Fat, Dumb, and Ugly
The Decline of the Average American
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Reference, Almanacs & Trivia, Trivia, Entertainment, Humour & Comedy, General Humour
| Author: | Peter Strupp | ISBN: | 9781451603903 |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster | Publication: | June 15, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster | Language: | English |
| Author: | Peter Strupp |
| ISBN: | 9781451603903 |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Publication: | June 15, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster |
| Language: | English |
The world's lone superpower...supreme guardian of democracy...and home of the blithely uninformed and epidemically obese. Welcome to America -- pull up a chair, click on the tube, and grab a donut. Concerned Citizen Peter Strupp is shocked and bothered by what he sees. It seems we're not as thin, smart, and good-looking as we like to think. Packed with real facts and statistics, Fat, Dumb, and Ugly takes readers on an eye-opening, laugh-out-loud, and at times horrifying tour of the numbers that shape our country:
Percentage of adults in the United States who are overweight: 64.5
Percentage of Americans who believe they have actually spoken with Satan: 5
Percentage of voters for whom Saturday Night Live and MTV are primary sources of information about presidential candidates: 16
Average number of pink lawn flamingos sold annually in America: 250,000
A wickedly hilarious and addictive cultural snapshot of our nation of conspicuous consumers, fast-food fanatics, and dumbed-down dolts, Fat, Dumb, and Ugly casts a revealing spotlight on John Q. Public, the average American -- and it's not always pretty.
The world's lone superpower...supreme guardian of democracy...and home of the blithely uninformed and epidemically obese. Welcome to America -- pull up a chair, click on the tube, and grab a donut. Concerned Citizen Peter Strupp is shocked and bothered by what he sees. It seems we're not as thin, smart, and good-looking as we like to think. Packed with real facts and statistics, Fat, Dumb, and Ugly takes readers on an eye-opening, laugh-out-loud, and at times horrifying tour of the numbers that shape our country:
Percentage of adults in the United States who are overweight: 64.5
Percentage of Americans who believe they have actually spoken with Satan: 5
Percentage of voters for whom Saturday Night Live and MTV are primary sources of information about presidential candidates: 16
Average number of pink lawn flamingos sold annually in America: 250,000
A wickedly hilarious and addictive cultural snapshot of our nation of conspicuous consumers, fast-food fanatics, and dumbed-down dolts, Fat, Dumb, and Ugly casts a revealing spotlight on John Q. Public, the average American -- and it's not always pretty.
