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Hunter S. Fulghum - Don't Try This at Home: How to Win a Sumo Match, Catch a Great White Shark, and Start an Independent Nation, and Other Extraordinary Feats (For Ordinary People) |
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Written: Mar 22 '06 (Updated Mar 22 '06)
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Pros: Light-hearted fun reading, while at the same time inspiring to the imagination.
Cons: No practical information here. This is for entertainment only. Could use more illustrations.
The Bottom Line: If you like reading Tom Clancy novels and want to spice up your daydreams, this book was written for you.
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| smillersmiller's Full Review: Hunter S. Fulghum - Don't Try This at Home: How to... |
I've found Don't Try This At Home to be lighthearted and fun. It's also impractical and seems to be based largely on complete fantasy. What is it about you ask? Think of it as a 264 page Do-It-Yourself guide for the armchair adventurer.
Megalomaniacs will want to skip right to "Form an Independent Nation". In just 8 short pages, Fulghum describes the steps you'd need to complete. Like most of the items in the book, Forming an Independent Nation does have a large number of prerequisites. For example you will need "hard currency", especially if you choose to acquire your nation through peaceful means. Well no worries, just check out Fulghum's section on stealing gold from Fort Knox.
Thrill seekers, there's plenty of material here for you too. Good starting points are "Fly Through the Eye of a Hurricane" or "Guide and Surface a Nuclear Sub through Ice". My personal favorite is "Drive a Tank through a Tornado". Fulghum says the tank is "available from the US Army, contact the Pentagon to arrange purchase or lease". Does anyone have a phone number?
If you enjoyed reading this book, I suggest you take a look at The Zombie Survival Guide : Complete Protection from the Living Dead by Max Brooks. The Zombie Survival Guide has a very similar sense of humor.
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