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    True Or False: A Light-Hearted Collection Of 100 Facts And Bluffs
    True Or False: A Light-Hearted Collection Of 100 Facts And Bluffs
    True Or False: A Light-Hearted Collection Of 100 Facts And Bluffs
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    True Or False: A Light-Hearted Collection Of 100 Facts And Bluffs

    By Charles Fudgemuffin

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    If you're looking for a very formal 'True Or False' book written in an informative style similar to that found in an encyclopedia, then this probably isn't the book for you. Many of the facts and bluffs found in this book cover silly or trivial subjects. One or two serious general knowledge facts may have slipped past the quality control department, but on the whole I've tried to keep things light-hearted first, and educational second.

    . . . . . . . .

    A few words from the author:

    One of the things that surprises me about modern society is how even allegedly intelligent people can sometimes be fooled and taken in by tricks, deceptions and outright bluffs. The invention of the internet has created more opportunities to fool people and this potential gullibility of society places a big responsibility on any bluffers to ensure they only use the power of bluffery for fun purposes.

    Blufffery should never be used to manipulate people, or to promote anger or bad feeling. It should only be used for having a bit of daft fun, so when I was writing this 'True Or False' book I tried to keep that in mind.

    Each section has been researched thoroughly, and on a couple of occasions where opinions differ I've tried to mention both points of view. It's not a test though, so don't worry if you get a few wrong! It's not an exam. It's all just intended as a bit of light-hearted daftness.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCharles Fudgemuffin
    Release dateMay 22, 2015
    ISBN9781310002243
    True Or False: A Light-Hearted Collection Of 100 Facts And Bluffs
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    Charles Fudgemuffin

    Charles Fudgemuffin is the author of the critically acclaimed 'Remember to put the bins out' note. Other less notable works are available from various ebook sellers.

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      True Or False - Charles Fudgemuffin

      One of the things that surprises me about modern society is how even allegedly intelligent people can sometimes easily be fooled and taken in by tricks, deceptions and outright bluffs. The invention of the internet has created more opportunities to fool people and this potential gullibility of society places a big responsibility on any bluffers to ensure they only use the power of bluffery for fun purposes.

      However, unfortunately nowadays there are some people who use the internet to write stories which are sneakily designed to manipulate people towards a specific agenda or to promote anger or bad feeling. It’s wise therefore to always be on your guard for sensationalistic misleading headlines and to always pause for a moment and calmly consider what has been claimed, rather than taking everything at face value and allowing yourself to be manipulated.

      To me, using the art of bluffery to get people angry is totally sly and a total misuse of the power of bluffery. Bluffery should be used for playing good natured tricks on people and having a bit of daft fun. Not for sinister purposes or for manipulating people. So when I was writing this ‘True Or False’ book I tried to keep that in mind.

      If therefore you’re looking for a very formal ‘True Or False’ book written in an informative style similar to that found in an encyclopedia, then this probably isn’t the book for you. Many of the facts and bluffs cover silly or trivial subjects. One or two serious general knowledge facts may have slipped past the quality control department, but on the whole I’ve tried to keep things light-hearted first, and educational second.

      The book features seventeen sections on a wide variety of subjects and readers of the Charles Fudgemuffin blog may recognise the ‘Romance’ and ‘Scary Facts’ sections as they originally appeared on the blog to celebrate Valentine’s Day and Halloween. Other sections were inspired by ideas used on the Charles Fudgemuffin blog, or from ideas mentioned in my alien comedy ‘How To Save The World’ books. Most of the facts and bluffs, however, have been compiled specifically for this book.

      I’ve tried to research every section thoroughly, and on a couple of occasions where opinions differ I’ve tried to mention both points of view. However, for the vast majority of the questions the answer is a clear cut ‘true’ or ‘false’. It’s not a test though, so don’t worry if you get a few wrong! Some of the bluffs might be fairly easy to spot, but at other times I’ve tried to be quite sneaky so if I manage to fool you then don’t worry. It’s not an exam. It’s just intended as a bit of light-hearted daftness.

      Anyway, without further ado I’ll stop waffling on now and move straight onto the first section...

      Section One - Weird Laws

      Over the years there have been some stupid and also surprising laws found around the world and this first section highlights a few examples...

      1) A crackdown on the seedy side of society.

      Until recently it was illegal to bake or sell a loaf of bread in the UK unless it weighed 400 grams or multiples thereof.

      True or false?

      True

      For some bizarre reason, this used to be the law in the UK. It makes you wonder what sort of fools make up the laws that we have to live by if they reckoned random sized loaves of bread were a potential danger to society. You can just imagine the politicians sitting around one day discussing what laws to introduce...

      First Politician: Right, well I think we should definitely make burglary illegal.

      Second Politician: Agreed, and car theft should definitely be a crime as well.

      Third Politician: "Absolutely, but obviously the really important issue, the thing which we need to crack down on harder than anything else, top of the agenda...

      …has got to be the selling of loaves of bread in weights which don’t conform to multiples of 400g."

      To be fair, laws controlling the weight of a loaf of bread date back to 1266 so, we can’t really blame our current politicians for introducing the law. We can blame recent generations of politicians for not scrapping it sooner though, and when Britain went metric in 1977 politicians actually debated whether to amend the law from 14 ounces to 397 grams (the exact equivalent) or to 400 grams (a more practical figure). Surely though, what they should have been debating is, Why have we got this stupid ****ing law in the first place!?

      To make matters worse, before the recent changes not only was it illegal to sell loaves of bread in sizes other than 400 gram multiples, it was even illegal to bake a loaf which didn’t conform to the 400 gram weight multiple! Because of course if fresh loaves were allowed to be baked in any weight or size well then that would just lead to anarchy!

      Imagine ringing the National Crime Hotline and having the following conversation...

      Caller: Yes, I’d like to report a crime please.

      Hotline: Okay, and what is it the crime that’s been committed?

      Caller: My neighbour has just baked a loaf of bread weighing 467 grams, which is in blatant contravention of The Bread Act of 1822.

      Or imagine the following conversation between two parents...

      Proud parent: Ee, I’m so pleased! Jimmy passed all his GCSEs and he got five A stars! He’s doing so well! How’s your Martin doing?

      Concerned parent: Oh, he’s really gone off the rails recently. (Looks distressed.) I don’t know where to turn. He’s been causing all sorts of bother and he’s even been getting in trouble with the law.

      Proud parent: Oh, I’m sorry to hear that. What’s he’s done?

      Concerned parent: He baked a loaf of bread weighing 451 grams, in blatant contravention of The Bread Act of 1822.

      Absolutely ridiculous! Fair enough in centuries gone by when people were idiots you can understand them having totally crazy laws, but you’d like to think that in modern times politicians would have had a bit of common sense and scrapped this law a lot sooner than they did.

      Another interesting point to note is that The Bread Act of 1963 was 18 pages long! Why do we need 18 pages of laws regulating bread? Fair enough maybe have a brief law saying it’s got to be edible and safe to eat, but other than that the government should just chill out and let bakers get on with doing their jobs.

      To be fair, at least the current politicians have finally got around to getting rid of this law, but I mean ... in times gone by was the selling of bread in non-400g multiples really such a danger to society?

      2) If the price is wrong, the price is free.

      In Australia if you buy something at the supermarket and it scans through the

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