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Title: Darwin Awards
Post by: Jim on August 5, 2003, 12:17 PM

Anyone else seen these before?  I had learned about these about 6-7 years ago and had forgotten about them til recently.  If you are not familiar, these awards are devoted to people who contribute to evolution by offing themselves in an idiotic yet amusing manner.
Check it out: www.darwinawards.com or better yet, try this one: http://home.tiac.net/~cri/darwin/darwin.html

Title: Re: Darwin Awards
Post by: Scott on August 5, 2003, 01:08 PM

You know I love the Darwin awards, but I got so many fake ones it is hard to determine which is true and which isn't...like the Hillbillies who used a 22 bullet as a fuse and managed to kill one of them

Is this the official site Jim?

Title: Re: Darwin Awards
Post by: Jim on August 5, 2003, 01:28 PM

Not sure Scott.  There are so many sites for this out there.  Did you read the ice fishing one in Minnesota?  One of the best.

Title: Re: Darwin Awards
Post by: Famine on August 5, 2003, 02:02 PM

Quote from: OCB on August  5, 2003, 01:08 PM

...like the Hillbillies who used a 22 bullet as a fuse and managed to kill one of them

I think he shot himself, in the uh...scrotum.... :'(

Kevin

Title: Re: Darwin Awards
Post by: Scott on August 5, 2003, 02:11 PM

Didn't see the ice fishing one but I do remember this

Woman Dies while looking for Fictional Treasure from Movie Fargo in MN (http://darwinawards.com/slush/reject/200201/pending020109-153150.html)

Title: Re: Darwin Awards
Post by: Jim on August 5, 2003, 02:49 PM

Heres the ice fishing story, and I apologize that is was not Minnesota like I once thought:

http://www.traagstad.com/humor/isfiske.html

And here is one of my favorites:
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 (you can see what's coming, can't you?). 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.