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  1. This book about the best privy builder of the county is a satire on specialization, design and usability, written at the time when the craftsman was replaced by the specialist, and experience by scientific studies, and it is written in a naive tone that makes it enjoyable to read.

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    • Charles (Chic) Sale
  2. A tiny wee slip of a thing, Mr Sale's chucklesome tale dates back to the 1930s and is basically one guy (the Specialist) explaining what makes the perfect privy. It's literally a book of toilet humour.

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    • Charles Sale
  3. "The Specialist" by Chic Sale became a best seller by accident. Chic Sale's humorous monologue was about a carpenter who built outhouses. Chic Sale was an actor. Starting in vaudeville, he appeared on the legitimate stage, and then in films in the early days of Hollywood.

  4. CHARLES (CHIC) SALE, 1929. YOU'VE heard a lot of pratin' and prattlin' about this bein' the age of specialization. I'm a carpenter by trade. At one time I could of built a house, barn, church, or chicken coop. But I seen the need of a specialist in my line, so I studied her. I got her, she's mine.

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  5. Although an obscure figure today, Sale was a well-known popular culture figure during the 1930s, and was often the subject of jokes by comedians like Groucho Marx, usually in reference to The Specialist.

  6. Feb 13, 2024 · The Specialist by Charles Sale. Publication date 1947-01-01 Publisher Nattali & Maurice, Ltd Collection internetarchivebooks; inlibrary; printdisabled Contributor

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