After the runaway success of You Couldnt Make It Up, Jack Crossley has compiled a second selection of anecdotes from around the British Isles. In his many years as a newspaper journalist, Jack Crossley has collected literally thousands of these strange-but-true newspaper items. They are stories that you wouldnt believe if they werent written down in black and white. You After the runaway success of You Couldnt Make It Up, Jack Crossley has compiled a second selection of anecdotes from around the British Isles. In his many years as a newspaper journalist, Jack Crossley has collected literally thousands of these strange-but-true newspaper items. They are stories that you wouldnt believe if they werent written down in black and white. You Really Couldnt Make It Up is another wonderful collection of irresistible whimsy.