Three Bricks Shy of a Load: A Collection of Stories about Ordinary People Doing Really Dumb Stuff - Softcover

Taylor, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1550416243 ISBN 13: 9781550416244

Publisher: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2001

Synopsis

Here at last, a self-help book guaranteed to make you feel smarter than you did before you picked it up!

Convinced that nothing cheers a body quite as much as another person mucking up, Peter Taylor has pulled together a totally inspirational collection of true stories about ordinary people doing really dumb stuff.

Culled from newscasts and daily newspapers around the world, Three Bricks Shy of a Load is the author's salute to those wonderful folks whose primary function seems to be making the rest of us look good.

• In Iran, a young man undergoes a sex change operation, only to discover that life as a woman is not all it's cracked up to be.
• In Toronto, a young man tries to steal a car but because he can't work the standard shift he's still on the scene when the police arrive.
• In New Brunswick, a young man on a budget buys his sweetheart a bus ticket to Moncton, then gets caught by baggage handlers pretending to be her luggage.
• In Madrid, a man accused of robbing a cab driver is acquittedwhen he convinces the judge that on the night in question he was picking pockets in another town.
• In Montreal, a bride heads for divorce court after knocking out her husband at their wedding reception.
• In Knoxville, Tennessee, after being jilted by his girlfriend, a young man marches into city hall seeking permission to marry his car.

There, don't you feel smarter already?

About this title

About the Author

Peter Taylor has spent more years than he cares to remember in newspaper and book publishing. He has written seven books.

From the Inside Flap

Culled from newspapers and newscasts around the world, THREE BRICKS SHY OF A LOAD is Peter Taylor's salute to those wonderful folks whose primary function seems to be making the rest of us look good.

...In Iran, a young man undergoes a sex change operation, only to discover that life as a woman is not all that it's cracked up to be.

...In Toronto a young man tries to steal a car but because he can't work the standard shift he's still on the scene when police arrive.

...In Madrid a man accused of robbing a cab driver is acquitted when he convinces the judge that on the night in question he was picking pockets in another town.

...In Knoxville, Tennessee, after being jilted by his girlfriend, a young man marches into city hall seeking permission to marry his car.

There don't you feel smarter already?

Edition details

• Publisher: Fitzhenry & Whiteside
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1550416243
• ISBN 13: 9781550416244
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160