Never Trust a Calm Dog: And Other Rules of Thumb

By Tom Parker

Book Overview

Offers thousands of pieces of wisdom and advice, providing solutions to such dilemmas as when to stop pouring milk on Cheerios and how to estimate the number of people it takes to capture a python This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060965207
• ISBN13: 9780060965204
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Harpercollins
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Rules of thumb in codified form

This is a fun reference book containing several hundred rules-of-thumb in a reasonable, usable format. The rules are separated into twenty topic categories arranged along the margins. You can spend hours flipping back and forth exploring the different categories. I learned a lot from exploring this book. Did you know you can use a paper match as a feeler gauge for setting ignition points in an old car? Did you know that you need to have 100 albums in your record collection to effectively avoid getting bored by repetition? Did you know you should never trust a calm dog because they're the ones most likely to bite you?