The history of human stupidity

Author: (USA) Fensiter
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: Sit comfortably and read this book, happily discovering how much smarter you are than the other fools around you. Take a look at these examples: In the short-lived sport of water baseball, the rules require infielders to stand in water up to their necks, pitchers to stand in water up to their waists, and the water to reach the batter's thighs. A man in Tavares, Florida, handed a bank teller a note to rob the bank. The police easily apprehended this bank robber because the note he used was from his own checkbook stub, with his name and address printed on it. Don't kiss a rattlesnake. Wear a parachute before jumping out of an airplane. If you're going to rob a bank, don't bring your dog along. These seem like the most obvious things to do, but unfortunately, we seem to be a race that kisses rattlesnakes. This book is a humorous collection of the foolish things people do. Part "Foolish Annals" details the unbelievable foolishness people have committed, including politics, history, sports, art, science, and foolish ways of dealing with fate. The second part "You Always Want to Know Everything About Foolishness, But You're Too Smart to Ask Such Questions" explores the trajectory of the record of human foolishness, raising the age-old question: Is there really such a thing as foolishness? The third part "How to Avoid Foolishness" offers sarcastic suggestions on how to prevent this book from being updated in the future.