Have you ever wondered why most books of"ations are stuffed full of rather pedestrian"es by people you've never heard of? It's a shame because a really good"ation book one which gathered the truest & funniest insights of the best minds & organised them into 250 subjects from ambition to worry (or from artichokes to woodpeckers) a book which offered you a useful take on almost every situation life throws at you (from the death of your child's hamster to the unified theory of everything) a sourcebook of wise one-loners of knock-out jokes of drole asides & heartfelt statements of truth & beauty a practical handbook of interestingness well that would be worth having. & guess what? Those thoughtful gentlemen at QI have come up with one. Five years of learning how to avoid the dull stuff have left the QI team in a uniquely good position to deliver this elusive holy grail: the big useful funny & really very good book of"ations.