The Darwin Awards II  -  Wendy Northcutt

KORTE INHOUD

Welcome to the next evolution in humor. In the spirit of Charles Darwin, the father of evolution, The Darwin Awards Unnatural Selection brings together a fresh collection of magnificent misadventures, honoring those who continue to improve our gene pool by removing themselves from it in a sublimely idiotic fashion. Salute the owner of an equipment training school who demonstrates the dangers of driving a forklift by failing to survive the filming of his own safety video. Heed the story of the honest bricklayer who loses a battle of wits with 300 pounds of tools. Witness the man who becomes a victim of his own "strange and unusual passion for jumping into rivers." And watch Darwin Award winners selflessly join the ongoing fight against the seven deadly sins as lust, vanity, gluttony, greed, sloth, envy and wrath all exact their evolutionary toll on the overindulgent. Featuring science and safety discussions designed to aid those vigilant enough to avoid the scythe of natural selection, and including the most i...
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2001 Uitgever: Orion 240 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0752846914 ISBN-13: 9780752846910
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