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, this book 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.
