About book Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise? And Other Imponderables: Mysteries Of Everyday Life Explained (1988)
I love the Imponderables series - I'm a sucker for trivia and 'useless' information. However, with some of the older Imponderables books (this one included) some of the things are a bit dated. I'm not sure if it was this one or the previous book, but some of the things I was reading just made me go "What is that?" and then I felt like one of those kids that bother me now when they ask me what a Jigglypuff is while playing their Pokemon Black or White. Another reason I only gave this book 3 stars is because some of the Imponderables simply weren't interesting. They were a lot more so in general than the previous book, because I believe in this one the author began to get feedback from readers as to questions they wanted answered. But that is to be expected - if you're reading a book of questions posed by other people, you are bound to find a few that you simply couldn't be bothered with. All in all, a great read for anyone who wants to learn some random things, and especially those who don't mind skipping those Imponderables that they don't really have any interest in!
2.5 stars. It was a relatively quick read, light, and written like a newspaper column. Problem: the questions asked in this book are silly. I don't really care about hot dogs and hot dog bun packages not matching up, why some ranchers hang a cowboy boot on their fence, or about hairspray, M&Ms, or pretty much most of the stumpers that this book attempts to answer.I say, "attempts" because in at least half of the "Imponderables", there is no good answer given. There is a guess, along with a statement along the lines of, "no one knows, it is a tradition" which is unsatisfying, to say the least. Bottom line: forgettable, and I have no desire to read any other books in the series.However, certainly it is a good bathroom book and could be the basis of a conversation starter at a dull party, or basis for a party game, come up with a dumb question and make up a ridiculous but plausible sounding explanation.
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I have just finished reading this book. It was gifted to me by some Canadian friends of mine and I have really enjoyed reading it. It was a very good read and a book that I will come back and read it is about the questions that some people struggle to answer and then they give a scientific description I really like it because it is in the genera that I like it is weighted by David Feldman he has written many other books in the same genera like where do fish sleep and other imponderables he uses much scientific wording and describes everything to the fullest
—Cees Mackenzie
I like trivia so I thought I’d love this book so much that I bought two books in one shot and . I HATED the delivery. That’s 10 bucks burnt away.A fact is presented, and then 3 people propose a possible answer. (3 actors named A, B and C). The listener has 10 seconds to decide which answer is the correct one. Didn’t like this set-up, I wanted a fun litany of interesting facts - not a game show!!!Plus (especially in “When Do Fish Sleep”) in a lame and unsuccessful attempt at humour, A B and C would bicker and quarrel and dispute the over answers. This was an incredibly annoying and unnecessary waste of time.
—Simone
I thought I might learn something interesting from this book. It rather predictably, however, turned out to be like all books/TV shows/etc. of its type-- I learned perhaps one or two things; the rest was either terribly boring, common knowledge, or common sense. The answers to most things in this book are "antiquity/tradition" and/or "nobody bothered to change it" and/or "I don't know," which is one of the most pointless things to write about ever. Perhaps 1/10 answers turned out to be "NOBODY R
—Molly Octopus
