Download or read book The Darwin Awards V written by Wendy Northcutt and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An all-new collection of gene-pool belly flops Most people don't need a PhD to know that doing chin-ups off the edge of a seventh-floor balcony is a recipe for disaster. Or that it's a bad idea to put a paintball gun in your mouth and pull the trigger. Or to think twice before joyriding in a shopping cart strapped to a four-wheel drive. Darwin Award winners lack this basic sound judgement. Named for Charles Darwin, the father of evolution, The Darwin Awards celebrates those who have dived headfirst into the shallow end of the gene pool. From offering a bear a beer to self-testing a Taser to jumping a drawbridge on a bike, The Darwin Awards V: Next Evolution honours these macabre and entertaining feats of hapless misjudgement. Fully illustrated with over a hundred new awe-inspiring tales, including science essays from guest writers and answers to FAQs about evolution in action, The Darwin Awards V: Next Evolution demonstrates how uncommon common sense still is.
Download or read book The Darwin Awards Next Evolution written by Wendy Northcutt and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features examples of people whose lack of common sense resulted in their demise, in a tribute to how the evolutionary process is improved when individuals of questionable intelligence accidentally remove themselves from the gene pool.
Download or read book The Darwin Awards 4 written by Wendy Northcutt and published by Orion. This book was released on 2007 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With over 100 all-new award winners, this hilarious collection of terminal mishaps will amuse and amaze all who read it. Who can forget the tale of the parachute jump instructor who jumped out of a plane - but left his parachute behind? Or the guy who decided to try and steer his motorbike with his feet? Wendy Northcutt's website, www.DarwinAwards.com, has been a huge cult hit around the world, with a devoted following of readers. Now, in this first new collection of highlights in three years, comes a selection of the best and funniest moments that ensure our future gene pool will not be contaminated by any of those whose claim to fame rests on appearing in this book.
Download or read book The Darwin Awards written by Wendy Northcutt and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Darwin Awards written by Renee Hollomon and published by Orion. This book was released on 2000 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: '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 AwardsOne of the best known and most frequently visited web sites is the Darwin Awards web site. Practically everyone who is on the net has received a Darwin story in their e-mail at one time or another. It is one of those legendary sites which has become part of the fabric of being on-line. Started in 1993 by biologist Wendy Northcutt she set out to collect together and authenticate stories of individuals around the world who, through their stupidity, have 'removed themselves from the gene pool' (i.e. killed themselves). These are the people for whom warnings such as 'coffee is hot' and 'this superman cape does not enable the wearer to fly' were made. This is black humour elevated to its purest commercial form. There are rules here too. The candidate must: exhibit astounding misapplication of judgement; remove himself/herself from the gene pool; be capable of sound judgement; be self selecting (i.e. it was their fault) and the event must be verifiable. The book will contain four types of stories: The Darwin Awards; Honourable mentions; urban legends; personal accounts. The introduction will explain the nature and origin of the awards then the stories will be divided into 18 chapters, ranging from Testosterone Poisoning: Men at Risk; Junk Food Junkie: Food and Drink; Dangerous Liaisons: Unsafe Sex; The Fairer Sex: Femme Fatalities; Argue with God: Science and Religion; Dirty Job: Death at Work and I Fought the Law: Stupid Criminal Tricks. Each chapter will be have a funny introduction and one in six stories will have an 'serious' discussion of its veracity. There will be over 150 stories: ten new stories and the rest from the site.
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Download or read book The Darwin Awards 4 written by Wendy Northcutt and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-10-30 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hilarious New York Times bestselling phenomenon and the perfect funny gift! The Darwin Awards series is the alpha chimp of humorous human mishaps. Despite being an international bestseller and inspiring the movie The Darwin Awards, these hilarious, cautionary chronicles have failed to stop another generation of Darwin Award winners from steering motorcycles with their feet, heating lava lamps on stoves, using liquid soap as brake fluid, and drowning themselves in the kitchen sink. Filled with more than 100 new tales of evolution in action, plus science essays and a parody research paper supporting Intelligent Design, The Darwin Awards 4 shows that when it comes to common sense, natural selection still has a long, long way to go.
Download or read book The Darwin Awards 4 written by Wendy Northcutt and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Darwin Awards 4 written by Wendy Northcutt and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2006-10-30 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All new tales from the shallow end of the gene pool Named in honour of Charles Darwin, the father of evolution, The Darwin Awards pays homage to those who improve our gene pool . . . by removing themselves from it. Most of us know instinctively that igniting a blasting cap in our mouth is a recipe for disaster. Darwin Award winners do not. Most of us have basic sound judgement that eliminates the need for NO SMOKING signs at ammo dumps. Darwin Award winners do not. Whether it's thallium-snorting soldiers, head-butting motorcyclists, or hatchet-wielding men who mistake a body part for a chicken neck, there's no shortage of creative Darwin Award winners. Filled with 150 original tales of evolution in action, science essays by guest writers, and a spoof research paper supporting Intelligent Design, The Darwin Awards IV demonstrates that when it comes to common sense, natural selection still has a long way to go.
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Download or read book The Darwin Awards III written by Wendy Northcutt and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 2004-09-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A third collection of misadventures of people who have lost their lives by engaging in questionable activities includes the stories of a sheriff who shot himself twice and an artist who made a necklace using live ammunition.
Download or read book The Darwin Awards Countdown to Extinction written by Wendy Northcutt and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-10-28 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hilarious New York Times bestselling phenomenon and the perfect funny gift! The Darwin Awards are more than just a brand. They're a pop culture phenomenon. With six books and a website that draws in more than a million unique visitors every month, the Darwin Awards rivals The Onion and The Simpsons as one of the biggest humor franchises in the world. Fully illustrated and featuring all-new tales of the marvelously macabre, The Darwin Awards Countdown to Extinction chronicles the astonishing acts of individuals who have taken a swan dive into the shallow end of the gene pool. From attaching a five-horsepower engine to a barstool, to hammering a metal hook into an explosive device, to using a taser to treat a snake bite, these gloriously gruesome incidents prove that the countdown (to human extinction) is well under way. And we won't exit this mortal coil without one last laugh.
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