Darvinove nagrade
Format: paperback
ISBN:
8674360106
Publish date: 2001
Publisher: Laguna, Čigoja
Pages no: 301
Edition language: Serbian
Category:
Non Fiction,
Humor,
Writing,
Essays,
Funny,
Comedy,
Reference,
Science,
Adult,
Short Stories,
Social
Series: Darwin Awards (#1)
Not much I can say about this one: it's a collection of Darwin award winners (and the honourable mentions) and their stories. It's both hilarious and possibly a sad commentary on the advancement, or lack thereof, of common sense. For anyone who might not be familiar with the Darwin Awards, they a...
The Darwin Awards commemorate ""individuals who ensure the long-term survival of our species by removing themselves from the gene pool in a sublimely idiotic fashion." The subtitle is "evolution in action." The description on the back cover asks you to "Marvel at the thief who tries to steal live el...
Forgetting the fact that Darwin was inspired very late in his researches to add the idea that every squirrel and beetle on earth is secretly engaged in some zero-sum conflict, and that his inspiration was the misinformed misanthrope Malthus, who wrote from a much bigger, far more British island than...
This is good to read when you're depressed.
I find this sort of thing vastly amusing in tiny little doses. Try to read too much at once and you'll despair for humanity.