World's Worst
A Guide to the Most Disgusting, Hideous, Inept, and Dangerous People, Places, and Things on Earth
1st Edition
Published on 16. December 2011
176 pages
978-1-4521-0557-4 (ISBN)
Description
An exploration of very bad things, from the most disgusting fruit to the worst case of speculative hysteria.
Many books are dedicated to the finest things life has to offer. This is all well and good, but the real entertainment is to be found not in the cream of the crop, but at the bottom of the barrel. The World's Worst is a celebration/indictment of nearly fifty infamous and little-known exemplars of the awful. In thoroughly researched, scathingly funny essays, Mark Frauenfelder avoids the obvious and digs deep to tell the fascinating tales of the worst people, places, and things on Earth for the reader's amusement and edification. Simply put, The World's Worst is hilariously unafraid to wallow in the mire. Horrible highlights lowlights include:
*Most Unappealing Fetish
*Most Disgusting Coffee Drink
*Most Horrific Self-Help Technique
*Least Adorable Pet
*Saddest Fate for an Island Nation
*Worst Molasses-Related Disaster, and more
Many books are dedicated to the finest things life has to offer. This is all well and good, but the real entertainment is to be found not in the cream of the crop, but at the bottom of the barrel. The World's Worst is a celebration/indictment of nearly fifty infamous and little-known exemplars of the awful. In thoroughly researched, scathingly funny essays, Mark Frauenfelder avoids the obvious and digs deep to tell the fascinating tales of the worst people, places, and things on Earth for the reader's amusement and edification. Simply put, The World's Worst is hilariously unafraid to wallow in the mire. Horrible highlights lowlights include:
*Most Unappealing Fetish
*Most Disgusting Coffee Drink
*Most Horrific Self-Help Technique
*Least Adorable Pet
*Saddest Fate for an Island Nation
*Worst Molasses-Related Disaster, and more
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Mark Frauenfelder is the author and illustrator of Mad Professor and has written for numerous publications, including the New York Times, LA Weekly, Wired, and Playboy. Co-founder of the popular bOING bOING weblog, he lives in Southern California.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Contents
- Dedication
- Introduction
- LEAST ADORABLE PET
- MOST DISGUSTING BEHAVIOR ON A PLANE
- MOST ROTTEN CHEESE
- CREEPIEST TOY MAKER
- MOST DISAGREEABLE FOOD ADDITIVE
- SANDDEST FATE FOR AN ISLAND NATION
- WORST-SMELLING FLOWER
- MOST DISGUSTING FRUIT
- LEAST HEALTHY DIET
- MOST DISGUSTING BEVERAGE
- WORST MOLASSES-RELATED DISASTER
- WEIRDEST QUACK MEDICINE SIDE EFFECT
- SCARIEST CELEBRITY PLASTIC SURGERY
- MOST LETHAL CLUTTER
- CRUELEST FOOD PREPARATION
- WORST GRUDGE AGAINST NATURE
- MOST GRUESOME BUG BITE
- LOUSIEST-TASTING CIGARETTE
- MOST EXCESSIVE SOFT-DRINK CONTAINER
- MADDEST MAD SCIENTIST
- MOST APPALLING CASE OF EXTORTION
- WORST MONUMENT FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS
- MOST INFAMOUS CON
- WORST PHONE SERVICE
- LEAST GENIAL FISH
- FATTEST FAST-FOOD SANDWICH
- WORST CASE OF SPECULATIVE HYSTERIA
- MOST DANGEROUS TOY
- MOST UNSTOPPABIE WEED
- MOST FLAGRANTLY WASTEFUL DOT-COM
- WORST INSECT PEST
- WORST TENNIS DAD
- MOST INSENSITIVE 9/11 COMMEMORATIVE SOUVENIR
- MOST APPALLING ANIMAL EXTINCTION
- LAMEST FORMER DICTATOR
- MOST REGRETTABLE RELEASE OF AN AGGRESSIVE SPECIES
- SOUREST AUTOMOTIVE LEMON
- MOST DISINGENUOUS BUTCHER
- WORST HYPERINFLATION
- MOST UNAPPEALING FETISH
- MOST UNWANTED GARBAGE
- MOST HORRIFIC SELF-HELP TECHNIQUE
- MOST STUBBORN SOLDIER
- MOST REPUGNANT ADVERTISING SCHEME
- The WORLD'S BEST
- The WORLD'S WORST AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR
- Copyright
