Must be an especially grumpy old bag today! Because....

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Witzend a friend of mine wrote a cookbook which encourages the eating delicious desserts without this false guilt people are so hung up on.

Some of the recipes are low-fat but I've tasted her cooking and you wouldn't know.

It's called, 'Never Trust a Skinny Cook.'

This is a terrible time of year for books, when every Z list celebrity writes a book about their glittering career/traumatic upbringing, or a cook book, fitness book, or sometimes just try their hand (or somebody else’s hand) at a rubbish novel!
But I think I might treat myself to John Humphries memoirs.

No, it Wasn’t a typo ?

I thought it was a typo too at first, but now I'm not so sure. At any rate, 'wasabee' is now a brilliant new addition to my vocabulary.

Still, at least it wasn't yet another 'sleb' cook book from yet another new 'expert' in 'clean' or healthy eating. It might be a nice change if one of them produced a 'Shameless Puds' or some such.

I know it was a typo but I am still shaking with laughter at "Wasabee".

Of course

Yes Sara I agree. Sometimes I think for goodness sake, how much money do you need?

Katyk

Well in my opinion it should have been left as an idea. Like you though, I still think he’s lovely,

I love Paul too but why do they all have to write books? He said one of his grandchildren said 'Hey Grand Dude' to him which gave him the idea.

I was just thinking the same. Why do all these ‘celebs’ (and their offspring)have to cash in on anything that’s going? PM was/is my least fav Beatle. Gives me the shudders. Nothing sadder than an ageing Wasabee who keeps going and I don’t just mean PM. Plenty of them about.

If I said Paul McCartney to my GC they would say "who ?"
I wish he would just quietly retire and disappear, his voice went about forty years ago.

Cringe, cringe, cringe indeed! We really need a cringe emoji!

Much as I like McCartney and the Beatles, I couldn't touch a book with that title with a bargepole. I very much doubt that my GCs would be impressed, either.

Oh yes. Cringe, cringe, cringe

When I first read it I assumed it was to do with Hey Jude.....then I looked again!

Oh, so glad it's not just me!
And as a fully paid-up grumpy old pedant, BradforLass, I do agree that if he really must use that word, it should have a double d.

Witzend I also agree.
The book and the competition have been very noticeable on GN for a while now and my eye keeps trying to avoid reading the word, because it makes me cringe.

I am a committed Beatles fan too...

What the flippin' 'eck is a Grandude?

And if it alludes to someone with grandsprogs, shouldn't it be 'Granddude'?

Teeth on edge even writing this

Forgive me!! <bows, scrapes>

I love Paul McCartney, but I’m definitely with you on this one Witzend!

Sorry, McCartney, of cours.