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With five previous books and more than 1.5 million copies sold, The Darwin Awards is a pop culture phenomenon. Honoring those who improve the species by accidentally removing themselves from it, The Darwin Awards countdown (to human extinction) is well under way-and we won't exit this mortal coil without one last laugh. In The Darwin Awards Countdown to Extinction, readers will find all-new stories chronicling humans who step onto the lowest rung on the evolutionary ladder, including:
Nine no's with power tools
Eight ways to incinerate yourself
Seven safety warnings you should not ignore
Six romance tips for "safe" sex...
Featuring illustrations and brilliant science-of-evolution essays, this latest volume of The Darwin Awards enumerates just how uncommon common sense still is.
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A graduate of UC Berkeley with a degree in molecular biology, Wendy Northcutt began collecting the stories that make up the Darwin Awards in 1993. Her award-winning Web site www.DarwinAwards.com is one of the most popular humor pages on the Web. The Darwin Awards have been profiled in USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, Entertainment Weekly, and on NPR's All Things Considered. Wendy is the author of the international bestsellers The Darwin Awards: Evolution in Action, The Darwin Awards 2: Unnatural Selection, and The Darwin Awards 3: Survival of the Fittest.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Laughed My A** Off !
27 Dec 2010
Format:Hardcover
Very funny read! These stories are when human stupidity surfaces to disastrous effects. A lesson here, yes, think about what your doing. My father once told me "Look before you leap". This book could save lives! Very much enjoyed this, Ms. Northcutt's humor is unparalleled.
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Darwin Awards
5 Jan 2011
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
Purchased as gift for my son, who has 3 or 4 of the other Darwin books, and he loved it! It fits his sense of humor perfectly!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
More examples of people removing themselves from the pool
20 Dec 2010
Format:Hardcover
This latest installment in the series does not disappoint... lots of VERY bad decisions and ideas in motion. Never fly a plane before? That's OK, with enough alcohol in your system and a friend who knows how to break into the local airport you too can be the Red Baron (just don'r ask too many questions about what actually happened to the hun). People making a fuss about that downed powerline in your neighborhood? A chain saw and some saran-wrap booties will fix that! Want to save on light bulbs? Unscrew your headlight bulbs until you just get a dim glow... they'll last forever (or at least as long as the car lasts). An easy read and well-illustrated.
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