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Title: The Darwin Awards : Evolution In Action by Wendy Northcutt, TBA, Jason Harris ISBN: 1-885408-72-2 Publisher: Listen & Live Audio Pub. Date: May, 2001 Format: Audio CD Volumes: 3 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (113 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Funny at times
Comment: Charles Darwin's theory of the "survival of the fittest" implies, by extension, that idiots will die, thus the premise of this humorous volume. Wendy Northcutt has compiled a series of anecdotes of fatal stupidity, from the drunken pilot who took off with a gust lock in place to the prison guard falling through a skylight as he "supervised" conjugal visits. Many of these stories involve alcohol, which is not so much stupidity as it impairment. The story of a man awakened in the middle of the night by a phone and mistaking his bedside gun for a receiver speaks less of a lack of intelligence than it does nighttime confusion. Other anecdotes are truly hilarious in their lack of common sense.
A person must die to be awarded a Darwin Award, so these stories aren't for the fainthearted. They have all been carefully documented to avoid inclusions of urban legends. Unfortunately, as a whole, the book is simply not as funny as the individual stories I used to receive in my inbox. Too many borderline anecdotes are included. Although this book makes a good gift for those who revel in the stupidity of others, don't expect laughs on every page.
Rating: 2
Summary: dark humor but gives you stories to talk about at parties
Comment: At first I thought this book was going to be very funny. Or at least give me stories to share with my friends. The book even warns in the beginning not to read it like a regular book but rather to read a story here and there. So at first it was interesting to see how people do stupid things but after a while it got dark and depressing because everyone in the book must die of their stupidity to be eligiable for the book. The book was good in the way that it verified all stories so you know they are true. But this book is not for the faint at heart. This book would be great for that family member that we all have who has that dark cynical quirky sense of humor. Well I hope we all have one and I am not the only one who has one lol. It did give me some stories to tell at parties and social occasions.
Rating: 2
Summary: Mean-spirited
Comment: This book pours salt on the wounds of bereaved families.-That's all I want to say. But Amazon says I have say what I want to say in several sentences rather than one sentence for this review to be posted. So here's some chatter. I don't think this book is a great book. I don't think there is kindness or humility in this book.-But you can decide on that yourself. What I want to say is that this book pours salt on the wounds of bereaved families.
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Title: The Darwin Awards II: Unnatural Selection by Wendy Northcutt ISBN: 0525946233 Publisher: Dutton Books Pub. Date: 29 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: The Darwin Awards III: Survival of the Fittest by Wendy Northcutt ISBN: 0525947736 Publisher: Dutton Books Pub. Date: 09 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Duh! The Stupid History Of The Human Race by Bob Fenster ISBN: 0740710028 Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing Pub. Date: 15 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: The 176 Stupidest Things Ever Done by Ross Petras, Kathryn Petras ISBN: 0385483414 Publisher: Main Street Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1996 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: Non Campus Mentis: World History According to College Students by Anders Henriksson ISBN: 0761122745 Publisher: Workman Publishing Pub. Date: 01 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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