An edition of The Darwin Awards: 180 Bizarre True Stories of How Dumb Humans Met Their Maker (2000)

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180 Bizarre True Stories of How Dumb Humans Met Their Maker

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An edition of The Darwin Awards: 180 Bizarre True Stories of How Dumb Humans Met Their Maker (2000)

The Darwin Awards

180 Bizarre True Stories of How Dumb Humans Met Their Maker

Fifth Impression 2001

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'Only two things are infinite – the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the universe.'
Albert Einstein, 'Scientific adviser to the Darwin Awards'

www.DarwinAwards.com is the legendary web site that commemorates the remains of people who have improved our gene pool by killing themselves in really stupid ways!

Started in 1993 by Wendy Northcutt, www.DarwinAwards.com honours those people for whom warnings such as 'coffee is hot' and 'this superman cape does not enable the wearer to fly' were made.

Divided into 11 chapters, ranging from Natural Selection: Animal Misadventures; Relatively Dangerous: A Family Affair; "I Fought the Law. . . ": Stupid Criminal Tricks; Up in Smoke: Fire and Explosions; Leaps of Faith: Fatal Falls; Military Intelligence: Uninformed Men; Testosterone Poisoning: Macho Men; Dangerous Liaisons: Unsafe Sex; Davey Jones' Locker: Watery Demise; Man's Favorite Toy: Penis Envy; Foolish Ingenuity: End of the Line.

Here are over 180 true stories that will make you glad to be alive.

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Orion, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
Language
English
Pages
288

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Subjects
Humour, Death, Stupidity, Anecdotes, Violent deaths, Humor
People
Accident victims

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First Sentence

"Darwin Awards are not for everyone-only a select few earn this dubious distinction."

Table of Contents

The Darwin Awards: What Are They? Page 17
Chapter 1. Natural Selection: Animal Misadventures Page 32
Chapter 2. Relatively Dangerous: A Family Affair Page 60
Chapter 3. "I Fought the Law . . .": Stupid Criminal Tricks Page 77
Chapter 4. Up in Smoke: Fire and Explosions Page 101
Chapter 5. Leaps of Faith: Fatal Falls Page 126
Chapter 6. Military Intelligence: Uninformed Men Page 148
Chapter 7. Testosterone Poisoning: Macho Men Page 164
Chapter 8. Dangerous Liaisons: Unsafe Sex Page 189
Chapter 9. Davey Jones' Locker: Watery Demise Page 203
Chapter 10. Man's Favorite Toy: Penis Envy Page 223
Chapter 11. Foolish Ingenuity: End of the Line Page 242
Appendices Page 267
Story Index Page 273

Edition Notes

Includes index.

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London
Copyright Date
2000

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
081
Library of Congress
BF431.N67 2000

Contributors

Cover Art and Illustrations
Bill Brown
Copyright
Wendy Northcutt
Printer
Clays Ltd, St Ives plc, Great Britain
Publisher
Orion Books Ltd, Orion House, 5 Upper St Martin's Lane, London WC2H 9EA

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
286, [2] p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Number of pages
288
Dimensions
21.5 x 13.4 x 2.5 centimeters

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL7984160M
ISBN 10
0752838717
ISBN 13
9780752838717
OCLC/WorldCat
222841070, 499979601, 59572203, 861909197
British Library
012937557
Library Thing
5975
Goodreads
1881059

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