The Lexicon of Stupidity
by Kathryn Petras, Ross Petras
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Author: Kathryn Petras, Ross PetrasEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-05-23
ISBN: 0761137912
Number of pages: 400
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
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Book Review: They're stupid and they walk among us, and you can read all about it right here!
Summary: 5 Stars
348 Pages of the "stupidest things ever written, printed, or inscribed" presents any reader ready for factual proof that everyone else is stupider than they are -- and ready to go on record to prove it all for posterity -- can find that proof right here. However, the people in Ross and Kathryn Petras' books are the alleged "best and brightest" of society including celebrities, authors, athletes, politicians, leaders of major corporations, and others of note. With no-holds-barred, The Lexicon of Stupidity will expose them all, much to the readers' delight!
Readers will feel so much more sure of their own intelligence when they read of the Metallica guitarist who states that his "guitars are his unbilical cord ... directly wired into his head." Then there's American Airlines who thoughtfully (and stupidly) thought to tag these directions on a package of nuts: "Instructions -- Open packet, eat nuts."
Of course, you must make your own decision about buying this book. The best advice I can give you is to consider this quote from a Canadian newscaster: "As Francis Bacon said, some books are to be ... What the hell did he say?"
I say don't miss this book!
Summary of The Lexicon of Stupidity
Look up Religion, and discover this from Paris Hilton: [The Kaballah] helps you confront your fears. Like, if a girl borrowed my clothes and never gave them back and I saw her wearing them months later, I would confront her.Or Anatomy, and find sportscaster Jerry Coleman: Winfield goes back to the wall. He hits his head on the wall and it rolls off! It?s rolling all the way back to second base!
Or Truth in Government?here?s Senator Alan Simpson: There are a lot of things that we do that are irrelevant, but that?s what the Senate is for.
Arranged alphabetically, from Accident, Traffic to Zoology, Game Show Contestants? Knowledge of (and you wouldn?t believe how distorted that knowledge sometimes is), The Lexicon of Stupidity is an overstuffed dictionary of quotes, banalities, actual book titles, holdup notes, menu items, TV listings, and more, each meeting one exacting criterion: they?re so jaw-droppingly dumb you can?t help but laugh. It?s the wit of the witless. The comedy of the clueless. The giggly fun of celebrities, athletes, politicians, newscasters, and other pompous types planting a foot (or two) firmly in mouth. And no authors could be more qualified to pull it together than Ross and Kathryn Petras, whose calendar celebrating stupidity?The 365 Stupidest Things Ever Said?is a perennial knock-out, with millions of copies sold since its debut in 1995.
It even includes real courtroom testimony:
Q. Are you sexually active?
A. No, I just lie there.
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