Tall People Don't Jump: The curious behaviour of human beings

Tall People Don't Jump turns the spotlight on the peculiar unwritten rules that govern modern society and our blind acceptance of conventions and obsessions that consistently defy logic. Author Shane Rodgers, gives a new, satirical take on the everyday behaviour we take for granted. He explores our daily battle with our own brain, the bizarre challenges of raising children and the curious norms we have created around popular culture. The book turns the spotlight on our obsession with weather and space, our life-long quest for a car parking space and the awkward evolution of men from he-man, cave clubbers to largely-confused, new age, multidisciplinary post-homo sapiens.Then there is our struggle to keep up appearances, our guilty relationship with the mini-bar, elevator protocol, moving house and our manic determination to constantly celebrate milestones.
“As I get older I find that life is more likely to bemuse me than cause stress or angst,” Rodgers says. “In particular I have always been fascinated by our unquestioning acceptance of unwritten requirements, or even written ones, that don’t make much sense. Here we are on a tiny blue planet, in a lonely corner of a vast, dark seemingly endless universe, yet we can worry for 20 minutes about what they mean by smart casual.”