- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Portable Press (Nov 30 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1592231497
- ISBN-13: 978-1592231492
- Product Dimensions: 20.9 x 14.1 x 2.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 386 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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#72,322 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #22 in Books > Entertainment > Humour > Jokes & Riddles
- #24 in Books > Entertainment > Puzzles & Games > Trivia
- #55 in Books > Reference > Fun Facts > Trivia
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Book Description
If there's one thing human history teaches us, it's this: never underestimate the power of human stupidity. Time and again, the human capacity to do really dumb things is revealed in surprising and sometimes unusually inventive ways, and almost always catches those who do the dumb things by surprise. From vegetable-flavoured Jell-O to land wars during bitterly cold Russian winters, The Book of the Dumb chronicles some of the biggest moments in human folly in every field of human endeavour. Author John Scalzi (a frequent contributor to the Uncle John's Bathroom Reader series) takes the reader through the whole of recorded history, looking for the best examples of the worst ideas, regrettable utterances, and crackpot theories in the fields of arts, science, politics, sports, entertainment, and more. Smart, silly, sarcastic, and surprisingly informative, The Book of the Dumb is an education in foolishness... and a book everyone will come away from feeling just a little bit smarter than when they began.
About the Author
Author John Scalzi (a frequent contributor to the Uncle John's Bathroom Reader series) takes the reader through the whole of recorded history, looking for the best examples of the worst ideas, regrettable utterances, and crackpot theories in the fields of arts, science, politics, sports, entertainment, and more. Smart, silly, sarcastic, and surprisingly informative, The Book of the Dumb is an education in foolishness... and a book everyone will come away from feeling just a little bit smarter than when they began.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Laugh Your Head Off!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Uncle John's Presents Book of the Dumb (Paperback)
If you've ever done anything stupid, take heart...Book of the Dumb will make you feel much better about yourself. Within the pages of this book you'll read true stories that will dumbfound you. Letterman should add Stupid Human Tricks to his show and bring some of these characters on to tell their tales...if they are not too ashamed or embarrassed, but they're probably too dumb to notice that we're laughing at them and not with them.The book is full of the kinds of stories you read out loud to your family and friends and provides hours of laughter and entertainment. A good gift for someone who is down in the dumps, but be careful about giving it to someone in the hospital, they might bust a gut or their stitches laughing.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Entertaining Read,
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This review is from: Uncle John's Presents Book of the Dumb (Paperback)
This book is exactly what the title suggests, a book of stories of dumb things people have done. A great read, you can read as much or as little at a time as you want. Great for people who enjoy laughing at the follies of others!
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4.1 out of 5 stars (8 customer reviews) 9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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Smart Buy!,
By James N Simpson - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Uncle John's Presents Book of the Dumb (Paperback)
This is a sensational collection of tales of stupid people, governments or decisions which span for one or two pages each. This easy to read format makes the book ideal to read as either a few stories at a time or from cover to cover. Dumb movie festival is an excellent inclusion in this collection as well where you get to actually read negative reviews by real publications and not just the positive ones the public relations departments of the film industry put out. I have read many of this genre of books such as The Darwin Awards Trilogy, Ripley's Believe it or Not and other Uncle John's collections and I have no doubt that this is the best of them all. You'll laugh, you'll smile, you'll be glad you bought this masterpiece.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Very funny, but too quick a read for the price,
By Charlene Vickers - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Uncle John's Presents Book of the Dumb (Paperback)
The anecdotes, stories and articles featured in Uncle John's Presents The Book of the Dumb are very, very funny. It's hard for me to believe that so much idiocy exists in the world (well, outside of the men in my family), but writer Scalzi's collection of dumb acts, dumb criminals, dumb movies, and dumb quotes proves that stupidity is everywhere.The only thing that bothered me was that I felt somewhat stupid for having bought this book, or should I say this half-book. Large type, wide margins, and lavish use of white space makes this book seem far smaller than 312 pages. Perhaps this book would better suit a reader who enjoys reading at a very leisurely pace, say ten pages a day. Those who like to plow through a book might feel disappointed. 7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Dissapointed faithful reader of the series,
By A Microbiologist - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Uncle John's Presents Book of the Dumb (Paperback)
I love the bathroom reader series, and the content of this book is mostly up to their usual standards, but I have to agree with the last reviewer. Uses large text, wide margins, and half empty pages to get the page number so high. Could have easily fit into less than 100 pages.Funny, but not worth it for the money. |
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