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Summary: Contagious
Review: I laughed until I cried. Never thought there were so many ways to delete oneself from the gene pool. You go Wendy.
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Summary: Contagious
Review: I laughed until I cried. Never thought there were so many ways to delete oneself from the gene pool. You go Wendy.
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Summary: The Well is Drying Up
Review: I loved the first edition of the Darwin Awards, but was a little disappointed by the second edition. The third edition continues the trend. I realize it may be tough to find enough stupid dead people that can be funny, but some of the stories should have never made the cut.There are a set of rules for being awarded a Darwin Award. I have difficulty understanding how one particular entry made the book as a winner based on the standard. Did somebody forget to proofread? While I liked the "not a Darwin Award" Chapter in the second edition, none of the stories were as entertaining this time. It is my hope that this is the last edition of the Darwin will be the last or a long time passes between the third and fourth books. This way some really funny material can be collected.
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Summary: Where have all the laughter gone?
Review: I thought that the darwin awards 1 was absolutely hilarious. But number 3 was running low on material. All the stuff in the book was stupid things people have done, but they weren't nessecarily funny. I think that you need to choose the funniest incedents for your next book, not nessecarily the dumbest.
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Summary: Darwin Awards III: Survival of the Recycled Stories
Review: I was extremely pleased with the first edition of the Darwin Awards. However, the two subsequent editions were very disappointing. The stories were either recycled from the first edition or seemed to be taken from the Oddly Enough section in Yahoo News. Considering the intellegence of the author, one would think that each edition would be interesting and unique. This book is nothing more than an inexpensive cure for insomnia.
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Summary: Inspiration! And hope for a better future.
Review: I've never laughed so hard -- I mean, who can't see an accident waiting to happen when you set up 19 deadly booby-traps in your home? What criminal "mastermind" thinks she'll get away with robbing the local bank in her 300-resident community? And the guy who tried to commit suicide by swallowing those little nitroglycerine heart pills, then slamming himself against a wall to make them explode... Do people this stupid really exist? Of course they do, you see them every day, weaving on the road and talking on a cell phone, slowly trying to count out change for their purchase, etc. The Darwin Awards are sweet revenge for all those little annoyances inflicted on us by idiots. Great book, I highly recommend it.
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Summary: suit yourself
Review: If you like to read one morbidly depressing tale after another, this book is for you.
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Summary: Keep the flow going
Review: Keep the flow going. I have not had chance to completely review the book, but I think the work is important. There may be some low tides in the strength of the stories. But there may be many who are just merely seeking more than that was already there. I think the entries to Darwin Awards should be continued to be processed through stringent filters. Anyways, all work has its highs and lows. The Darwin Awards is merely going through evolution. As inferior stories attempt to pollute the quality of Darwin Awards, the refining process continues. Regards,
Da KuhlBreeze
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Summary: Making money from the misfortunes of fellow human beings
Review: People who love the Darwin Awards feel that it's OK to laugh at other people's tragedies because those people are literally non-human - they aren't as fully evolved as the rest of us. Dehumanization is of course a favorite tactic during times of war. People who love the Darwin Awards don't even need to be at war to dehumanize others! I think the Darwin Awards is a perfect litmus test - most people think they're as nice as anybody else and they're certainly careful not to show their true feelings in most social settings. Knowing that somebody actually supports an industry that profits from laughing at the deaths of fellow human beings tells you exactly what you need to know about that person's level of compassion. And predictably, Darwin Awards lovers accuse the rest of us of having no sense of humor.... but of course those who love Benny Hill don't understand why the rest of us hate Benny Hill and love Monty Python. Based on the popularity of the Darwin Awards, the lack of compassion is no barrier to successful reproduction - if only it were!
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Summary: The Darwin Awards III: Survival of the Fittest
Review: Possibly the funniest collection of human self inflicted misadventure ever published.
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