Uncle John's Presents: Book of the Dumb

by John Scalzi

Book Overview

A celebration of dimwits, lunkheads, bad ideas and just plain wrongheaded foolishness. In every field of human endeavor, there are people, things, and ideas that rank among the best mankind has ever... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1592231497
• ISBN13: 9781592231492
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Portable Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Brilliantly stupid!

"Hand me my lighter so I can see if the gas tank is full...." If that sounds like a good idea to you, there's probably a profile of your finest moments in this volume from Uncle John! Stupid criminals, stupid movies, stupid comments, stupid quizzes... I think you get the idea. If it's dumb, it's in here, and it's all amazingly funny. I'd like to tell you this is fiction, but I'm not that dumb -- or optimistic. Recommended!

Smart Buy!

This is a sensational collection of tales of stupid people, governments or decisions which span for one or two pages each. This easy to read format makes the book ideal to read as either a few stories at a time or from cover to cover. Dumb movie festival is an excellent inclusion in this collection as well where you get to actually read negative reviews by real publications and not just the positive ones the public relations departments of the film industry put out. I have read many of this genre of books such as The Darwin Awards Trilogy, Ripley's Believe it or Not and other Uncle John's collections and I have no doubt that this is the best of them all. You'll laugh, you'll smile, you'll be glad you bought this masterpiece.

A Fine Example of Stupidity

I have enjoyed this book greatly both times I have read it. The examples of stupidity contained in it made me laugh out loud.

Laugh Your Head Off!

If you've ever done anything stupid, take heart...Book of the Dumb will make you feel much better about yourself. Within the pages of this book you'll read true stories that will dumbfound you. Letterman should add Stupid Human Tricks to his show and bring some of these characters on to tell their tales...if they are not too ashamed or embarrassed, but they're probably too dumb to notice that we're laughing at them and not with them.The book is full of the kinds of stories you read out loud to your family and friends and provides hours of laughter and entertainment. A good gift for someone who is down in the dumps, but be careful about giving it to someone in the hospital, they might bust a gut or their stitches laughing.