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The Darwin Awards Next Evolution: Chlorinating the Gene Pool Paperback – October 27, 2009

by Wendy Northcutt (Author)
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The hilarious New York Times bestselling phenomenon and the perfect funny gift! 

New York Times bestselling author Wendy Northcutt is back, asking, Have we evolved at all? The answer: Not all of us.

What crazy cocktail of DNA leads Homo sapiens to do pull-ups off the edge of a seventh-floor balcony or wrap their lips around a paintball gun and pull the trigger? How about offering a beer to a bear or self-testing a Taser? Why not go joyriding in a shopping cart strapped to an SUV or jump a drawbridge on a bicycle?

Fully illustrated with over a hundred new jaw-dropping and side-splitting feats of stupidity—and including science essays by guest writers and answers to FAQs about evolution in action—The Darwin Awards Next Evolution continues the tradition of honoring the victims of appallingly poor survival instinct who selflessly improve our gene pool by removing themselves from it.
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    Darwin Awards
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    320 pages
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    October 27, 2009
  5. Dimensions
    5.25 x 0.73 x 7.25 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0452295637
  7. ISBN-13
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“The Darwin Awards is a riot to read. Deeply entertaining.”—San Francisco Weekly
 
"Delightfully funny, The Darwin Awards, taken together, constitute a delicious sermon in support of common sense."—The Baltimore Sun

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A graduate of UC Berkeley with a degree in molecular biology, Wendy Northcutt began collecting the stories that make up the Darwin Awards in 1993. Her award-winning Web site www.DarwinAwards.com is one of the most popular humor pages on the Web. The Darwin Awards have been profiled in USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, Entertainment Weekly, and on NPR’s All Things Considered. Wendy is the author of the international bestsellers The Darwin Awards: Evolution in Action, The Darwin Awards 2: Unnatural Selection, The Darwin Awards 3: Survival of the Fittest, The Darwin Awards 4: Intelligent Design, The Darwin Awards: Next Evolution, and The Darwin Awards: Countdown to Extinction.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin Publishing Group (October 27, 2009)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0452295637
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0452295636
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 0.73 x 7.25 inches
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JMack
5.0 out of 5 stars Infinite Stupidity
Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2009
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Certain gems in the Darwin Award Series have stood out for me among the others. Not since the first book, has one of the stories been such a highlight as "Crutch, Meet Crotch". While there are other great tales, the mentioned incident is clearly the highlight.

For five unique editions, Wendy Northcutt and the rest of the gang have been helping us to delight in the stupidity of others. Best enjoyed in short increments, like toilet reading, it is often difficult not to smile at the misfortune of others. With the boundaries of stupidity being infinite, the next book in the series can not be far behind.
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K cup lover
5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT GIFT!
Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2012
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I have had other books from this author on this topic and really loved them. I have nto yet read this book as I bought it for a gift. I didn't have a clue as to what to get this young man (he's about 18 or 19 and in uni) but knowing what I do about him a Darwin book seemed to be the PERFECT gift! I am sure he will enjoy it as much as we have enjoyed others in this collection!
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Ada Lavin
4.0 out of 5 stars Always fun books
Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2017
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I always look forward to reading the Darwin Awards! Can't believe what people do! If you are having a bad day, just pick this book up and open it to any page and you will have a smile on your face soon, laughing and saying to no one in particular "who would do this?" You won't regret this purcase.
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James Thurmond
5.0 out of 5 stars What a concept for a book!
Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2017
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I enjoyed the book even though it's not the type I usually read for escapism but it did furnish some along with a laugh here and there. For some reason I had nearly a monopoly on doing some things the hard way with the same outcome or not getting it done at all but causing more work for someone else. So I offer my thanks.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Fun Read
Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2017
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It was a nice series of short tales about the foolishness of some people. I found it entertaining and kept my interest throughout
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sitka mike
5.0 out of 5 stars Very interesting
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i was wondering if you don't get vaccinated for covid 19 and then you die do you qualify for a darwin award.
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Nancy J.
5.0 out of 5 stars Always laugh-out-loud funny
Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2017
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The Darwin Awards are given to people who die in the dumbest way. It may sound callous to say the stories are hilarious since the person ended up dead. However, they died because of the stupid situations they put themselves in.
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Curtis Lee
4.0 out of 5 stars ghoulish fun reading!
Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2009
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This book continues the series of mishaps and misadventures of those that have perished or nearly perished.
The articles regarding the chemical break down of Mosquito saliva in the blood stream add an intellectual spin to this bathroom collection.
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Cynthia Wu
5.0 out of 5 stars Left the series for a while and happy to get back into it
Reviewed in Canada on March 5, 2018
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Always a Darwin Award fan. Left the series for a while and happy to get back into it. Prompt shipping, well packaged. If you like the Darwin Award series, this one will not disappoint.
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Jessica Dyson
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 2, 2017
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good value and as described
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Kunze
5.0 out of 5 stars gute Aussicht
Reviewed in Germany on May 27, 2018
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Der Service war ausgezeichnet, pünktliche Lieferung, Verpackung gut, Produkt war
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Das gelieferte Produkt entsprach der Beschreibung. Ausführung, Design und
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ausgezeichnete Qualität. Würde dieses Produkt immer wieder kaufen und sehr
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m00t_french
4.0 out of 5 stars Le meilleur du celebre darwin award
Reviewed in France on November 27, 2010
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Toujours très drôle, ces histoires souvent tragiques qui commencent par "une idee pour gagner du temps" explorent l'infini de la betise humaine.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Not a teen fav but I liked it
Reviewed in Canada on December 28, 2018
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I think the stories are funny and shocking. My 13 yr old son didn't find it of interest, but he laughs or gasps sometimes when I retell some examples.
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