Darwin Awards
erco
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I'm not sure how official these are, but there are some good ones in there. Hopefully no Forumistas involved: http://jdgroover.wordpress.com/2013/08/20/the-2013-darwin-awards-are-out
I fancy #10 myself.
I fancy #10 myself.
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psst, they are urban legends, and only the first one would actually qualify as a "Darwin Award".
http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/darwin05.asp
How official could such a thing be?
But shouldn't we be looking here anyway: http://www.darwinawards.com/
Urban legend or not these things do happen. Did you hear about the guy that liked the Segway so much that he bought the company, and then proceeded to drive himself over a cliff with one? Perhaps he did not qualify for a Darwin as he had managed to reproduce already.
Anyway there is a fundamental flaw in this Darwin Award idea. It assumes that being smart, or at least not being stupid, is required for a species to be successful and survive. I'm not sure that is in anyway proved yet.
I like #4 as well. There is something amusing about delivering 20 unsuspecting souls to a mental institution as replacements for the escapees that just tickles me... a bit of creative thinking.
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Some things are not urban legends.
A. While waiting for a #19 bus on 19th Avenue in front of a gas station, I am staring at the action around the self-service pump. A guy pulls in and a helpful attendent asks him how much he wants. The customer hands the attendant $20 and says to put in $20 worth. A bus pulls up and the attendant immediately boards without pumping any gas.
Hmmmm... The guy didn't work at the service station and the pump really was self-service.
B. While in a Polk Street liquor store, a guy runs in screaming that his wife is having a baby and he needs some cash to call 911. A good samaritin immediately hands him $10 cash (for the telephone?) and the guy runs out.
911 calls are Free from pay phones and they don't take bills anyway.
The gal I am with is shocked when I point out that 911 calls are free.
C. Stopped at a red light in traffic in the days leading up to Christmas and a guy in a Santa Claus suit is making his way down the row of cars by walking on the traffic island. He comes to me, taps the window, I roll it down and give him $1 USD as a donation and he hands me a piece of paper.
It says, "Thanks, stupid! Ho, ho, ho."