- Paperback: 269 pages
- Publisher: Ballantine Books Inc.; 1 edition (1 Jun 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0345420071
- ISBN-13: 978-0345420077
- Product Dimensions: 14 x 1.3 x 21 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,375,545 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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IF KNOWLEDGE WAS POWER, CECIL ADAMS WOULD RULE THE WORLD!
It's true! For the past twenty-five years, in his books and weekly newspaper column, world-history genius Cecil Adams has been patiently explaining to the Teeming Millions how the world works. He answered questions such as how do porcupines mate, what exactly does Barney Rubble do for a living, and where is Einstein's brain? His answers changed your life. Or at least settled a bet with a loved one. But surely, you are thinking, all the salient facts of the universe have been ascertained by now. Ha! Get a load of the mysteries The Master explores in this landmark volume:
¸ If Teflon is such a nonsticky substance, how do they get it to stick to the pan?
¸ Is the Great Cabal implanting microchips in our brains?
¸ Do fluorescent lights cause cataracts?
¸ What do Scotsmen wear under those kilts?
¸ Can some people extinguish street lamps by force of their bodily emanations?
¸ Is the U.S. Government really hiding alien spaceships?
It's true! For the past twenty-five years, in his books and weekly newspaper column, world-history genius Cecil Adams has been patiently explaining to the Teeming Millions how the world works. He answered questions such as how do porcupines mate, what exactly does Barney Rubble do for a living, and where is Einstein's brain? His answers changed your life. Or at least settled a bet with a loved one. But surely, you are thinking, all the salient facts of the universe have been ascertained by now. Ha! Get a load of the mysteries The Master explores in this landmark volume:
¸ If Teflon is such a nonsticky substance, how do they get it to stick to the pan?
¸ Is the Great Cabal implanting microchips in our brains?
¸ Do fluorescent lights cause cataracts?
¸ What do Scotsmen wear under those kilts?
¸ Can some people extinguish street lamps by force of their bodily emanations?
¸ Is the U.S. Government really hiding alien spaceships?
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Format:Paperback
Well, you'd think that by now the world would run out of funny questions, but TSDTA proves you wrong. It's a million laughs, especially the part at the end of almost every chapter ("From the Straight Dope Message Board"). This book is hilarious, and I learned a lot! Way to go, Straight Dope! Keep on destroying world ignorance!
Format:Paperback
Cecil Adams' work rarely fails to satisfy, but this fourth compilation by him contains too much email garbage from AOL users. it's obvious these are online junkies who have far too much time on their hands. so in short: Cecil is great but the junkmail sucks.
Format:Paperback
I was as excited as the next Straight Dope fan when this book came in the mail, but was quickly disappointed. Much of the book is taken up by reprintings of newsgroup witticisms or reader comments, and Cecil's answers seem to lack that familiar "zing". Still an interesting resource, and slightly entertaining, but there's too much other junk to sort through to get to it.
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Good Book but Not His Best
After reading the whole series of "straight Dope" books, I was disappointed in this book. For starters, it's less than half as long as the others. Read more
Published on 23 Oct 1998
This again proves that Cecil can entertain and inform.
After 25 years, I was getting worried that Cecil was running out of good questions -- the ones you'd really like to know the answers to. This book proves I worry too much. Read more
Published on 10 Mar 1998
Opus no. 4 of a genius.
TSDTA is absolutely hysterical. Cecil answers
questions concerning the origin of the smiley
face and Area 51. Read more
questions concerning the origin of the smiley
face and Area 51. Read more
Published on 24 Feb 1998
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