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Foolish Words: The Most Stupid Words Ever Spoken »
Authors: Laura Ward
ISBN-13: 9781402768309, ISBN-10: 1402768303
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Sterling Publishing
Date Published: November 2009
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Author Biography: Laura Ward
Book Synopsis
A wickedly funny collection of gaffes, blunders, and faux pas committed by those in the public eye…who unfortunately (for them) also caught the public’s ear.
These delicious verbal blunders come from many sources. There are politicians with foot-in-mouth disease, rock stars and actors who should have stuck to their songs and scripts, hapless lawyers caught in the act of strangling common sense, inept businessmen who make mind-bogglingly bad predictions, and more.
The speakers regretted it…but readers will LOVE it!
Table of Contents
| Introduction | 6 | |
| Rich & Famous--celebrity gaffes and royal rumpuses | 16 | |
| History--and the beauty of 20/20 hindsight | 48 | |
| Politics--the soundbite bites back | 74 | |
| The Law is an Ass | 118 | |
| Sports--It's a cliche of two halves | 122 | |
| Fundamental Blunders | 144 | |
| Culture--and its vultures | 164 | |
| How (not) to be Politically Correct | 192 | |
| The Unengaged Brain | 200 | |
| Business--and how to get behind in it | 224 | |
| Famous and Infamous Last Words | 246 |
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