That Reminds Me...

The ignominious deaths depicted in my recent Theremageddon Refugee Fatality post reminded me of a great book from the halcyon days of The People's Almanac and other compilations of odd facts: Best, Worst and Most Unusual. A sampling:

The Worst Politician--Sen. William Scott, R-Va., who famously said during an appropriations hearing, "The only reason we have zip codes is because niggers can't read."

The Worst Pope--John XII, who turned the Vatican into a brothel and was later murdered by the husband of one of his mistresses.

The Best, Worst and Most Unusual Comedian were all the same guy--Henny Youngman.
Now why did my post reminded me of this Tome of Awesome? Suicides...

The Most Unusual Suicide--A young fellow protesting man's inhumanity to man, as they were wont to do in the late 1960s and early 1970s, decided to immolate himself. Shortly after ignition, however, he decided this was a bad idea. He began frantically rolling on the ground to put out the flames--and rolled off a cliff.

The Worst Suicide is also The Best--because it failed, twice: An elderly couple, health issues increasing, decided it would be best if they just ended it all. So the husband retrieves his World War I service pistol to perform the deed. He fires at his wife's head, but the weapon and ammunition were so old that the bullet bounced off one of her hair curlers and only knocked her unconscious. He holds the gun to his head and fires, but to his chagrin, he has to haul himself down to the emergency room to have the round pried from his ear.

There was actually a sequel called More Of The Best Worst Most Unusual, but I never bought it. I mean, how can something be more best? That would be most unusual.