yourself a favour， google her， and you’ll know within moments whether this is the greatest book， or the most horrific abomination in all of literature。 。。。more
Zoe
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Ideal book to read during these uncertain times。 Can’t wait to read her version of COVID 19。
MR MARK J PEDDER
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A useful encyclopedia if laughterThis is a collection of an alternative description of all of life's essential items and subjects。 I recommend you read this if you wish to invite humour and silliness into your lives。 A useful encyclopedia if laughterThis is a collection of an alternative description of all of life's essential items and subjects。 I recommend you read this if you wish to invite humour and silliness into your lives。 。。。more
Piers
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FunnyThere are some wonderfully observed bits in this fun fluff piece， and it certainly cheered me up。 For me though the written version lacks Dianne Morgan's magnificent delivery。 I think I would have enjoyed the audio book more。 FunnyThere are some wonderfully observed bits in this fun fluff piece， and it certainly cheered me up。 For me though the written version lacks Dianne Morgan's magnificent delivery。 I think I would have enjoyed the audio book more。 。。。more
Lester Noel
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I laughed and chortled a lot。
Simon Evans
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Absolutely effing dreadful。 Maybe I don’t get the humour but this was utterly dire。 I gave up - it’s funny for a while but then the joke wears thin for me and it’s just puerile and stupid。 Sorry。
Lorraine
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This is really funny！ Recommend。 The only reason why it's not getting 5 stars is that I feel it would be funnier if it were more 'international'。。。 This is really funny！ Recommend。 The only reason why it's not getting 5 stars is that I feel it would be funnier if it were more 'international'。。。 。。。more
Charlotte Louise Gregory
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