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Summary: I'm so ashamed!
Review: I bought this book in a moment of weakness. I knew about the Darwin Awards, having received samples of same over the internet. The better part of my nature informed me that the very notion of finding something funny in stories of stupid misadventures with tragic consequences was . . . (how you say?) . . . wrong. Wrong and stupid. If a dim-witted child guffaws at these stories, one makes allowances. For an adult to enjoy them is beyond the pale.
There are some who are horrified at the practice of book-burning. Well, I am not. I love books, but I had a nice little bonfire with this one, and the world was a better place for it.
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Summary: too many urban legends!
Review: Egad! this book is really really funny, the only problem is 2 fourths of the storys in the book are not true! some of the urban legends are so stupid too. like anyone would belive the story about the pulsating cactus that exploded baby tarantulas all over the house. My input on the stories is that its not supposed to be funny when they die, its just funny how stupid they are.it makes you think , "How the heck could that guy think he could do that without getting killed!?" like the lady who tried to look inside a gas can with a lighter? yeah, I think you know what happens next.
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Summary: A must have
Review: First of all, if you don't know what the Darwin Awards are, then you're looking at the wrong book. Go back and buy the first one. NOW. If you've already dont that, then get this. you won't regret it. A collection of short (and some long) stories of people who are the living proof that someone up there has a sense of humor. But this isn't for everyone. If your squemish at every little drop of blood (or, perhaps, someone having a rusty pipe shoved at their groin...) then you should really turn back now. Some, if not most, of these stories involve rather greusome deaths or losses or reproductive organs (males only). But, all in all, a great read.
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Summary: Sex offenders as well
Review: For those who dont understand Naural Selection this is the book. I'm only so dissappointed that only the higher evolved intelligent people will be the only ones who read it as the ones who do not qualify as fit to survive couldnt possibly acknowledge this more or less be able to come to the higher evolving decision to buy it. But maybe with these misfit terrorists bombing about some misfits may do some thing Darwin called adaptive radiation, and seek out a little personal evolution. Really, as comical a book as this is, if a sex offender or accident waiting to happen type of person read this, IT WOULD REALLY HELP THEM! And I really believe Wendy Knows this and could have been her forethoughts before writing these books. Another Great book about Evolution and people like this is Karl Mark Maddox SB 1 or God
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Summary: ha ha
Review: Funny book, except the author is obviously biased against men. It doesn't take much research to turn up the fact that women are much stupider (in general) when it comes to basic common sense stuff. Thus, there should be at least as many instances of stupid women snuffing themselves out as there are of men. This book is better than the previous one in this aspect. However, she still hardly touches on this vast sea of unused book fodder.
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Summary: Put me in the "save your money" camp
Review: Helloo? Haven't we SEEN this all for FREE on line????? Talk about a waste of bucks -- this is all old rehashed "it's been on the net, but I've collected it in a book." Shame shame!! Bad bad!! (But gotta give the author credit for cashing in, I guess....) Word to the wise: Don't bother.
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Summary: Entertaining... In a way...
Review: Here is the much talked about Darwin awards, where dumb people do dumb things and usual end up dead. A lot of people have said that the book is hilarious, but actually, it's just okay. ... but It's meant to be funny, but it doesn't quite strike a chord with me. Still, it's definitedly a good way to kill time... Worth checking out.
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Summary: It's amazing we've survived this long!
Review: How the human species has survived is a mystery to me after reading this entertaining book. From people trying to save chickens in a well and drowning themselves (the chicken flew out), to a six-foot man diving into a four-foot pool, to my personal favorite of the mother smearing her son with honey to get a good picture of a bear -- I have little hope we will survive much longer. I will say that after several accounts, one's head begins to spin, and the references to other accounts after every entry is confusing. I did enjoy the introductions to each chapter, which dealt with science and other related topics. Fun read.
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Summary: laugh out loud funny :)
Review: I listened to this on my HORRIBLE commute to work...and I could not stop laughing. What an entertaining CD! I promise you will laugh your way to work too!
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Summary: One Too Many Trips To The Well
Review: I really enjoyed the first "Darwin" installment, but Darwin II does not cut it. First of all, too much of the book is filler (author's opinions & editorializing, as well as boring discussions of evolutionary theory), and not enough awards are presented. About 40 percent of this book is chaff, with 60 percent consisting of award cases. What really upset me, however, is that of the 60 percent of this book devoted to presenting actual Darwin Awards, an entire chapter consists of repeats from the first volume! Northcutt begins this chapter by saying "here enjoy some repeats of your favorite Darwins from my first book" or words to that effect. What a consumer rip off! Why would anyone want to pay twice to read the same stories! If I hadn't already thrown my receipt away, this one would be going back to the bookstore for a full refund. What invariably happens in movie sequels is that sooner or later the producers make one too many trips to the well, and you end up with something as awful as "Jaws 3" for example. Well, the fatal trip to the well appears to have already been made with the Darwin series. Let the buyer beware.
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