Some gems from Philomena Cunk:
"1 in 20 people has been a victim of crime. Which means 19 in 20 people are criminals. No wonder we need police"
"Henry VIII had six wives, all named Catherine. He was a Catherineoholic. Or "Catholic" for short"
[on Pompeii] "Thanks to the volcanic eruptions, we know that every day Romans had grey skin and were totally bald and spent their times lying around in their shockingly dusty homes"
[on the painting of The Last Supper] "Just look at this picture of Jesus at his faithful tea party...the dimensions are all wrong: Jesus is twice as big as all the others, so it looks like he's enjoying an intimate dinner with a bunch of schoolboys. Not a good look."
[on America's war of independance] "Eventually, Washington won the war and became America's first president: the world's single most revered role until 2016"
"With it's cowboys and guns and steamtrain rides, America became known as the land of the free. Which must have come as a surprise to all the slaves"