The Darwin Awards

by Northcutt, Wendy

• ISBN13: 9780762425617
• ISBN10: 076242561X
• Edition: Miniature
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-11-28
• Publisher: Running Pr Book Pub

Summary

This hilarious mini collection from the best-selling Darwin Awards celebratesome awe-inspiring attempts at machismo, illustrating the ongoing saga of theurvival of the fittest Named in honour of Charles Darwin, the father ofvolution, The Darwin Awards commemorate those who improve our gene pool byemoving themselves from it. With sales of over one million copies worldwidet is a publishing phenomenon which now takes its next logical evolutionarytep with our new miniature editions. In this hilarious collection from theestselling series, men meet their inner idiots as they test theirestosterone levels by petting sharks, kissing snakes, chasing beer cans anduggling hand grenades. Only when it's too late do these would-be alpha malesealize that they're actually Omega males, providing ample proof of a missingWhy?" chromosome in the human male.

Author Biography

Wendy Northcutt started collecting the stories that make up the Darwin Awards in 1993, and founded www.DarwinAwards.com soon thereafter. She has been profiled in Salon magazine, and now divides her time between managing the website and working as an internet consultant. Her award-winning website is one of the most popular humor sites on the web today, with over 400,000 visitors a month and growing. It has received acclaim from USA Today, the BBC, and Yahoo!, and was chosen as a Cool Site of the Year 2000.