1001 Ridiculous Ways To Die

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It was once said that there were two things in the world that couldn't be avoided
- death & taxes! & whilst dying is a serious business, this is a seriously funny book listing some of the most incredulous ways some people have shuffled off this mortal coil! The woman who drank herself to death with water trying to win a games console by holding in her wee 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 trolley 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. About the Author Although better known for his books on parapolitics & true crime, David Southwell has written & contributed to a number of strong selling humour books. A regular broadcaster in the UK, Europe & the US, he spent more than 15 years as a journalist & editor before turning fulltime to writing. Among his current non-book projects are a film-script about the life of US cult comedian Bill Hicks & a documentary for BBC Radio 4.