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Review title: Avoiding Fate
Product review: We are all one step from looking ridiculous, all one heartbeat from death. It may be that we are at some level superstitious, believing that if we can feel superior to others we can keep the evil fates at bay. The day I fell off a skateboard, my students laughed and laughed (a skateboard, in a straight skirt and heels!), but I could have broken my neck instead of my wrist, so I just missed being a candidate for this book. And there were other occasions too embarrasssing to recount. Probably most of those who find this book hilarious have had some near misses, maybe some they didn't even notice. I would hang with John Donne "Each man's death diminishes me because I am involved in mankind". Those who think these tales of folly leading to a bad end are funny may be safe for the moment, but they are at risk in the next moment themselves. This book does not make me laugh. This book makes me sad, sad for the untimely deceased, sad for the self-satisfied fools who think these tales are funny.
