Potamon fluviatile and covers parts of many countries with a Mediterranean coastline. It is found in mainland Italy and on the Balkan Peninsula from Dalmatia to the Axios River in Greece. It is also found on a number of islands, including Sicily, Malta and Gozo, the Ionian Islands, Aegean Islands, Sporades and Andros in the Cyclades. Although the species as a whole is widespread, it is declining in numbers, and these insular populations are particularly vulnerable. "Potamon fluviatile" is widely distributed in much of mainland Italy, especially in the provinces of Trento, Lombardy, Veneto, Liguria, Tuscany, Umbria, Lazio, Campania, Apulia, and Calabria,
Is It Just Me or Is Everything Shit? available as an audio CD read by Julian Rhind-Tutt and Stephen Mangan. In November 2006, Is It Just Me Or Is Everything Shit?: Volume Two was released as a sequel, with the same authors turning their attentions to Lemsip medicine and Bratz dolls amongst other subjects. The book features the tagline "Because if anything, it all just keeps getting worse". It covers much the same territory as the other volume, presenting a sarcastic, grumbling view of modern consumerism, politics and popular culture. Other subjects include David Cameron, James Blunt and ready meals. Is It Just Me or Is Everything Shit?