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Cruel and Unusual Idiots

Author : Leland Gregory
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0740792091
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Cruel and Unusual Idiots written by Leland Gregory and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2009-06-15 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some wonder why and some wonder why not. But it's the latter ones who make you scratch your head and say, 'What in the world were you thinking?'" Former Saturday Night Live writer Leland Gregory skewers cruel crooks and the idiotically inane. From absurd 911 calls to presidential philosophizing and political pandering to foolish felons, Leland Gregory generates the best laughs by exposing the worst of human nature. Inside this collection, Gregory offers more than 275 accounts of human stupidity at its most malicious and peculiar: * In August 2006, 40-year-old Darrel Rodgers was treated at a Bloomington, Indiana, hospital for a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his left knee. Rogers explained that he shot himself seeking to relieve the pain in his knee, which probably stemmed from shooting himself in the same knee ten years earlier. * And, because some of the stories are just that unbelievable, each anecdote, quote, or factoid is presented with relevant background information--including its verified news source.

Hey, Idiot!

Author : Leland Gregory
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0740792032
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Hey, Idiot! written by Leland Gregory and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2011-05-11 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 200 true stories of boneheadedness and buffoonery from the New York Times-bestselling author of Stupid History! Former Saturday Night Live writer Leland Gregory has shown us gray matter-challenged examples in everything from the criminal world to the hallowed halls of government. This time, though, everyone, everywhere is fair game if they've exhibited outrageously stupid behavior. Consider: * The forgetful fireman who left cooking oil on the stove and returned from a call to find the station house burned to the ground * A lung cancer patient who caused an explosion when he lit up a cigarette—in his oxygen tent * A 58-year-old billiards player who was suspended from competition after testing positive for a muscle-building hormone * F. Edward Hebert, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, who said, “The only way we’ll get a volunteer army is to draft them” Hey Idiot! lets everyone from bosses to public officials, doctors to sports heroes, skewer themselves with their moronic words and actions.

Unusually Stupid Americans

Author : Kathryn Petras
Publisher : Villard
ISBN 13 : 0307417611
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Unusually Stupid Americans written by Kathryn Petras and published by Villard. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hilarious collection of lists, statistics, news items, quotations, and facts detailing stupid acts of Americans from all walks of life—by the authors of the bestselling The 776 Stupidest Things Ever Said Everyone knows that America is “the land of the free and the home of the brave,” but sometimes that means we’re free to be as bravely stupid as we want! In Unusually Stupid Americans, Kathryn Petras and Ross Petras assemble choice bits of stupidity, U.S.A.-style, including •the top seriously flawed American advertising moments, including Pacific Airlines’ brilliant “You’re scared of flying? So’s our pilot!” ad campaign, which led the airline to bankruptcy within two months of the campaign’s inception •the Martin Luther King, Jr., celebration in Florida, where a plaque was un-veiled that was intended to honor the actor James Earl Jones but instead read, “Thank you James Earl Ray for keeping the dream alive” (an unfortunate slip-up, as James Earl Ray was King’s assassin) •and much more!

Stupid Science

Author : Leland Gregory
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0740792113
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Stupid Science written by Leland Gregory and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2009-06-15 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consider these cases of misdirected human activity, each in the name of science: The Illinois Department of Conservation spent $180,000 to study the contents of owl vomit. Georgia State University psychology professor James Dabbs discovered in 1988 that trial lawyers have about 30 percent more testosterone in their bodies than normal people (regardless of gender). Dabbs stated in the Journal of Applied Social Psychology that high testosterone levels are often linked to aggressiveness and "antisocial behavior." We all knew that lawyers were full of something—now we know it's testosterone. What do stinky cheese and unclean feet have in common? They both attract mosquitoes according to a November 8, 1996 article from Reuters.

Cruel Women, Stupid Men

Author : Dan Roentsch
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781451519099
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Cruel Women, Stupid Men written by Dan Roentsch and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nefertiti Snorkjutt, a dominatrix who thinks she is just a dedicated feminist. Desmond Cork, the rock scholar who believes the Donnas ate the Ramones. Barry Fest, the executive editor of the Belverton University Press, groomed for cunnilingus by his tattooed goth assistant. You may have heard of them -- and Congressman Slappy Goering, and the television cop-show Perp & Vic, and the ink message discovered on the labia of Dr. Wharton-Stone -- but if you haven't, it's probably because you aren't one of the billion people who read their blog. A burlesque of the "group blog" phenomenon, Cruel Women, Stupid Men follows three professors at Belverton University as they attempt to break through to their benighted fellow-citizens, and as this attempted breakthrough devolves into descriptions of their own ribald misadventures. "What [Dan Roentsch] has done is seize on a new form that was never intended for fiction and adapt it in order to create a brand-new literary form that may change forever the way we look at how stories can be told." -- From the Preface by Mick Arran

Stupid Conservatives

Author : Leland Gregory
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1449409849
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (494 download)

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Download or read book Stupid Conservatives written by Leland Gregory and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2012-04-10 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Weird and wacky tales from the right wing.

Stupid Liberals

Author : Leland Gregory
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1449410057
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (494 download)

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Download or read book Stupid Liberals written by Leland Gregory and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2012-04-10 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Weird and wacky tales and from the left wing.

Stupid Texas

Author : Leland Gregory
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1449400388
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (494 download)

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Download or read book Stupid Texas written by Leland Gregory and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2010-04-13 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times best-selling author Leland Gregory is definitely messing with Texas in his book Stupid Texas. This time, Leland--who has so entertainingly highlighted humanity's stupidity in the areas of crime, business, love, politics, cruelty, and history--collects evidence to prove the widespread belief that deep in the heart of Texans lies an extraordinary capacity for absurdity. Culled from print, online, and broadcast media, Stupid Texas is an uproarious collection of true stories, trivia, and factoids about the Lone Star State, such as: * "In 1875, James Stephen Hogg, the first native-born Texan to become the state's governor, named his daughter--Ima." * In 1984, a Texas District Court judge sentenced a 31-year-old Houston man to 35 years in prison--for stealing a 12-ounce, $2 can of Spam." Ridiculous, outrageous, bizarre, and comical, Stupid Texas is ideal for both kinds of people--those who love Texas and those who hate it.

Stupid on the Road

Author : Leland Gregory
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1449400175
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (494 download)

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Download or read book Stupid on the Road written by Leland Gregory and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2010-04-20 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling chronicler of human stupidity shares tales of unruly passengers, dumb drivers, and the people who put the “loco” in locomotive . . . New York Times-bestselling author Leland Gregory presents a riotous collection of the unbelievably bizarre events and behavior that result when people strap themselves in for a ride. Gregory, who has so entertainingly highlighted humanity’s stupidity in the areas of crime, business, love, politics, and more—now turns his attention to idiots on the road, on the rails, and in the air. From mind-boggling insurance claims (“A pedestrian hit me and went under my car”), to the cops who went after an erratic driver and found an iguana at the wheel, to the overweight woman who thought the airline purposely put a tag calling her “FAT” on her luggage (it was the airport code for Fresno), these true stories ranging from the horrifying to the hilarious will have you shaking your head at the misadventures that have occurred as people attempt to get from point A to point B.

Stupid California

Author : Leland Gregory
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1449400361
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (494 download)

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Download or read book Stupid California written by Leland Gregory and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2010-04-13 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best-selling author Leland Gregory--who has so entertainingly highlighted humanity's stupidity in the areas of crime, business, love, politics, cruelty, and history--is back with Stupid California. This time, Gregory builds a case for the common suspicion that Californians, from movie moguls to beach bums, have a special affinity for idiocy. Culled from print, online, and broadcast sources, Stupid California is a hilarious collection of true stories, trivia, and factoids about the Golden State, such as: * "California's state animal is the California grizzly bear, which is also on the state flag. The bear was honored in 1953, a full 31 years after the last known bear in the state was killed." * "During the 1980s, in a bold stroke against terrorism, the Chico City Council banned nuclear weapons, enacting a mandatory $500 fine for anyone detonating a nuclear weapon within city limits." Silly, shocking, weird, and amusing, Stupid California is ideal for both kinds of people--those who love California and those who hate it.

Stupid Christmas

Author : Leland Gregory
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1449405630
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (494 download)

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Download or read book Stupid Christmas written by Leland Gregory and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2010-09-14 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From absurd 911 calls to presidential philosophizing and foolish felons, Leland Gregory generates the best laughs by exposing the worst of human nature. Following up his New York Times best-selling Stupid American History, Gregory sets his sights on the holidays as he exposes mind-numbing mistletoe maladies in Stupid Christmas: Idiots under the Mistletoe. Perhaps it's the spiked eggnog or the multiple family members gathered around crazy-colored, twinkly lights, but the holidays are rife with idiocy by the daft and the dumb. Inside this latest collection, Gregory offers more than 200 accounts of holiday-induced stupidity, including: * While smoke billowed out of the store, firefighters had to physically restrain enthusiastic shoppers from entering a Great Lakes Mall store during an electrical fire. * In 1995, officials debated over whom to invite to the city's Christmas tree ceremony: President Bill Clinton or the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. * As a joke, Andrew Jackson sent formal invitations to his Christmas ball to a well-known mother-and-daughter prostitute team in Salisbury, North Carolina.

Stupid Ancient History

Author : Leland Gregory
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1449421571
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (494 download)

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Download or read book Stupid Ancient History written by Leland Gregory and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2012-10-16 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "New York Times"-bestselling author Gregory is silly, shocking, weird, hilariously funny--and outrageously true. Gregory chronicles Greek philosophers, Roman conquerors, and historic myth conceptions.

"S" Is for Stupid

Author : Leland Gregory
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1449406734
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (494 download)

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Download or read book "S" Is for Stupid written by Leland Gregory and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An A-to-Z treasury of dumb, disastrous, and hard-to-believe human behavior from the New York Times-bestselling author of Stupid History! * A doctor’s actual diagnostic notation: The patient is married but sexually active. * “Shooting Reported at Firing Range” —The State, Columbia, South Carolina, August 4, 2006 * Arrested for public urination in Bowling Green, Ohio: Mr. Joshua Pees. —The Sentinel-Tribune, Bowling Green, Ohio, September 5, 2001 From absurd 911 calls to presidential philosophizing and foolish felons, Leland Gregory generates the best laughs by exposing the worst of human nature. This best-of collection features fifty percent new material and fifty percent fan favorites, arranged alphabetically by topic. And because the stories Gregory chronicles are just that unbelievable, each anecdote, quote, or factoid is presented with relevant background information, including its verified news source.

Stupid American History

Author : Leland Gregory
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0740793543
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Stupid American History written by Leland Gregory and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2009-04-21 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times Bestseller: Welcome to the land of the free, the home of the brave—and, apparently, the dumb, bizarre, and gullible . . . Did you know that . . . *John Tyler was on his knees playing marbles when he was informed that Benjamin Harrison had died and he was now president of the United States *For reasons still unknown, Texas congressman Thomas Lindsay Blanton, a Presbyterian Sunday school teacher and prohibitionist, inserted dirty words into the Congressional Record in 1921—for which his colleagues officially censured him by a vote of 293-0 *Two US presidents were indentured servants—and one of them ran away and wound up with a $10 reward posted for his capture From Columbus to George W. Bush, the bestselling coauthor of America’s Dumbest Criminals leads us through the many mythconceptions of our nation’s history in this lively book, exposing lots of entertaining moments of idiocy and inanity along the time line.

Lunatics, Imbeciles and Idiots

Author : Kathryn Burtinshaw
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1473879051
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)

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Download or read book Lunatics, Imbeciles and Idiots written by Kathryn Burtinshaw and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2017-04-30 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Reveals the grisly conditions in which the mentally ill were kept . . . [and] harrowing details of the inhumane and gruesome treatment of these patients.”—Daily Mail In the first half of the nineteenth century, treatment of the mentally ill in Britain and Ireland underwent radical change. No longer manacled, chained and treated like wild animals, patient care was defined in law and medical understanding, and treatment of insanity developed. Focusing on selected cases, this new study enables the reader to understand how progressively advancing attitudes and expectations affected decisions, leading to better legislation and medical practice throughout the century. Specific mental health conditions are discussed in detail and the treatments patients received are analyzed in an expert way. A clear view of why institutional asylums were established, their ethos for the treatment of patients, and how they were run as palaces rather than prisons giving moral therapy to those affected becomes apparent. The changing ways in which patients were treated, and altered societal views to the incarceration of the mentally ill, are explored. The book is thoroughly illustrated and contains images of patients and asylum staff never previously published, as well as first-hand accounts of life in a nineteenth-century asylum from a patient’s perspective. Written for genealogists as well as historians, this book contains clear information concerning access to asylum records and other relevant primary sources and how to interpret their contents in a meaningful way. “Through the use of case studies, this book adds a personal note to the historiography in a way that is often missing from scholarly works.”—Federation of Family History Societies

50 Things Not to Do after 50

Author : Leland Gregory
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1629148474
Total Pages : 155 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (291 download)

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Download or read book 50 Things Not to Do after 50 written by Leland Gregory and published by Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2015-02-10 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you or someone you know has just turned fifty, it’s time to accept that the rules of life have changed, and that fifty is not the new thirty for most of us. Leland Gregory understands the forgetful minds, sagging bodies, and flagging pride of his fellow middle-agers, and in 50 Things Not to Do after 50, he offers helpful advice aimed at combating the humiliations this stage of life can bring. For example, regardless of your gender, under no circumstances should you ever attempt to wear leather pants start a story that involves a lot of names—you'll forget most of them before the story is over stalk your high school sweetheart on Facebook. You might discover the person you had the hots for in 10th grade isn’t so hot anymore get drunk in Pamplona and deciding to run with the bulls volunteer to be a drug mule Say things like "fo’shizzle," "whatev," or "cray-cray" And do we really need to mention thongs, Speedos, or jeggings? 50 Things Not to Do after 50 is a lighthearted and sometimes painfully on-target book about how what we used to do in our twenties, thirties, and forties should be avoided at all costs now that we’re in our fifties.

Canaduh

Author : Leland Gregory
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1449402046
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (494 download)

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Download or read book Canaduh written by Leland Gregory and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2010-09-14 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From absurd 911 calls to presidential philosophizing to his New York Times best-selling Stupid American History, Leland Gregory generates the best laughs by exposing the worst of human nature. Now, Gregory--sets his sights north to the frozen tundra of Canada to skewer Canadians, in Canaduh: Idiots from the Frozen North. Inside Canaduh: Idiots from the Frozen North, Gregory offers hundreds of accounts of Canadian stupidity at its most random and bizarre, starring French-speaking Quebecois, Yukon fur trappers, and Arctic Circle Eskimos. Because the stories Leland chronicles are just that unbelievable, each anecdote, quote, or factoid is presented with relevant background information--including its verified news source.