Potty Fartwell & Knob
Russell Ash is our new favourite author. His book, ‘Potty Fartwell & Knob‘ has hundreds of characters and virtually no plot — just the kind of book we like! And if you’re the sort of person who enjoys trawling through the dictionary looking for the smutty entries (you are, aren’t you?), I think you’ll like this book too. Russell Ash waded through tons of old census records, but he wasn’t looking for deep ‘n’ meaningful insights into British social history; he was looking for silly names. Here are some examples:
- Edmond Sufferer De Mullett,
- Magic Muxworthy,
- Boadicea Belch,
- Gasoline McKenzie Yeats,
- Temperantia Google, and,
- Joseph Faggott Tempest.
If you’re keen on…er…literature (!), ‘Potty Fartwell & Knob’ would be an excellent companion volume to Far From Dull, by Dominic Greyer, which is a collection of photos of strange British place names (e.g., Ventongimps, Cow Roast and Sexhow).
Both of the above books are now part of our very own Library of Knowledge. Did I ever mention we’re a pair of intellectuals?