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Hey, Idiot!: Chronicles of Human Stupidity

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3 star:		(1)
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I found this book both funny and light reading. It was perfect for the time when you don't want to get into a novel or don't have the time. Some of the people do the darndest things. Makes you wonder how the human race ever got this far. I recommend it as long as you don't take humanity too seriously.

I wasn't thrilled by this book, but by the same token, I wasn't impelled to get my money back. It's...well, okay, I guess. Much of the info here, as was noted, isn't verified, and I have a feeling that a lot is bogus. I was hoping for something more along the lines of the Darwin Awards. That said, one does get some laughs here.

This is one funny book! I found myself laughing out loud and shaking my head in amazement at the same time. "Hey, Idiot!" is a great way to start the morning or anytime you need a quick laugh. I can't believe how stupid some people can be - it boggles the mind. I highly recommend this book to anyone who likes to laugh. Because, like the author says, if you can't laugh at yourself...then laugh at someone else. This is a must buy book.

This was the first book by Leland Gregory that I read (I've since read several more). As in the review title, all I could do is shake my head. It's scary that one could fill an entire book with this kind of stuff. Unlike the Darwin Awards, there is nothing in here that states how or even if anything was verified but all one has to do is live to adulthood to know that none of the stories are really so outlandish that it would fill you with doubt that they actually happened.

Don't get me wrong, I laughed hysterically at a lot of the stories, several I had to read out loud to my wife because they were so incredibly foolish. I just also found myself thinking in the sobering reality that some of these individuals could very well be teachers for my son, organizational and political leaders, etc. I would recommend not thinking in sobering reality when you read this. Just allow yourself to laugh and move on, otherwise it can be depressing.

While the book does have a lot of off the wall events written down, it is absolutely worthless as a piece of research. A few Urban Legends are presented here as real stories. There are almost no newspapers cited, no dates, no years. Given that it then lacks any sense of having been really researched, I'm left with no reason to believe anything in the book, no matter how clever the author can write.

Not as good or as funny as I expected. Adequate for an adolescent or teen who does not have much work experience.

This book would make a great stocking stuffer for your pal Bubba,who hasn't read a book since he got out of Middle School.The reason he didn't go to High School was he never came across anyone who he thought it did any good. Almost anyone will get a chuckle out of these little stories;although our pal Bubba may have trouble "getting" some of them;and there will be others that will have him asking;"What's funny about that?"
Most of the stories are short enough to be read in 30 seconds,unless the simplest idea leaves one with the sense of stupefaction.
Here's one that gives you a flavor of the book. Try this one on Bubba and you'll get my point.

"F.Edward Hebert of the House Armed Services Committee,who said,"The only way we'll get a volunteer army is to draft them."
Wait for Bubba's studious comment;

"Who is F.Edward Hebert?"
or,
"Well isn't it?
or,
"Who organized that committee;it must'a been set up by our dumb Mayor Zeke,and he's probably got his friends and relatives on it?"
or,
"I agree;who's gonna volunteer for the army,they gotta pay them;any dummy can tell ya that!"
Or maybe he'll just look at you in complere bafflement and say;
"I don't get it!"

Another reviewer gave Einstein's of infinity.Here are a couple of thoughts on Stupidity;

"If you're Ignorant,you can always learn;but if you're Stupid,its
permanent."

"Stupidity has a certain charm.Ignorance does not."

"Stupidity often saves a man from going mad."

"When a man does does a thoroughly stupid thing,it is always from the
noblest motives."

Not everybody gave this little tome a high rating;nor do I suppose Bubba would!

I believe it was Einstein who said that only two things were infinite, the universe and human stupidity. Enterprising writers have turned the latter into a cottage industry, News of the Weird and The Darwin Awards being two of the more well-known examples. This book is a worthy contender, with nearly 250 pages of prime Grade-A idiocy. While I've docked it one star for lack of documentation (I suspect a few fictional and/or urban legend stories may have snuck in), those merely looking for a good laugh at the expense of other members of our highly-evolved(?) species will get their money's worth. Categorized into 12 chapters, each of which could probably have been a book in itself.