2005 Darwin Awards

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Yes, it's that magical time of the year again when the Darwin Awards are bestowed, honoring the least evolved among us. Here then, are the glorious winners.

Darwin Award Winners:

1. When his 38-caliber revolver failed to fire at his intended victim during a hold-up in Long Beach, California, would-be robber James Elliot did something that can only inspire wonder. He peered down the barrel and tried the trigger again. This time it worked.

And now, the honorable mentions:

2. The chef at a hotel in Switzerland lost a finger in a meat cutting machine and, after a little hopping around, submitted a claim to his insurance company. The company expecting negligence, sent out one of its men to have a look for himself. He tried the machine and lost a finger. The chef's claim was approved.

3. A man who shoveled snow for an hour to clear a space for his car during a blizzard in Chicago returned with his Vehicle to find a woman had taken the space. Understandably, he shot her.

4. After stopping for drinks at an illegal bar, a Zimbabwean bus driver found that the 20 mental patients he was supposed to be transporting from Harare to Bulawayo had escaped. Not wanting to admit his incompetence, the driver went to a nearby bus stop and offered everyone waiting there a free ride. He then delivered the passengers to the mental hospital, telling the staff that the patients were very excitable and prone to bizarre fantasies. The deception wasn't discovered for 3 days. (I LOVE THIS GUY!)

5. An American teenager was in the hospital recovering from serious head wounds received from an oncoming train. When asked how he received the injuries, the lad told police that he was simply trying to see how close he could get his head to a moving train before he was hit.

6. A man walked into a Louisiana Circle-K, put a $20 bill on the counter, and asked for change. When the clerk opened the cash drawer, the man pulled a gun and asked for all the cash in the register, which the clerk promptly provided. The man took the cash from the clerk and fled, leaving the $20 bill on the counter. The total amount of cash he got from the drawer...$15. (If someone points a gun at you and gives you money, is a crime committed?)

7. Seems an Arkansas guy wanted some beer pretty badly. He decided that he'd just throw a cinder block through a liquor store window, grab some booze, and run. So he lifted the cinder block and heaved it over his head at the window. The
cinder block bounced back and hit the would-be thief on the head, knocking him unconscious. The liquor store window was made of Plexiglas. The whole event was caught on videotape. (I'd pay money for a copy of this video.)

8. As a female shopper exited a New York convenience store, a man grabbed her purse and ran. The clerk called 911 immediately, and the woman was able to give them a detailed description of the snatcher. Within minutes, the police apprehended the snatcher. They put him in the car and drove back to the store. The thief was then taken out of the car and told to stand there for a positive ID. To which he replied, "Yes, officer, that's her. That's the lady I stole the purse from."

9. The Ann Arbor News crime column reported that a man walked into a Burger King in Ypsilanti, Michigan, at 5 a.m., flashed a gun, demanded cash. The clerk turned him down because he said he couldn't open the cash register without a
food order. When the man ordered onion rings, the clerk said they weren't available for breakfast . The man, frustrated, walked away.

A 5-STAR STUPIDITY AWARD WINNER!

10. When a man attempted to siphon gasoline from a motor home parked on a Seattle street, he got much more than he bargained for. Police arrived at the scene to find a very sick man curled up next to a motor home near spilled sewage. A police spokesman said that the man admitted to trying to steal gasoline and plugged his siphon hose into the motor home's sewage tank by mistake. The owner of the vehicle declined to press charges, saying that it was the best laugh he'd ever had.

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In the interest of bettering human kind please share these with your friends and family ... unless of course one of these 10 individuals by chance is a distant relative or long lost friend. In that case be glad they are distant and hope
they remain lost.
 
impressive said:
7. Seems an Arkansas guy wanted some beer pretty badly. He decided that he'd just throw a cinder block through a liquor store window, grab some booze, and run. So he lifted the cinder block and heaved it over his head at the window. The
cinder block bounced back and hit the would-be thief on the head, knocking him unconscious. The liquor store window was made of Plexiglas. The whole event was caught on videotape. (I'd pay money for a copy of this video.)

This one is similar to something that happened locally about ten or more years back. Not sure how long ago exactly, just that my Great-Grandmother was still alive (she died in '96). Anyway, the story here was actually worse to a point, since the man had chosen to rob the same place twice. First, smashing glass, therefore inspiring the store-owner to purchase plexiglass, whcih deflected the brick on his second attempt.

Question: Aren't the Darwin Awards supposed to be for people who died in stupid ways?

Q_C
 
Thanks for postuing these Imp, I'm a long-time Darwin award fan!
Quiet_Cool said:
Question: Aren't the Darwin Awards supposed to be for people who died in stupid ways?
Q_C
If I remember, it's "for improving the gene pool" - of which the classic is being too stupid to live (as case 1), but I suppose the opportunities to breed inside prison aren't too good...

Perhaps the females around here would like to comment on the effect on likeliness to breed of the food inspector who lost his finger?
 
Hi Eff,

How hot has Yorkshire been today?

I don't think these are the true Darwins. The official site is here and they don't seem to have awarded the 2005 results yet.

A Darwin award is for an act of stupidity that is fatal or removes the individual from the gene pool by self-sterilisation. They have to be confirmed by verifiable press reports.

Og
 
Hi Ogg,

Pretty sweaty! I'm now sitting in front of a good, big fan!

From the 2004 page (http://www.darwinawards.com/darwin/index_darwin2004.html):
Named in honor of Charles Darwin, the father of evolution, the Darwin Awards commemorate those who improve our gene pool by removing themselves from it.
From the home page (http://www.darwinawards.com/):
honoring those who accidentally kill themselves in really stupid ways. Of necessity, this honor is generally bestowed posthumously.
Ogg's right Imp, from what I see on the site he cites, the 2005 awards aren't out. Where did find yours?
 
fifty5 said:
Ogg's right Imp, from what I see on the site he cites, the 2005 awards aren't out. Where did find yours?

Forwarded e-mail, of course! The source of all truth, isn't it?

Regardless -- they're funny!
 
Hey, #4 deserves no Darwin award. He was cunning, clever and resourceful in a time of crisis. And too bloody entertaining for words. :D
 
My Pops is an avid Darwin Award follower.
I half expect to find him training for first prize when I see the gleam in his eye as he tells me of the winner's demise each year.
 
Two friends of mine had a Darwinesque moment in college. After engaging in a bar fight in which both sustained minor injuries, they decided to reenact the event for their buddies in the dorm room. Both boys were taken to the hospital for injuries sustained during the instant replay. (So far, only one had contributed to the gene pool.)
 
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