1001 Ridiculous Ways to Die
Author | : David Southwell |
Publisher | : Carlton Books Limited |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2010-10-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 1853757969 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781853757969 |
Rating | : 4/5 (69 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: We all have to die someday—some people just find more bizarrely hilarious ways to go The woman who drank herself to death with water trying to win a games console by holding in her pee. . . the mechanic who blew himself up while trying to open a rocket-propelled grenade with a sledgehammer. . . a lottery winner killed by the gates of his new luxury home. . . a woman felled forever by a fatal falling lettuce. . . an octogenarian who met his maker while riding a shopping cart. . . a German artist crushed by one of his own sculptures, called "Woman with Four Breasts". . . the convicted murderer who electrocuted himself on the toilet as he repaired a TV—all true reports from across the globe which reveal the silliest ways you can meet your maker. Death may seem like a serious business, but this is a seriously funny book.