The Compleat Thunks Book
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The Compleat Thunks Book

  1. 224 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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The Compleat Thunks Book

About this book

In The Compleat Thunks Book Ian Gilbert brings together classic Thunks from a number of his books, as well as hundreds of new ones, all designed to make your brain hurt as you think, question, debate and argue your way to a better understanding of how to survive in a world gone dangerously bonkers. We are living in an age in which facts don't count, certainty no longer exists and complexity means we never quite know what just happened, let alone what will happen next. To better prepare ourselves for such a world, we need a brain workout that isn't so much about finding answers as getting our heads around questions. We need The Compleat Thunks Book: a collection of beguiling questions about everyday things that stop you in your tracks and help you start to look at the world in a whole new light. At times controversial and often provocative, Ian Gilbert's brainteasers are sure to stimulate philosophical enquiry and debate during the thinking, reasoning, logic or panic employed in arriving at (or deviating from) the answers and conversations that ensue. In other words, it's not about the answers at all and, as in life, there are none at the back of the book. Covering as wide a variation of topics as possible - from love and lies to parking a car and molesting robots - The Compleat Thunks Book will appeal to people of all ages, tastes and prejudices, and can be used to steer pub, dinner party or family discussions away from the same old topics. Some of these Thunks were previously published in The Book of Thunks, ISBN 978-184590092-2, The Little Book of Thunks, ISBN 978-184590062-5, and Independent Thinking, ISBN 978-178135055-3. Thunks is a registered trademark of Independent Thinking Ltd. Parental Advisory: A few of these Thunks are unsuitable for use with children.

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The Thunks

1. Is a broken-down car parked?
2. When you put the sliding roof on a stadium does it become a room?
3. Should prisons be nice places?
4. Are you better at marriage the more you do it?
5. Is there a safe way to die?
6. Can we be sure trees can’t think?
7. Is there more future than past?
8. If you accidentally bump into your dog should you apologise?
9. If it were proven that God exists, would you still be able to believe in Him (or Her)?
10. Can exercise make you sad?
11. Should we pay criminals not to commit any more crimes?
12. If I take a photo of a photo of you, do I have a photo of you rather than a photo of a photo of you?
13. Is your pet part of your family?
14. Can a baby make art?
15. Is it the space inside that makes a vase a vase?
16. Is water porous?
17. Do you miss someone more when they’re away from you than when you’re away from them?
18. Is a dead horse a horse?
19. Can you have a premonition about something happening that you then prevent from happening?
20. Is it worse to pretend you’re gay than to pretend you’re straight?
21. Do you live in your head?
22. If a working class person wins a million pounds are they no longer working class?
23. Do you need to be a parent to be a good teacher?
24. Is it OK to think bad things?
25. Can you know what love is without being in love?
26. Does human speech sound like song to a bird?
27. Can a blind person be racist?
28. Is it the same film when it’s dubbed?
29. Is it better to love it and fail it than to ace it and hate it?
30. Has anyone who owns a Ferrari ever made the world a better place?
31. If you punish someone and they reoffend, does that mean the punishment didn’t work?
32. Is the TARDIS simply small on the outside?
33. Can you be arrogant about having saved someone’s life?
34. Is being scared of nothing worse than being scared of everything?
35. Is a submarine more like a plane than a boat?
36. Would it be suicide if I chose not to get out of the way of a runaway car?
37. If it’s 0°C today can it be twice as cold tomorrow?
38. Can you measure a hole?
39. Do really clever people use smaller words?
40. Is busking begging to music?
41. Do you control your...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Praise
  3. Title Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Thunks – A User’s Guide
  7. The Thunks
  8. Copyright