The Darwin awards
Subtitle: evolution in action
By: Wendy Northcutt
Publisher: Plume
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 327
ISBN-13: 9780452283442
Subjects: Stupidity; Anecdotes
Description: A satirical "award" celebrating the worst examples of human intelligence features stories about the man who used a cigarette lighter to check his gas level, the terrorist who opened his own letter bomb, and other stories of human idiocy.
Notes: Originally published: New York : Dutton, c2000.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The Darwin awards: What are they?; title: Natural selection: Animal misadventures; title: Relatively dangerous: A family affair; title: "I fought the law ... ": Stupid criminal tricks; title: Up in smoke: Fire and explosives; title: Leaps of faith: Fatal falls; title: Military intelligence: Uninformed men; title: Testosterone poisoning: Macho men; title: Dangerous liaisons: Unsafe sex; title: Davey Jones' locker: Watery demise; title: Man's favorite toy: Penis envy; title: Foolish ingenuity: End of the line.