Slowfaller 0 #1 March 1, 2002 "Finally, the new Darwin Awards are here!!!1. A young Canadian man, searching for a way of getting drunk cheaply,because he had no money with which to buy alcohol, mixed gasoline withmilk. Not surprisingly, this concoction made him ill, and he vomitedinto the fireplace in his house. This resulting explosion and fireburned his house down, killing both him and his sister.2. Three Brazilian men were flying in a light aircraft at low altitudewhen another plane approached. It appears that they decided to moon theoccupants of the other plane, but lost control of their own aircraft andcrashed. They were all found dead in the wreckage with their pantsaround their ankles.3. A 27-year-old French woman lost control of her car on a highway nearMarseilles and crashed into a tree, seriously injuring her passenger andkilling herself. As a commonplace road accident, this would not havequalified for a Darwin nomination, were it not for the fact that thedriver's attention had been distracted by her Tamagotchi key ring, whichhad started urgently beeping for food as she drove along. In an attemptto press the correct buttons to save the Tamagotchi's life, the womanlost her own.4. A 22-year-old Reston, VA man was found dead after he tried to useoctopus straps to bungee jump off a 70-foot railroad trestle. Fairfaxcounty police said Eric Barcia, a fast-food worker, taped bunch of thesestraps together, wrapped an end around one foot, anchored the other endto the trestle at Lake Accotink Park, jumped and hit the pavement.Warren Carmichael, a police spokesman, said investigators think Barciawas alone because his car was found nearby. "The length of the cord thathe had assembled was greater than the distance between the trestle andthe ground," Carmichael said. Police say the apparent cause of death was"major trauma".5. A man in Alabama died from rattlesnake bites. It seems that he and afriend were playing a game of catch, using the rattlesnake as a ball.The friend -- no doubt, a future Darwin Awards candidate - washospitalized.6. Employees in a medium-sized warehouse in west Texas noticed the smellof 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 gascompany were dispatched. Upon entering the building, they found they haddifficulty navigating in the dark. To their frustration, none of thelights worked (you can see what's coming, can't you....?). Witnesseslater described the sight of one of the technicians reaching into hispocket and retrieving an object, that resembled a cigarette lighter.Upon operation of the lighter-like object, the gas in the warehouseexploded, sending pieces of it up to three miles away. Nothing was foundof the technicians, but the lighter was virtually untouched by theexplosion. The technician suspected of causing the blast had never beenthought of as 'bright' by his peers.~Runner-up category:7. A Jacksonville, Florida woman recently had to summon emergency helpafter dragging her husband down the street behind their pickup truck.Chief Petty Officer Roman Styles, U.S. Coast Guard Station Jacksonville,was treated and released with a slight concussion and scrapes andbruises. It seems that Styles decided to repair damaged shingles on hishouse himself, instead of paying a contractor to do it for him. Prior toclimbing up on his steep roof, Officer Styles tied a safety rope to thetrailer hitch of his truck. Once on the peak of his roof he secured theother end of the line around his waist. He then slid over the top of theroof to repair the shingles. As luck would have it, right after hestarted to work, his teenage son called for a ride home from a Boy Scouttrip. Jane Styles yelled to her husband she'd be right back and pulledaway."I didn't see the rope," Mrs. Styles said, "until I saw it in therear-view mirror. By then I was half-way down the street." Bill Schlimm,a next door neighbor, said, "I'll never forget the look on Roman's faceas he came sailing over the peak of that house. If it hadn't been forthat tall cedar tree he would have been really hurt."8. This would-be shoplifter in London attempted to steal two lobsters.This ingenious felon stuffed the lobsters into his trousers and headedfor the door of the supermarket. Near the exit, our larcenous Londonerdoubled over in excruciating pain and lay on the floor screaming. Itseems that the lobster's claws were not tied and one of the tastycrustaceans decided to have the thief's family jewels for lunch. Theparamedics were called in to remove the carnivorous crustacean from thevery sensitive portion of this thief's anatomy. After they stoppedlaughing, a pair of pliers successfully accomplished the removal much tothe relief of our suffering suspect. No information was available on theextent of the member's injuries or his future fatherhood potential."I'll go to college; learn some big words; I'll talk real loud god damn right I'll be heard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveMonkey 0 #2 March 1, 2002 There's a word that describes this situation ........ Ooops. You shouldn't put a knife in the toaster - but you're an adult now !!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrHixxx 0 #3 March 1, 2002 What I wanna know is how did the lobster get the beans above the frank???-Hixxx"Sous ma tub, Dr. Suess ma tub" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveMonkey 0 #4 March 1, 2002 I still like the one where 2 guys went out with a box of 1/2 sticks of dynamite, planning on throwing them out of the car window and driving off, scaring people. But they had a flaw in their plan .... They left the window SHUT and the dynamite bounced back and blew the car up !! Fools. You shouldn't put a knife in the toaster - but you're an adult now !!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
QuickDraw 0 #5 March 2, 2002 "I'll never forget the look on Roman's faceas he came sailing over the peak of that house. If it hadn't been forthat tall cedar tree he would have been really hurt."ROFLMAO There is no spoon. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites