Thread: Another Contender for Darwin Awards

Just watched it I'll give it 8/10 pretty good.

Yes, it's again that magical time of the year when the
Darwin
Awards are
bestowed, honoring the least-evolved among us.
And the glorious Winner for 2007 is:

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 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 he also 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.

5. A Texas 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.

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.

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 Michigan News crime column reported that a man walked into a Burger King in Ypsilanti , Michigan , at 5 a.m., flashed a gun, and 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.

******THE 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 had in a very long time.

? NAH... you have to die to get into the darwin awards.... try here for the 2007 edition:

http://www.darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin2007.html

Originally Posted by EchiDna

? NAH... you have to die to get into the darwin awards.... try here for the 2007 edition:

Darwin Awards: 2007 Darwin Awards

Agreed.

I've been a long time fan, and believer.

"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."




Still good for a laugh though, cucinadio

I wonder if this guy gets an honorable mention next year.
YouTube - Petrol Tanker Blows Up

The object you see him grab at around 1:20 is a cigarette lighter

Australian bitten while trying to sit on crocodile | abc13.com

Have been seeing items on the news about this for the last couple of days.

Saw / heard him talking about his "experience" last night. Definitely a couple of tits short of an udder. It's a wonder this halfwit even had the intelligence to find his way to Broome.

ATM the best he can hope for is an honourable mention!

To receive a Darwin Award you have to remove yourself from the gene pool.

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

ATM the best he can hope for is an honourable mention!

To receive a Darwin Award you have to remove yourself from the gene pool.

Like these?

Darwin Awards: At-Risk Survivors