Death by Stupidity

ISBN: 9781569756935

出版年: 2009-1

页数: 317

定价: $ 14.63

内容简介

INCREDIBLY STUPID.

HORRIBLY TRAGIC.

AMAZINGLY FUNNY. If the stories weren't true, you would never believe that these 1001 people managed to die in such utterly absurd ways--but they did. The ultimate cautionary guide on what not to do, Death by Stupidity offers snappy tellings of surprisingly hilarious incidents. ? The woman who drank herself to death with water in a contest that required her to hold her pee longer than the other contestants ? The mechanic who blew himself up trying to open a rocket-propelled grenade with a sledgehammer ? A woman felled by flying lettuce ? An octogenarian who bought the farm while riding a shopping cart ? The convicted killer who turned his toiled into a homemade electric chair by sitting on it and repairing a television at the same time Includes Top Ten ways people have died involving alcohol, sex, pets, crime, wild animals, DIY projects and more...