One of these books has an article about some London tunnel-diggers cracking open a big chunk of coal and finding a pterodactyl still alive. It promptly gasped its last breath, died, and was, apparently, never seen again.
The entire series is like a Fortean Yahoo group, with about as much fact checking. It's wonderful.
I twist wire into egyptian symbols and point it at things all the time. Sure, I get a surge of energy and get knocked out, but it's really not that big of a deal. The fact he pointed at Stonehenge is just a coincedence.
I wanted these so bad. Instead, my parents got Time-Life Books "Simple Guide To Home Repairs" series. Admittedly, it DID show me how to install a new electric socket, but that's no surge of power from Stonehenge, man.
This book series was pretty damn fun when I was a kid.
I have some tapes of a little radio show I made with my best friend when I was eight when we did a parody of these commercials. Aww.
Read the book.
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