Rude Uk: 100 Newly Exposed British Back Passages, Streets & Towns

by Rob Bailey, Ed Hurst

In Rude Britain, Rob Bailey and Ed Hurst took readers on a delightful stroll up Lickers Lane to Honey Knob Hill, peeked into Beaver Close and enjoyed a well-deserved sit down in the delightful Dorset hamlet of Shitterton. Now, after a year touring around the bestselling Rude World, Rob and Ed have decided to return to dear old Blighty. The result is a triumphant homecoming tour that has uncovered 100 more delightfully rude British placenames to treasure, from the hidden charms of Slack Bottom and Fanny Street to an unforgettable glimpse of Cocking. Filled with photographs of actual road signs and the fascinating etymological origins of every featured place name, this delightfully rude book is laugh-out-loud funny though the authors are keen to stress that it is all perfectly innocent.

147 pages, Hardcover

First published December 31, 2007

Reviews

[Paul Groinus · Rating 2 out of 5]

There is not much rudeness in this book unless you are a prudish American parent. I found none of the streets and place names even mildly amusing unless you are a 13 year old or have never matured.

I picked up this one from one of the Free Little Libraries that are now all over several blocks near my town. My interest was mainly drawn to the culture. The history, the pictures, and the etymology alone are all good reasons to peruse this short read.

[Andy Phillips · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think that the cover of this book give a good indication of what you'll see inside. It's a list of 100 vaguely rude names of places and streets in the UK, each accompanied by a picture of a sign with the name on it and a couple of paragraphs of explanation. Not many of them are outright filthy, most are more suggestive or contain words that have rude connotations if you look at them that way (but that you might not think of as particularly rude in other circumstances).

This book delivers what it promises to do, but sadly just isn't very funny. It's a decent stocking filler or present for a friend, but not the sort of thing you'll come back to and read again and a again.