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Isle of Boden

Just who is Johnnie Boden?

Isle of Boden

I get a huge thrill from discovering new things, usually from a friendly recommendation of the ‘you-have-got-to-try-this’ variety. So I thought that I’d give it a go.

There’s no great agenda here. These are just things that I really, really like, and wanted to share. More will be added each month, or as I think of them. Some of them you’ll know, others are a little more obscure. But then, that’s how we find new things…

Underrated things

Johnnie's top nine most criminally underrated things

  1. Boiled eggs
  2. George Lazenby's Bond
  3. Supertramp
  4. Early nights
  5. Canals
  6. Galloping
  7. 70s disco music
  8. Nurses
  9. Being able to play an instrument and sing at the same time
Should never have ended

Johnnie's top 7 things that should never have ended

  1. Fawlty Towers
  2. Concorde
  3. Walk on London buses
  4. The John Peel sessions
  5. Penny sweets that cost a penny
  6. £1 notes
  7. Albums only available on vinyl
top 10 indoor games

Johnnie's top 11 indoor games

  1. Happy Families
  2. Scrabble
  3. Scalextric
  4. Battleships
  5. Pictionary
  6. Hungry Hippos
  7. Buckaroo
  8. Cluedo
  9. Sardines
  10. Boggle
  11. The Hat game
10 things that Johnnie loves about America

9 things that Johnnie loves about America

  1. American service and 'can do' attitude
  2. Warren Buffet
  3. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
  4. Caeser Salad
  5. Oreo cookies
  6. Californian Pinot Noir
  7. Big fridges (with ice dispensers)
  8. Dean Martin
  9. Kojak
Johnnie's 11 favourite children's books

Johnnie's 11 favourite children's books

  1. Tim in danger by Edward Ardizzone
  2. Babar and Father Christmas by de Brunhoff
  3. Little house on the prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
  4. The tale of Samuel Whiskers by Beatrix Potter
  5. Captain Pugwash by John Ryan
  6. The lion, the witch and the wardrobe by CS Lewis
  7. Katie Morag by Mairi Hedderwick
  8. The BFG by Roald Dahl
  9. Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery
  10. Cautionary tales for children by Hillaire Belloc
  11. Struwwelpeter by Heinrich Hoffman
Johnnie's 9 very best breeds of dogs

Johnnie's 8 very best breeds of dogs

  1. Jack Russell
  2. Parson's Jack Russell
  3. Lurcher
  4. Norfolk Terrier
  5. Miniature Bull Terrier
  6. French Bulldog
  7. Mongrel
  8. Border Collie
Johnnie's favourite words

Johnnie's favourite words

  1. Blunderbuss
  2. Serendipity
  3. Flamboyant
  4. Whimsy
  5. Oxymoron
  6. Cacophony
  7. Echelon
  8. Plinth
  9. Epiphany
  10. Gullywhumper
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