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The Darwin Awards Next Evolution: Chlorinating The Gene Pool (2008)

by Wendy Northcutt(Favorite Author)

3.52 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0525950850 (ISBN13: 9780525950851)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Dutton Adult

series

Darwin Awards

review 1: Fifth in the series.Not really funny any more. I think we've become used to hearing about people dying (or at least getting neutered) in stupid ways.Picked it up at a recent Rotary Club fund-raising book sale. Suspect it'll be recycled back there next year.I did enjoy the "scientific interludes" though - 2-3 page essays on various aspects of reproductive science.If you've never read any of them before it'd seem more funny I guess.
review 2: I've read the Darwin Awards since I started getting emails about them way back in college. Over the years, I've gotten some of the best laughs of my life from the Darwin Awards. Now they have a website that's updated pretty regularly, but I've never seen a book about them. It caught my eye in the library and I snatched it up... more and practically ran to the checkout counter!The concept of the Darwin Awards can seem pretty gruesome at first glance - they are almost always awarded posthumously. To win one, someone must first remove themselves from the gene pool by a spectacular act of stupidity. Accidents or sporting incidents don't count. Many DO involve the use of alcohol. In fact this book contains an entire essay about WHY so many involve alcohol - how it affects the brain in a manner that makes one more likely to do something stupid enought to be eligible for a Darwin Award.After I finished this book, and enjoyed it immensely, I handed it over to my 10-year-old son, who enjoyed it twice as much! This is frankly thrilling to me. I'm hoping he'll gain at least a clue about how fast a bad idea mixed with some poor judgement can go sour. I don't know how many other Darwin books are out there, but I'm going to check, then hunt some more down! less

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