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Darwin Awards for 2004 (Read 340 times)
Jun 9th, 2004 at 11:31am

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Wendy sent this to me-

Yes, these are all true. They are finally out again. 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 this year in reverse order are:

7. 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.

6. 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 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.

5. 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.

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 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 he 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. Employees 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.

               AND THE WINNER.....

This one kills me  Grin

     1. Based on a bet by the other golf members of his threesome, Everitt 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.

NB: 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.

 

"I have a place where dreams are born, And time is never planned. It’s not on any chart, You must find it with your heart."

Albert Einstein - "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe."

Martin Luther King Jr. - “Nothing in the world is more dangerous than a sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - “There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.”

Mark Twain - “Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.”
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Reply #1 - Jun 9th, 2004 at 12:06pm

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These are excellen. Last year's winner reminds me of that episode of the Simpsons where Homer knocks himself into a coma while trying to get a free candy bar.

All good but numbers 6, 5, 2, and 1 are my faves.
 

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Reply #2 - Jun 9th, 2004 at 4:54pm

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OUCH!!!



 

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Reply #3 - Jun 9th, 2004 at 5:24pm

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I've always considered removing yourself from the gene pool to be the major criteria so #1 is definitely acceptable.

Aceptable as an award winner...not as a course of action. Smiley
 

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Reply #4 - Jun 9th, 2004 at 5:25pm

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All's well and fine, but if the "Darwin Awards" purport to be actual events, then this post should properly be in the Café Simviation, and not jokes.

Of course, considering that the aforementioned activities make a joke of human existence ...
 

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Reply #5 - Jun 9th, 2004 at 8:41pm

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All's well and fine, but if the "Darwin Awards" purport to be actual events, then this post should properly be in the Café Simviation, and not jokes.

Of course, considering that the aforementioned activities make a joke of human existence ...


I wasn't to sure where to put it. It's suppose to be real events. The events are so darn ludicrous they must be real. They take human stupidity into the realm of disbelief. But on the other hand, they are funny as hell. Every time I think of the #1 guy, Everitt Sanchez and what the reaction of his buddies to the event must have been. Not to mention the poor emergency medical team that rolled in on that scene. I can't help but to LMAO!  Grin
 

"I have a place where dreams are born, And time is never planned. It’s not on any chart, You must find it with your heart."

Albert Einstein - "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe."

Martin Luther King Jr. - “Nothing in the world is more dangerous than a sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - “There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.”

Mark Twain - “Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.”
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Reply #6 - Jun 10th, 2004 at 4:27am

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i love the darwin awards Grin Grin Grin Grin

one of my personal favorites is the guy who literally lost his balls when he stole a couple of lobsters from a supermarket and hid it down his pants

he didn't die but he sure can't reproduce anymore

Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin

c ya

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Reply #7 - Jun 11th, 2004 at 1:59am

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This should be included with the post:

DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!!!
 

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Reply #8 - Jun 28th, 2004 at 1:24am

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Don't get #6...f couorse I'm v. tire,
 
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