Chapter 10: On the Hotline

In this chapter, Bill Bryson uses his humor to point out Americans' lack of common sense, and that he thinks that a lot of the caution signs on labels of the products in the American market is unnecessary. He continues to explain how sometimes these warning signs on labels can come in handy, and he gives an example of a famous person, whom he read about on a daily newspaper, who tried to iron his shirt while he had it on. He also includes his story of how he had mail and tobacco in his possession on his way to the mail box, and absent-minded dropped the tobacco instead of his mail. But in the end, he comforts the reader (whom might be experiencing the same issue) that it was scientifically proven that some people might be born lacking a gene in their system, which can be the reason why cant focus. and that it's completely normal.