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Unusually Stupid Americans: A Compendium of All-American Stupidity
A hilarious collection of lists, statistics, news items, quotations, and facts detailing stupid acts of Americans from all walks of life—by the authors of the bestselling The 776 Stupidest Things Ever Said
Everyone knows that America is “the land of the free and the home of the brave,” but sometimes that means we’re free to be as bravely stupid as we want! In Unusually Stup...more
Everyone knows that America is “the land of the free and the home of the brave,” but sometimes that means we’re free to be as bravely stupid as we want! In Unusually Stup...more
Paperback, 304 pages
Published
December 18th 2007
by Villard
(first published 2003)
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James
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Great - the same kind of stories that show up in News of the Weird, the Darwin Awards, the Stupidest Things Ever Said series, and so on. Some of these are so incredibly dumb that they wouldn't be believable in fiction. Drawn from all over American culture - the worlds of politics (of course), business, sports, entertainment, the law... example: "U.S. Marines headed for Iraq were boarding a chartered commercial airliner when they were stopped by security. They weren't allowed to board while ...more
Read this book at the gym, and like most chosen for the purpose, it is the kind that can be read a little at a time. The anecdotes are usually a paragraph or two, and are grouped into chapters based on certain subjects such as celebrities, government, and dumb criminals. Not 100% positive that those on the front cover are subjects of stories in the book, but then I don't recognize many of them.
Can't say there were any laugh-out-loud moments when reading, but I don't recall having seen any o...more
Can't say there were any laugh-out-loud moments when reading, but I don't recall having seen any o...more
I don't know if I should cry or be scared for our future.
This book leaves you wondering "What the hell were they thinking"? Like the high school teacher who brought a banana and a condom to his history class? Come on, teens know way more than we did at our age about sex, why do something this stupid and ultimately pay with your career for doing it? Because we're American, and unfortunately, Americans do some stupid things and this book is an astonishing portrayal of all the stupid things Americans do. Check it out, so you too, can shake ...more
Well this one definately gets mixed reviews from me. Some sections were funny, but most were infuriating or just sad. Also, the authors seem to be pretty conservative given some of the stuff they label as "stupid" (feng shui, sex ed, alternative medicine, etc).
If you've ever wondered how stupid people really can be, all you have to do is pick up a copy of this book!
It's almost sad that it's so funny, but in the end the humor is well worth it.
It's almost sad that it's so funny, but in the end the humor is well worth it.
Amusing.
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