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How to Hold a Crocodile

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This book is packed with really fun and interesting things to know. Want to know how you break a thread in a sealed bottle? Use the glass as a magnifying glass to burn through it. How do you photograph a fish in a fish tank and keep it from swimming away? Put a sheet of glass behind the fish and trap it near the front of the tank. How do you put a whole pear in a bottle? Tie an empty bottle to a branch and let the pear grow inside the bottle.

How do you play fox and geese, hex, tlachtli, ringo, pachisi, nyout, conkers, and so on? What do the signal flags on a ship mean? How do you tame a tarantula? How do you fire a cannon? How do you figure out when Easter is? There are lots and lots more including some things that most folks think they know such as how to mount a horse, and there are some things I would not recommend such as putting poppy seeds in your shoes so that you can walk unnoticed among people to whom you owe money.

So how do you hold a crocodile? You grab it behind the head with one hand and underneath its legs with your other hand. The catch is that crocodiles grow very rapidly and soon it will become too big to hold. Then you may want to have read page 9 so you know how to RUN from a crocodile.

You know these guys are creative when they are selecting items for their book that even the reader himself did not think he really had to know. Now I know that if I hang up a broom then the bristles won't fall off. I know the proper technique for hammering home a nail.

The book is an eclectic mix of items that are really useful (see above)and fun items that one can just file away under "interesting minutiae." The ordering of the how-to's holds the readers attention well and the illustrations are not just well-drawn but very clever.

Of a lighter tone is The Diagram Group's How To Hold A Crocodile, which provides a fun answer book to some practical questions on handling wildlife; from handling a hamster or crocodile to measuring a horse. In all fairness, wildlife isn't all that's covered here - this all-encompassing 'how to Bible' includes tips on playing bagpipes, measuring humidity, surrendering, and more.

This book is a how to do it book. The book is full of information, some important, some not. This book gives step by step directions which I found to be very helpfull. My favorite part of this book is when they teach you how to play konckers. Konckers are nuts that you tie a string to and throw them at each others koncker. The point of the game is to break the opponets koncker. The book gave step by step directions on how to make them and play it. You start with a nut, soak it in vinegar, and keep it in the dark for a year. I found this funny because you need to wait one year to play. I want to try this but I did not yet. I liked this book a lot. Although at times it was boring. I recommend this book to people who are looking for a quick and interesting read. I only used some of the information so far but I will always now how to play konckers. This title was the best title I have ever read. With a title of "How to Hold A Crockodile" you can't go wrong and yes this book tells you how to hold a crockodile.