[Chris]

Chapter List:

• First things first
• Wogan – My Mentor
• Meeting George Bush
• Kylie, Britney and Me
• When I came up with X Factor
• Inventing bread
• ‘Not the Nobel peace prize again’
• Tell Them Page 3 girls ‘No means No’
• Am I too thin?
• How I wrote the Office
• Too many Bafta’s not enough mantelpieces

[Adam]

Ah cool, looks like Chris has been given a preview of the book? Its out fairly soon isnt it? 5th October? Cant wait!

[David]

That looks quality. Cant wait to get a copy!

[Quincy]

thsi will be the first book ive bought since a level geography revision books.

[Sidders]

To be honest, given the chapter list, it looks like he cuts to the chase far too soon.

[Chris]

There's an excerpt on the new Book Page.

Here's a little more for the Private Area

My girlfriend Sophie, whom I love very much and still think looks well fit, often wants me to go with her to visit some of her boring friends. I don’t want to go, but go anyway because we have one of them compromise relationships. It is only fair.

I make her do tons of stuff she doesn’t want to do. I mean would you sit with me in the pub whilst Hirsty and I discuss our favourite radio jingles? Exactly.We compromise. Which means occasionally I have to go and be bored by some of her dull friends. They’re not all dull don’t get me wrong, but you know what I mean.

I bet you have exactly the same thing with your other half. And just to make sure she doesn’t tell me off for writing that, I know there are some of my friends that she finds dull. Or geeky. Or weird. Or creepy. Or very boring. Or, in one particular case, all of the above. I try and keep her away from that person as much as I can.

Anyway, on the way home from seeing her dull mates, Sophie will tell me that’s she’s proud of me for going and that I did well. It’s here I have to point out that I actually don’t do much. I don’t go anywhere. I’m kind of like a hermit. I like my place and where I live and the pub round the corner. That’s it. Why venture out?

Hence Sophie will often tell me well done for actually leaving the house and having to talk to strangers. Then she’ll ask me the dreaded question:

“You actually looked as if you enjoyed yourself. Did you?”

Aaaaaaaaararrrrrrrrrrggggggggghhhhhhhhh
What do I say? Do I tell her the truth?

“Of course I didn’t enjoy myself. I got stuck talking to some geek who wanted to tell me all about his recent ski-in trip to somewhere in France that I can’t remember the name of. Then there was the fat girl who thinks she’s funny when everybody actually knows she’s just trying to be funny to hide the fact that she’s really really fat and miserable. To top it all off, was the bloke who I worked out was so dull that neither you nor none of your friends would talk to because you already know he’s so MIND NUMBINGLY BORING!”

No, I don’t say that. I tell her it was OK actually and that everybody was fine.

[David]

I cant wait for this book. I have entered the competition, although I think my answer is a little bit too obvious.

[Adam]

Yeah, me too! Do you think it will sell well?

[MC]

Looks excellent - will enter the comp in a min.

From those snippets it should be a top read.