The Encyclop Dia Of Stupidity
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The Encyclopaedia Of Stupidity
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Author : Matthijs van Boxsel
language : en
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Release Date : 2005-01-01
The Encyclopaedia Of Stupidity written by Matthijs van Boxsel and has been published by Reaktion Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-01-01 with Humor categories.
Matthijs van Boxsel believes that no one is intelligent enough to understand their own stupidity. In The Encyclopædia of Stupidity he shows how stupidity manifests itself in all areas, in everyone, at all times, proposing that stupidity is the foundation of our civilization. In short sections with such titles as ‘The Blunderers’ Club’, ‘Fools in Hell’, ‘Genealogy of Idiots’, and ‘The Aesthetics of the Empty Gesture’, stupidity is analysed on the basis of fairy tales, cartoons, triumphal arches, garden architecture, Baroque ceilings, jokes, flimsy excuses and science fiction. But Van Boxsel wants to do more than just assemble a ‘shadow cabinet’ of wisdom; he tries to fathom the logic of this opposite world. Where do understanding and intelligence begin and end? He examines mythic fools such as Cyclops and King Midas, cities such as Gotham, archetypes including the dumb blonde, and traditionally stupid animals such as the goose, the donkey and the headless chicken. Van Boxsel posits that stupidity is a condition for intelligence, that blunders stimulate progress, that failure is the basis for success. In this erudite and witty book he maintains that our culture is the product of a series of failed attempts to comprehend stupidity.
S Is For Stupid
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Author : Leland Gregory
language : en
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Release Date : 2010-10-01
S Is For Stupid written by Leland Gregory and has been published by Andrews McMeel Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10-01 with Humor categories.
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.
The Encyclop Dia Of Stupidity
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Author : Matthijs van Boxsel
language : en
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Release Date : 2003
The Encyclop Dia Of Stupidity written by Matthijs van Boxsel and has been published by Reaktion Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Stupidity categories.
The author shows how stupidity manifests itself in all areas, in everyone, at all times: stupidity is the foundation of our civilization. He posits that stupidity is a condition for intelligence, that blunders stimulate progress and that failure is the basis for success.
Stupidity
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Author : Avital Ronell
language : en
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Release Date : 2002
Stupidity written by Avital Ronell and has been published by University of Illinois Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Literary Criticism categories.
"Avital Ronell's work studies the fading empire of cognition, modulating stupidity into idiocy, puerility, and the figure of the ridiculous philosopher instituted by Kant. Investigating ignorance, dumbfoundedness, and the limits of reason, Stupidity probes the pervasive practice of theory-bashing and related forms of paranoid aggression. A section on prolonged and debilitating illness pushes the text to an edge of a corporeal hermeneutics, "at the limits of what the body knows and tells.""--BOOK JACKET.
Stupid American History
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Author : Leland Gregory
language : en
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Release Date : 2009-04-21
Stupid American History written by Leland Gregory and has been published by Andrews McMeel Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-04-21 with Humor categories.
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.
Stupid History
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Author : Leland Gregory
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
Stupid History written by Leland Gregory and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with History categories.
It S The Middle Class Stupid
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Author : James Carville
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2012-07-10
It S The Middle Class Stupid written by James Carville and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-07-10 with Political Science categories.
It’s the Middle Class, Stupid! confirms what we have all suspected: Washington and Wall Street have really screwed things up for the average American. Work has been devalued. Education costs are out of sight. Effort and ambition have never been so scantily rewarded. Political guru James Carville and pollster extraordinaire Stan Greenberg argue that our political parties must admit their failures and the electorate must reclaim its voice, because taking on the wealthy and the privileged is not class warfare—it is a matter of survival. Told in the alternating voices of these two top political strategists, It’s the Middle Class, Stupid! provides eye-opening and provocative arguments on where our government—including the White House—has gone wrong, and what voters can do about it. Controversial and outspoken, authoritative and shrewd, It’s the Middle Class, Stupid! is destined to make waves during the 2012 presidential campaign, and will set the agenda for legislative battles and political dust-ups during the next administration.
L Encyclop Die De La Stupidit
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Author : Matthijs van Boxsel
language : fr
Publisher: Payot
Release Date : 2010
L Encyclop Die De La Stupidit written by Matthijs van Boxsel and has been published by Payot this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with categories.
La stupidité, moteur de notre société ? L'idée est moins absurde qu'il n'y paraît. Un homme s'y consacre d'ailleurs depuis plus de vingt-cinq ans. Il s'appelle Matthijs van Boxsel. Du célèbre Club des Gaffeurs créé dans les années 1970 à la mystérieuse amstellodamoisitude, en passant par le ahah français et le haha anglais, ou encore le hodja Nasreddin, il traque la stupidité sous toutes ses formes à travers les contes de fées, les dessins animés, les jardins paysagers, les oeuvres de science-fiction, la littérature, la peinture, la politique, la religion, les théories les plus sérieusement délirantes et... l'intelligence. Résultat : ce livre-ci, qui montre que la stupidité se manifeste partout, en chaque individu, depuis toujours, et qu'elle pourrait bien être la marque de la grandeur de l'homme.
Hey Idiot
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Author : Leland Gregory
language : en
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Release Date : 2011-05-11
Hey Idiot written by Leland Gregory and has been published by Andrews McMeel Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-11 with Humor categories.
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.
Duh
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Author : Bob Fenster
language : en
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Release Date : 2000-09
Duh written by Bob Fenster and has been published by Andrews McMeel Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-09 with Humor categories.
" ... a hilarious collection of the stupid things that people do, divided up into topics."--- back cover.