The Darwin Awards: The Official Darwin Awards - Softcover

Northcutt, Wendy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0752844512 ISBN 13: 9780752844510

Publisher: Orion, 2004

Synopsis

One of the best known and most frequently visited web sites is the Darwin Awards web site. Practically everyone who is on the net has received a Darwin story in their e-mail at one time or another. It is one of those legendary sites which has become part of the fabric of being on-line. Started in 1993 by biologist Wendy Northcutt she set out to collect together and authenticate stories of individuals around the world who, through their stupidity, have removed themselves from the gene pool, (i.e. killed themselves). These are the people for whom warnings such as 'coffee is hot' and 'this superman cape does not enable the wearer to fly' were made. This is black humour elevated to its purest commercial form. There are rules here too. The candidate must: exhibit astounding misapplication of judgement; remove himself/herself from the gene pool; be capable of sound judgement; be self selecting (i.e. it was their fault) and the event must be verifiable.

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Book Description:

The Darwin Awards is the legendary website which commemorates the remains of people who have improved our gene pool by killing themselves in really stupid ways!

Synopsis:

The Darwin Awards is the legendary web site which commemorates the remains of people who have improved our gene pool by killing themselves in really stupid ways! Practically everyone who is on the net has received a Darwin story in their e-mail at one time or another. It is one of those legendary web sites which has become part of the fabric of being on-line. Started in 1993 by biologist Wendy Northcutt she set out to collect together and authenticate stories of individuals around the world who, through their stupidity, have removed themselves from the gene pool. These are the people for whom warnings such as "coffee is hot" and "this superman cape does not enable the wearer to fly" were made ...

About this edition

• Publisher: Orion
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0752844512
• ISBN 13: 9780752844510
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320