I have just finished the first draft of my book, Questions to Which the Answer is No, which collects the best of the 801 examples from newspapers and new media that I have listed on this blog since 2009.
There was one thing missing, though. I have listed the questions in chronological order, in the hope of providing a capsule history of some of the weirdnesses of the media, with a sub-plot of politics, from Gordon Brown’s “save the world” G20 summit to Francis Maude’s jerry can.
Which means I start with this from the Daily Mail on 6 February 2009 (pictured):
He’s the outcast bishop who denies the Holocaust – yet has been welcomed back by the Pope. But are Bishop Williamson’s repugnant views the result of a festering grudge against Marks & Spencer?
The trouble was that I didn’t have anything quite so bonkers on which to end.
So I was grateful to Phil Sarchet, who spotted this gem:
Would Jesus Wear Relaxed Fit Jeans?
Asked by Michael K Reynolds, whose slogan is: “Real Life. Real God.” But then I realised that he had asked this question on 30 August 2011.
Fortunately, Simon Nixon stepped up to the front line, nominating this from The Wall Street Journal:
Are Dads the New Moms?
That is quite an achievement: to get so much that is awful into just five words. But if anyone spots a better QTWTAIN with which to end the book’s series, let me know.
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