Hey, Idiot!: Chronicles of Human Stupidity
Leland Gregory
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Nonfiction, Sociology/Humor
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DESCRIPTION: Idiocy abounds in the world. We've all said or done some stupid things now and again, but every so often a particularly spectacular idiot makes a particularly spectacular fool of themselves. This book is a collection of dumb people, dumb quotes, dumb laws, and general stupidity.
REVIEW: A close cousin to The Darwin Awards (indeed, one or two stories are printed in both books), this is a fun, light read. The stupid stories are arranged roughly by category, and often come with the author's commentary. People like these make one wonder how civilization ever came into existence.
You might also enjoy:
Predictably Irrational (Dan Ariely, Nonfiction - The well-known but overlooked tendency of human behavior towards irrationality)
Duh! The Stupid History of the Human Race (Bob Fenster, Nonfiction - Dumb moments in history, stupid laws, botched quotes, and more, plus a discussion about why we're so often stupid and what to do about it)
The Basic Instructions comic collections (Scott Meyer, Humor - Observational humor on everyday tasks and social stupidity)
The Darwin Awards (Wendy Northcut, Nonfiction - Real incidents and urban legends of stupid behavior from the famed Darwin Awards)
Beauty Fades, Dumb is Forever (Judge Judy Sheindlin, Nonfiction - The popular TV judge explains how stupid behavior leads to miserable lives)
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