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Don't look a gift horse in the mouth
July 6, 2017November 3, 2021 Mr. Wapojif

Great Sayings Revisited: Don’t look a git horse in the mouth

Oscar Winning Films Ruined by Cement
June 29, 2017June 30, 2017 Mr. Wapojif

20 Oscar Winning Films Ruined By Adding “Cement” to the Title

Jo Jones - Drumming God
June 28, 2017March 31, 2020 Mr. Wapojif

Jo Jones: Celebrating a Drumming God with a Mischievous Grin

The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
June 24, 2017January 22, 2019 Mr. Wapojif

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

More than just a petty face
June 22, 2017November 3, 2021 Mr. Wapojif

Great Sayings Revisited: More than just a petty face

20 Classic Plays Ruined By Using Body Parts in the Title
June 13, 2017June 12, 2017 Mr. Wapojif

20 Classic Plays Ruined By Using Body Parts in the Title

Oliver Reed - eccentric interviews
June 9, 2017November 22, 2024 Mr. Wapojif

Oliver Reed: The Very Best Eccentric Interviews

Classic songs ruined by fish
June 7, 2017June 7, 2017 Mr. Wapojif

20 Classic Songs Ruined By Using Fish Names in the Titles

On the Road by Jack Kerouac
May 27, 2017February 1, 2024 Mr. Wapojif

On the Road by Jack Kerouac 🛣️

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
May 26, 2017April 20, 2022 Mr. Wapojif

50th Anniversary: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

Brain language scan
May 23, 2017November 7, 2021 Mr. Wapojif

Exclusive Invention: PastErr (see your conversational filler records!)

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter S. Thompson
May 20, 2017January 22, 2019 Mr. Wapojif

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson

A Farewell to Arms - Ernest Hemingway
May 13, 2017January 22, 2019 Mr. Wapojif

A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

Like trying to get mud out of a stone
May 11, 2017November 3, 2021 Mr. Wapojif

Great Sayings Revisited: Like Trying to Get Mud Out of a Stone

Go down like a shed balloon
May 5, 2017November 3, 2021 Mr. Wapojif

Great Sayings Revisited: Go Down Like a Shed Balloon

The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner - James Hogg
April 29, 2017January 22, 2019 Mr. Wapojif

The Private Memoirs & Confessions of a Justified Sinner

Don't beat about the mush
April 26, 2017November 3, 2021 Mr. Wapojif

Great Sayings Revisited: Don’t beat about the mush

Confessions of an English Opium-Eater - Thomas De Quincey
April 15, 2017December 4, 2021 Mr. Wapojif

Confessions of an English Opium-Eater by De Quincey

The early bird catches worms
April 11, 2017November 3, 2021 Mr. Wapojif

Great Sayings Revisited: The early bird catches worms

Stop at Nothing - The Lance Armstrong Story
April 9, 2017November 7, 2018 Mr. Wapojif

Stop at Nothing: The Lance Armstrong Story

The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
April 8, 2017January 25, 2025 Mr. Wapojif

The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir

On Tyranny - Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
April 1, 2017January 22, 2019 Mr. Wapojif

On Tyranny – 20 Lessons from the 20th Century

The Woman Destroyed by Simone de Beauvoir
March 25, 2017January 18, 2022 Mr. Wapojif

The Woman Destroyed by Simone de Beauvoir

You never flail until you stop trying
March 24, 2017November 3, 2021 Mr. Wapojif

Great Sayings Revisited: You never flail until you stop trying

The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli
March 18, 2017May 20, 2018 Mr. Wapojif

The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli

A Void by Georges Perec
March 12, 2017January 20, 2019 Mr. Wapojif

A Void by Georges Perec

The Ultimate Ambition in the Arts of Erudition by Shihab al-Din al-Nuwayri
March 4, 2017January 22, 2019 Mr. Wapojif

The Ultimate Ambition in the Arts of Erudition by Shihab al-Din al-Nuwayri

Nintendo 64 - 20th Anniversary UK
March 1, 2017April 20, 2021 Mr. Wapojif

Nintendo 64: Celebrating The N64’s Legendary Status

Rashōmon and 17 Other Stories - Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
February 25, 2017May 20, 2018 Mr. Wapojif

Rashōmon & 17 Stories by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

Home is where the go-kart is
February 20, 2017November 3, 2021 Mr. Wapojif

Great Sayings Revisited: Home is where the go-kart is

Severed: A History of Heads Lost and Heads Founds by Dr. Frances Larson
February 18, 2017November 25, 2019 Mr. Wapojif

Severed: A History of Heads Lost and Heads Found by Dr. Frances Larson

Door Candles
February 17, 2017November 8, 2021 Mr. Wapojif

Exclusive Invention: The Door Candle (a warmer door handle)

The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley
February 11, 2017January 19, 2019 Mr. Wapojif

The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley

Kip in the Bucket saying
February 7, 2017November 3, 2021 Mr. Wapojif

Great Sayings Revisited: Kip in the bucket

The Jailer - Terry Gilliam in Monty Python's the Life of Brian
February 5, 2017April 11, 2020 Mr. Wapojif

In Praise of the Jailer from Monty Python’s Life of Brian

In Praise of Shadows by Tanizaki
February 4, 2017December 26, 2021 Mr. Wapojif

In Praise of Shadows by Jun’ichirō Tanizaki

Show your tooth colours - saying
February 3, 2017November 3, 2021 Mr. Wapojif

Great Sayings Revisited: Show your tooth colours

Ninja Gaiden - NES
January 22, 2017March 28, 2020 Mr. Wapojif

Ninja Gaiden: Awesome NES Fun… But Bloody Difficult!

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