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Darwin Awards Evolution in Action

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ISBN-10: 0452283442

ISBN-13: 9780452283442

Edition: N/A

Authors: Wendy Northcutt

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List price: $17.00
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 4/30/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.23" wide x 7.21" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English

The Darwin Awards: What are they?
Survival of the Fittest
Rules and Eligibility
Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution
Uncommon Common Sense
History and Internet Culture
Advice on Reading the Stories
Natural Selection: Animal Misadventures
Can Animals Win Darwin Awards?
Darwin Award: In a Pig's Eye
Darwin Award: Killer Whale Rodeo
Darwin Award: Playing with Cats
Darwin Award: Hungry Python Kills Owner
Darwin Award: Poisonous Pets
Darwin Award: Snake Charmer?
Darwin Award: Burmese Python
Darwin Award: What's New, Pussycat?
Darwin Award: Wild Animal Lesson
Darwin Award: Smarter Animals
Darwin Award: Running of the Bulls
Darwin Award: Silenced by the Lambs
Darwin Award: Human Hitching Post
Honorable Mention: Nine Times a Loser
Honorable Mention: Revenge of the Gopher
Honorable Mention: Woman Disarmed by Tiger
Honorable Mention: Don't Mess with Mama Bear
Urban Legend: Man Glued to Rhino Buttocks
Personal Account: Bug Repellent
Personal Account: Why Kids Leave the Farm
Relatively Dangerous: A Family Affair
Children and Evolution
Darwin Award: Go, Speed Racer, Go
Darwin Award: Wife Tossing in Buenos Aires
Darwin Award: Count Your Chickens
Darwin Award: Father Knows Best
Darwin Award: Laughing Gas
Darwin Award: Murderous Affair
Darwin Award: Avoiding a Fight
Darwin Award: Maine Chainsaw Romance
Honorable Mention: Trash Compactor
Honorable Mention: Darwin Your Bratty Kids
Urban Legend: Missionary Miscalculation
Personal Account: Accidental Safe Sex
Personal Account: Wives with Chloroform
"I Fought the Law ...": Stupid Criminal Tricks
If Evolution Works, Why So Many Idiots?
Darwin Award: Junk Food Junkie
Darwin Award: Copper Caper
Darwin Award: Good Trumps Evil at Church
Darwin Award: Jumping Jack Cash
Darwin Award: Tired of It All
Darwin Award: Modus Operandi Misfires
Darwin Award: Restaurant Thief
Darwin Award: Dum Dum Boutique
Darwin Award: Scrap Metal Thieves
Darwin Award: Wrong Time, Wrong Place
Darwin Award: Clumsy Canadian Burglar
Darwin Award: Escaping Conviction
Darwin Award: Rob Your Neighbor
Honorable Mention: Pick Your Target
Honorable Mention: Armed and Dangerous?
Honorable Mention: Poor Sense of Direction
Honorable Mention: Airbag Weapons
Honorable Mention: Mis-Steak
Honorable Mention: Wile E. Coyote of Burglars
Honorable Mention: Limo and Latte Burglar
Honorable Mention: Spare Some Change?
Honorable Mention: Three Times a Loser
Honorable Mention: Sunny Side Up
Honorable Mention: Official Drug Test
Honorable Mention: Klutzy Crook
Personal Account: Compacted Ignorance
Personal Account: Gangster Blues
Up in Smoke: Fire and Explosions
Awards for Priests and Gays?
Darwin Award: Living on Zionist Time
Darwin Award: Firefighters Ignite!
Darwin Award: Igniting Fireworks the Easy Way
Darwin Award: Justice Is Served
Darwin Award: No Smoking? Ha!
Darwin Award: Dynamite and Boats Don't Mix
Darwin Award: Up in Smoke
Darwin Award: Cigarette Lighter Triggers Fatal Explosion
Darwin Award: Lights Out
Honorable Mention: Chimney Safety
Honorable Mention: I Just Flicked My Bic!
Urban Legend: Scuba Divers and Forest Fires
Urban Legend: Cow Bomb
Urban Legend: Raccoon Rocket
Urban Legend: Hydrogen Beer Disaster
Urban Legend: Cell Phone Destroys Gas Station
Personal Account: Elemental Mistake
Personal Account: Is It Loaded?
Personal Account: Final Flick of Bic
Leaps of Faith: Fatal Falls
John F. Kennedy Jr.
Darwin Award: Don't Drink and Fly
Darwin Award: Lawyer Aloft
Darwin Award: Stoned Sleep
Darwin Award: Homegrown Parachute
Darwin Award: Yosemite Parachute Safety
Darwin Award: Shocking Fall
Darwin Award: Bungee Jumper
Darwin Award: Bridge Bonzai
Darwin Award: One for the Birds
Personal Account: Leap of Faith
Personal Account: One, Two, Three, Heave!
Urban Legend: Misadventure at the Metallica Concert
Urban Legend: Power Plant Fitness Freak
Personal Account: Leveled
Military Intelligence: Uninformed Men
Historical Darwin Awards
Darwin Award: Intelligence Blunders
Darwin Award: Hanging Around Jail
Darwin Award: Peeper Plummets
Darwin Award: Dead Spitter
Darwin Award: New Dating Technique
Darwin Award: Resistance Is Futile
Darwin Award: Wait for Me!
Personal Account: Industrious Brain-Dead Private
Personal Account: 5 Soldiers, 6 Police, 0 Brains
Personal Account: Jet Ski Jock
Personal Account: North Pacific Deckpecker
Personal Account: Flack Vest Testing
Testosterone Poisoning: Macho Men
The Issue of Offspring
Darwin Award: JATO
Darwin Award: Fatal Footsie
Darwin Award: Guy Gulps Goldfish
Darwin Award: Dry Spell
Darwin Award: Sequined Pastie
Darwin Award: Gun Safety Training
Darwin Award: The Winner Gets ... A Postmortem
Darwin Award: I'm a Man, I Can Handle It
Darwin Award: William Tell Overture
Darwin Award: Sink the Cue Ball
Darwin Award: Repairs on the Road
Honorable Mention: Right Tool for the Right Job
Honorable Mention: Kiss Bites Back
Urban Legend: The Dog and the Jeep
Personal Account: One Cool Dude
Personal Account: Out of Their Heads
Personal Account: Round Lake Shortcut
Darwin Award: Chute Boy
Dangerous Liaisons: Unsafe Sex
Evolutionary Hall of Shame
Darwin Award: Love Crushed Sex
Darwin Award: Baby, You Drive Me Crazy
Darwin Award: Sex and Suffocation
Darwin Award: Fatal Flasher
Honorable Mention: Chimney Manners
Honorable Mention: Betrayal of Trussed
Urban Legend: Lightning Date
Urban Legend: Gerbil Rocket
Urban Legend: Hedonist Air Pumpers
Urban Legend: Romeo and Juliet?
Davey Jones' Locker: Watery Demise
Divergent Evolution
Darwin Award: Hurricane Hangover
Darwin Award: Gone Fishin'
Darwin Award: Polar Bear Swim
Darwin Award: Crappy Driving Award
Darwin Award: Can Duck Shooters Swim?
Darwin Award: Yosemite Hike
Darwin Award: Wet Will He
Darwin Award: Hard Work Rewards
Honorable Mention: Loch Ness Monster
Urban Legend: Darwin Beach Death
Personal Account: Quarry Story
Personal Account: The Iceman Exiteth
Personal Account: Rub Dub Dub, Men in a Tub
Personal Account: Surprise Flush
Personal Account: Tide-ally Impaired
Man's Favorite Toy: Penis Envy
Losing the Family Jewels
Honorable Mention: Zany New Zealand Contest
Honorable Mention: Mr. Happy's Vacuum
Darwin Award: Priapism Takes a Penis
Darwin Award: Man Slices Off Penis
Darwin Award: Love from the Heart
Honorable Mention: Scoutmaster Snare
Honorable Mention: Scrotum Self-Repair
Honorable Mention: Horse Drug Experiment
Urban Legend: Frog Giggin' Accident in Arkansas
Personal Account: Jump Rope Blues
Personal Account: Disco Dork
Personal Account: Bridge Bowling
Personal Account: Pissing into the Wind
Foolish Ingenuity: End of the Line
Evolution in Action
Honorable Mention: Lawnchair Larry
Darwin Award: The Last Supper
Darwin Award: Ultimate Price for Smelling Nice
Darwin Award: Midnight Special
Darwin Award: Deadly Reading Habits
Darwin Award: Breatharianism
Darwin Award: Roller Coaster
Darwin Award: Mental Eclipse
Darwin Award: No Bike Lane at the Airport
Darwin Award: The Bumbershoot
Darwin Award: Lemmings in a Well
Darwin Award: Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
Darwin Award: Death of Dracula
Darwin Award: The Daily Grind
Urban Legend: Christmas Roast
Urban Legend: The Laundry Was Clean ...
Urban Legend: Unfortunate Husband
Urban Legend: Overkill
Personal Account: Team Spirit
Personal Account: Cleaning the Head
Appendices
Website Biography
Darwin Haiku
Author Biography
Story Index