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tiberry · 05-27-2003, 05:22 AM

*DARWIN AWARDS*

They are finally out again. You all know about the Darwin
Awards - It's an annual honor given to the person who did the
gene pool the biggest service by killing themselves in the most
extraordinarily stupid way.

Last year's winner was the fellow who was killed by a Coke
machine which toppled over on top of him as he was attempting to tip a free soda out of it.

And the nominees are:

9.

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A young Canadian man, searching for a way of getting drunk
cheaply, because he had no money with which to buy alcohol,
mixed gasoline with milk. Not surprisingly, this concoction made
him ill, and he vomited into the fireplace in his house. This
resulting explosion and fire burned his house down, killing both
him and his sister.

8.

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A 34-year-old white male found dead in the basement of his home
died of suffocation, according to police. He was approximately
6'2" tall and weighed 225 pounds. He was wearing a pleated
skirt, white bra, black and white saddle shoes, and a woman's wig. It appeared that he was trying to create a schoolgirl's
uniform look. He was also wearing a military gas mask that had
the filter canister removed and a rubber hose attached in its
place. The other end of the hose was connected to one end of a
hollow wooden tube approx. 12" long and 3" in diameter. The
tube's other end was inserted into his rectum for reasons
unknown, and was the cause of his suffocation. Police found the
task of explaining the circumstances of his death to his family
very awkward.

7.

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Three Brazilian men were flying in a light aircraft at low
altitude when another plane approached. It appears that they
decided to moon the occupants of the other plane, but lost
control of their own aircraft and crashed. They were all found dead in the wreckage with their pants around their ankles.

6.

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A police officer in Ohio responded to a 911 call. She had no
details before arriving, except that someone had reported that
his father was not breathing. Upon arrival, the officer found
the man face down on the couch naked. When she rolled him
over to check for a pulse and to start CPR, she noticed burn
marks around his genitals. After the ambulance arrived and
removed the man who was declared dead on arrival at the
hospital - the police made a closer inspection of the couch,
and noticed that the man had made a hole between the cushions.
Upon flipping the couch over, they discovered what had Caused
his death. Apparently, the man had a habit of putting his penis
between the cushions, down into the hole and between two
electrical sanders (with the sandpaper removed, for obvious
reasons). According to the story, after his orgasm the discharge
shorted out one of the sanders, electrocuting him.

5.

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A 27-year-old French woman lost control of her car on a highway
Near Marseilles and crashed into a tree, seriously injuring her
passenger and herself. As a commonplace road accident, this
would not have qualified for a Darwin nomination, were it not for
the fact that the driver's attention had been distracted by her
Tamagotchi key ring, which had started urgently beeping for food
as she drove along. In an attempt to press the correct
buttons to save the Tamagotchi's life, the woman lost her own.

4.

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A 22-year-old, Glade Drive, Reston, VA! , man was found dead
after he tried to use octopus straps to bungee jump off a 70-
foot railroad trestle. Fairfax County police said Eric Barcia, a
fast-food worker, taped a bunch of these straps together,
wrapped one end around one foot, anchored the other end to
the trestle at Lake Accotink Park, jumped and hit the pavement.
Warren Carmichael, a police spokesman, said investigators think
Barcia was alone because his car was found nearby. "The
length of the cord that he had assembled was greater than the
distance between the trestle and the ground," Carmichael
said. Police say the apparent cause of death was "Major
trauma."

3.

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A man in Alabama died from rattlesnake bites. It seems that
and a friend were playing a game of catch, using the rattlesnake
as a ball. The friend, no doubt a future Darwin Awards candidate, was hospitalized.

2.

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Employee in a medium-sized warehouse in west Texas noticed
The smell of a gas leak. Sensibly, management evacuated the
building extinguishing all potential sources of ignition:
lights, power, etc. After the building had been evacuated, two
technicians from the gas company were dispatched. Upon entering
the building, they found they had difficulty navigating in the
dark. To their frustration, none of the lights worked.
Witnesses later described the sight of one of the technicians
reaching into his pocket and retrieving an object that
resembled a cigarette lighter. Upon operation of the lighter
like object, the gas in the warehouse exploded, sending
pieces of it up to three miles away. Nothing was found of
the technicians, but the lighter was virtually untouched by the
explosion. The technician suspected of causing the blast had
never been thought of as 'bright' by his peers.

1.
--------------------Winner--------Winner--------------!
(***) Based on a bet by the other members of his
threesome, Everett Sanchez tried to wash his own "balls" in a
ball washer at the local golf course. Proving once again that beer and testosterone are a bad mix, Sanchez managed to straddle the ball washer and dangle his scrotum in the machine.
Much to his dismay, one of his buddies upped the ante by
spinning the crank on the machine with Sanchez's scrotum in
place, thus wedging them solidly in the mechanism. Sanchez, who
immediately passed his threshold of pain, collapsed and tumbled
from his perch. Unfortunately for Sanchez, the height of the ball
washer was more than a foot higher off the ground than his
testicles are in a normal stance, and the scrotum was the
weakest link. Sanchez's scrotum was ripped open during the fall,
and one testicle was plucked from him forever and remained in the
ball washer, while the other testicle was compressed and
flattened as it was pulled between the housing of the washer, and the rotating machinery inside. To add insult to injury,
Sanchez broke a new $300.00 driver that he had just purchased
from the pro shop, and was using to balance himself. Sanchez
was rushed to the hospital for surgery, and the remaining
threesome were asked to leave the course.

(***) This last one wouldn't normally count, because the idiot
didn't die.
But because he cannot reproduce as a result of his qualifying
act of stupidity, we have allowed it.

05-27-2003, 05:22 AM	#1 (permalink)
tiberry Insane Location: Location, Location!	Darwin Awards DARWIN AWARDS They are finally out again. You all know about the Darwin Awards - It's an annual honor given to the person who did the gene pool the biggest service by killing themselves in the most extraordinarily stupid way. Last year's winner was the fellow who was killed by a Coke machine which toppled over on top of him as he was attempting to tip a free soda out of it. And the nominees are: 9. ------------------------------------------------------------------- A young Canadian man, searching for a way of getting drunk cheaply, because he had no money with which to buy alcohol, mixed gasoline with milk. Not surprisingly, this concoction made him ill, and he vomited into the fireplace in his house. This resulting explosion and fire burned his house down, killing both him and his sister. 8. ------------------------------------------------------------------- A 34-year-old white male found dead in the basement of his home died of suffocation, according to police. He was approximately 6'2" tall and weighed 225 pounds. He was wearing a pleated skirt, white bra, black and white saddle shoes, and a woman's wig. It appeared that he was trying to create a schoolgirl's uniform look. He was also wearing a military gas mask that had the filter canister removed and a rubber hose attached in its place. The other end of the hose was connected to one end of a hollow wooden tube approx. 12" long and 3" in diameter. The tube's other end was inserted into his rectum for reasons unknown, and was the cause of his suffocation. Police found the task of explaining the circumstances of his death to his family very awkward. 7. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Three Brazilian men were flying in a light aircraft at low altitude when another plane approached. It appears that they decided to moon the occupants of the other plane, but lost control of their own aircraft and crashed. They were all found dead in the wreckage with their pants around their ankles. 6. ------------------------------------------------------------------- A police officer in Ohio responded to a 911 call. She had no details before arriving, except that someone had reported that his father was not breathing. Upon arrival, the officer found the man face down on the couch naked. When she rolled him over to check for a pulse and to start CPR, she noticed burn marks around his genitals. After the ambulance arrived and removed the man who was declared dead on arrival at the hospital - the police made a closer inspection of the couch, and noticed that the man had made a hole between the cushions. Upon flipping the couch over, they discovered what had Caused his death. Apparently, the man had a habit of putting his penis between the cushions, down into the hole and between two electrical sanders (with the sandpaper removed, for obvious reasons). According to the story, after his orgasm the discharge shorted out one of the sanders, electrocuting him. 5. -------------------------------------------------------------------- A 27-year-old French woman lost control of her car on a highway Near Marseilles and crashed into a tree, seriously injuring her passenger and herself. As a commonplace road accident, this would not have qualified for a Darwin nomination, were it not for the fact that the driver's attention had been distracted by her Tamagotchi key ring, which had started urgently beeping for food as she drove along. In an attempt to press the correct buttons to save the Tamagotchi's life, the woman lost her own. 4. ------------------------------------------------------------------- A 22-year-old, Glade Drive, Reston, VA! , man was found dead after he tried to use octopus straps to bungee jump off a 70- foot railroad trestle. Fairfax County police said Eric Barcia, a fast-food worker, taped a bunch of these straps together, wrapped one end around one foot, anchored the other end to the trestle at Lake Accotink Park, jumped and hit the pavement. Warren Carmichael, a police spokesman, said investigators think Barcia was alone because his car was found nearby. "The length of the cord that he had assembled was greater than the distance between the trestle and the ground," Carmichael said. Police say the apparent cause of death was "Major trauma." 3. ------------------------------------------------------------------- A man in Alabama died from rattlesnake bites. It seems that and a friend were playing a game of catch, using the rattlesnake as a ball. The friend, no doubt a future Darwin Awards candidate, was hospitalized. 2. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Employee in a medium-sized warehouse in west Texas noticed The smell of a gas leak. Sensibly, management evacuated the building extinguishing all potential sources of ignition: lights, power, etc. After the building had been evacuated, two technicians from the gas company were dispatched. Upon entering the building, they found they had difficulty navigating in the dark. To their frustration, none of the lights worked. Witnesses later described the sight of one of the technicians reaching into his pocket and retrieving an object that resembled a cigarette lighter. Upon operation of the lighter like object, the gas in the warehouse exploded, sending pieces of it up to three miles away. Nothing was found of the technicians, but the lighter was virtually untouched by the explosion. The technician suspected of causing the blast had never been thought of as 'bright' by his peers. 1. --------------------Winner--------Winner--------------! (*) Based on a bet by the other members of his threesome, Everett Sanchez tried to wash his own "balls" in a ball washer at the local golf course. Proving once again that beer and testosterone are a bad mix, Sanchez managed to straddle the ball washer and dangle his scrotum in the machine. Much to his dismay, one of his buddies upped the ante by spinning the crank on the machine with Sanchez's scrotum in place, thus wedging them solidly in the mechanism. Sanchez, who immediately passed his threshold of pain, collapsed and tumbled from his perch. Unfortunately for Sanchez, the height of the ball washer was more than a foot higher off the ground than his testicles are in a normal stance, and the scrotum was the weakest link. Sanchez's scrotum was ripped open during the fall, and one testicle was plucked from him forever and remained in the ball washer, while the other testicle was compressed and flattened as it was pulled between the housing of the washer, and the rotating machinery inside. To add insult to injury, Sanchez broke a new $300.00 driver that he had just purchased from the pro shop, and was using to balance himself. Sanchez was rushed to the hospital for surgery, and the remaining threesome were asked to leave the course. (*) This last one wouldn't normally count, because the idiot didn't die. But because he cannot reproduce as a result of his qualifying act of stupidity, we have allowed it.