Feng Shite: A Little Book of House Messing by Anna Crosbie (Boxtree, 2001)
This little book containing 101 simple and practical tips to help perfect the art of house messing was written by the mother of several children who is an expert. On washing up, "this needs soaking" is a House Messing mantra that the book advises should be adopted with relish.

Pains on Trains by Andrew Holmes (Capstone Publishing, September 2003)
A satirical look at Train Pains, from the ubiquitous mobile-phoner to the legendary 'flamboyant groin'. Includes a "pain-spotting" guide to the very worst people you meet on the journey to work.

Roger's Profanisaurus by Viz (Boxtree, 2002)
Roger Mellie presents this updated dictionary of swearing that gives a hilarious new angle to many previously innocently used words. No lavatory is complete without it.