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Our Dumb World - The Onion's Atlas of the Planet Earth

The Onion

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Publisher: Hachette Audio

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Summary

In order to understand the news, a context of world geography and history is essential. That is why The Onion is publishing a world atlas: to help us. News that now makes no sense will now make sense. Thus begins a new age of enlightenment.OUR DUMB WORLD contains, among other things:  News and historic facts from other nations  Historic timelines for countries  Rejected flag designs  The earth broken down and described, from its molten core to the outermost sphere, and the location of heaven  Demographic, economic and other -ic data about each country's people, industries, and habitsEvery country will be categorized in a number of ways, including:  Ethnic cleanliness  Level of Bono activity  Prop comedians per 1,000 live birds  Yearly income in wide-screen televisions  The Monkeys they got  Where it sees itself in five years  Color boxes for average skin color  Chart listing benefits of invading said country  Most annoying handicrafts OUR DUMB WORLD is the first original Onion audiobook in eight years--a gut-busting send-up in which no nation escapes unscathed.
Duration: about 4 hours (03:35:53)
Publishing date: 2007-10-30; Abridged; Copyright Year: — Copyright Statment: —