Why Girls Can't Throw

by Mitchell Symons

If the warning “viewer discretion is advised” makes you prick up your ears, then you’ll enjoy this quirky, funny book of answers to questions not normally asked in polite company. With its vigorous approach, it’s a book for lads, ladettes and anyone who’s ever wondered why the word “bastard” is reserved for men.

Genres: Nonfiction, Humor, Science

259 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2005

Reviews

[Timothy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Less science, but a good read.

[Lauren · Rating 3 out of 5]

On some level, I have to agree with the people who say that this book isn't the best researched or it isn't academic. But it is definitely humorous & it has a good amount of trivia. If you borrow it just for the humor & the trivia, you will absolutely love this book. (I ended up borrowing the book from the library because some jackass dad posted about the book on Facebook & complaining about the sexual content. If you're someone worried about that, the book is a trivia book - it's mostly not about sex related questions. If you're a petty person, like I can be at times, hey! Piss off a bigot! There's sex in this book! Along with everything else. Lol.)

[Sally Lovelock · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mildly amusing

[Ahmad Akram · Rating 4 out of 5]

Its like modern time reddit

[Susan · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book gets bonus points for humor, but falls a bit short on authoritativeness. Enough of the explanations in here I've encountered elsewhere from sturdier sources that I'm willing to go on a limb and say the author isn't completely making it up as he goes along. Still, he almost goes out of his way to appear that way, cheerfully admitting to gleaning his findings from "experts" ranging from alleged professionals in various scientific fields, to his young son, and a range of schlubby acquaintances. I suspect this is more for the comedic value than to cover his rear. Fortunately for everyone he does succeed in that respect and in several cases, the journey to get to the root of an answer is more satisfying (and funny) than the result. The research behind the title predicament "why girls can't throw" for example, was incredibly unscientific and yet I can't deny feeling a little bit pleased afterwards all the same.

If you're one of those guys who expects to have tenable high ground to stand on as you're spouting off little known facts and debunking commonly held misconceptions to your friends, this is not the book for you. However, if you think those people take themselves way too seriously, you'll likely enjoy this.

[Ian · Rating 5 out of 5]

Goddamn I love trivia. This book is all about silly things we've heard, and the author sets out, rather unscientifically, to find what truth (if any) is in them.

For the record, he never establishes WHY, but by his tests, on average men CAN throw farther than women, although the longest single throw in his test was from a woman.

[Kiani Delahoia · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you want dry humor then any of Mr Symons books will make you laugh out loud.

This is a fantastic read and i have spent countless hours reading this book to my hearts content.

I recommend this to all readers it simply is a must.

[John Gentry · Rating 3 out of 5]

decent facts in here but after rereading it as an older person i realize a lot of them aren't that interesting.

[Mariaan · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love the author's style of writing, quirky and funny and you learn a hell of a lot of interesting facts amongst the way.

[angela · Rating 5 out of 5]

this book as some interesting questions

[Jamie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good book for random facts/trivia.

[Nurshafiqa · Rating 3 out of 5]

funny.
informative?

i wish the book is thicker.

[Harkes · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'll be reading one or two questions everyday. Very interesting.