Introduction |
1 |
Don't swim for an hour after eating |
9 |
Women want sex for intimacy; men want sex for pleasure |
11 |
Chocolate causes acne |
15 |
People become more conservative as they get older |
17 |
Lemmings commit mass suicide |
20 |
Capital punishment is a good way to keep the murder rate down |
21 |
Beauty is only skin deep (or You can't judge a book by its cover) |
25 |
Catherine the Great died from horsing around |
27 |
Lots of people are just tone-deaf |
28 |
No two snowflakes are alike |
30 |
Rewards motivate people |
31 |
Spicy food is bad for the stomach |
35 |
Couples should beware The Seven-Year Itch |
36 |
The rich get richer and the poor get poorer |
38 |
Familiarity breeds contempt |
40 |
Women's moods change at "That Time of the Month" |
41 |
When college teams win, the bucks roll in |
46 |
Absence makes the heart grow fonder vs. Out of sight, out of mind |
48 |
Salt raises your blood pressure |
49 |
The full moon makes people crazy |
50 |
The squeaky wheel gets the grease |
53 |
Abused children grow up to abuse their own children |
54 |
Time flies when you're having fun |
56 |
If the Atomic Bomb had not been dropped on Hiroshima, the war would have continued and
even more lives would have been lost |
58 |
Boys are better at math than girls |
63 |
Laughter is the best medicine |
64 |
Reading in the dark will ruin your eyes |
68 |
Humans are naturally aggressive |
69 |
Watch out for subliminal advertising |
72 |
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day |
75 |
Actions speak louder than words |
78 |
After the baby comes the blues |
79 |
Competition builds character |
81 |
An elephant never forgets |
84 |
Great minds think alike |
85 |
Carrots are good for your eyes |
88 |
Plead insanity and you can get away with murder |
88 |
Playing hard to get makes one more attractive |
91 |
You can catch cold from being chilled--and cure it with chicken soup |
94 |
Picking up babies every time they cry will only spoil them |
99 |
Power corrupts |
102 |
Boston drivers are the worst |
104 |
You're never too old to learn vs. You can't teach an old dog new tricks |
106 |
Don't marry your cousin |
109 |
Female praying mantises eat their mates |
111 |
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder |
112 |
Expressing hostility gets it out of your system |
113 |
Fright can turn your hair white overnight |
118 |
Nearsighted people are smarter |
119 |
He who lives by the sword, dies by the sword |
123 |
No pain, no gain |
124 |
Laugh and the whole world laughs with you; cry and you cry alone |
126 |
Most homeless people are crazy |
127 |
Religious people are more altruistic |
129 |
Women reach their sexual peak after age thirty; men, in their teens |
131 |
Spare the rod and spoil the child |
135 |
Cracking your knuckles will give you arthritis |
138 |
Basketball players shoot in streaks |
141 |
More people commit suicide during the holidays |
143 |
Firstborns are different from other children |
144 |
Marijuana today, hard drugs tomorrow |
148 |
Creativity requires a touch of madness |
150 |
People are starving because of overpopulation |
154 |
Like father, like son |
155 |
Kids don't read because they're addicted to television |
157 |
Women are more empathic (and intuitive) than men |
161 |
Grouping students by ability allows them to learn better |
163 |
...Mondays always get me down |
166 |
Marry in haste, repent at leisure |
168 |
Don't have sex before the big game |
170 |
Adoption cures infertility |
171 |
Blind people are blessed with supersensitive hearing |
174 |
Adolescence is a time of turmoil and alienation |
176 |
There's safety in numbers |
178 |
Stress is bad for you |
180 |
Birds of a feather flock together vs. Opposites attract |
182 |
...A woman's work is never done |
184 |
Blondes have more fun |
186 |
Necessity is the mother of invention |
188 |
Ignorance is bliss |
190 |
Commonly misused words |
195 |
References |
197 |
A Note to Readers |
229 |
Index |
231 |