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rotciv KOTHRT
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Joined: 20 Feb 2006
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 Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 5:00 pm Post subject: > THE DARWIN AWARDS - January 2008 |
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> THE DARWIN AWARDS - January 2008
Announcing the new, the beloved, the 2007 DARWIN AWARD WINNERS!
" Named in honor of Charles Darwin, the father of evolution,
the Darwin Awards commemorate those who improve our gene pool
by accidentally removing themselves from it. "
This was the year of the Squashed Darwin Award Winner. THREE
independent groups of people attempted to remove the supports
from beneath a barn, a water tower, and a heavy factory roof.
In all cases, the structures collapsed without their aptly-named
supports. Duh! This year brought us 16 jaw-droppping nominees,
not counting new nominees for previous years and Near Misses
(AKA Honorable Mentions) which I will cover in the next ish.
Enjoy the stories of the winners... and be glad you're not one!
~ Wendy
THE 2007 DARWIN AWARD WINNERS WERE SELECTED FROM 17 NOMINEES:
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What Goes Up Must Come Down (8976 votes) 80%
The Enema Within (4252 votes) 80%
Support Group (3728 votes) 78%
Weight Lift (2191 votes) 78%
Stop. Look. Listen. (1763 votes) 77%
Beer for Bears (2225 votes) 76%
Mole Hunt (5366 votes) 75%
A Prop-er Job (4431 votes) 74%
Oil Tank Trampoline (5737 votes) 74%
Cow-ard (38 votes) 72%
Barn Demolition (3336 votes) 71%
Superior Momentum (2112 votes) 71%
Elephants Press Back (1249 votes) 71%
Electronic Fireworks (3620 votes) 70%
Fatal a-Traction (52 votes) 68%
The Laptop Still Works! (1172 votes) 57%
Fatal Foaming Action (1443 votes) 49%
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http://DarwinAwards.com/darwin/darwin2007.html
http://www.darwinawards.com/newsletter/200801.txt
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Sir Rotvic Knight of the Halfround Table
MAD, MAD I tell you.They're all MAD.
I am the only sane one here, my Doctor told me I was cured after the shock treatments. Big Brother Is Aways Watching.
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Old woman(mann, sorry)
Baron
Joined: 09 Nov 2007
Posts: 221
Location: Nottingham, England
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It's a shame that there isn't a saint for these people for religious people to pray to on their behalf.
Wouldn't it be the most delicious irony if Darwin was beatified for the purpose! |
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Eaving
Prince
Joined: 23 Feb 2003
Posts: 694
Location: Portland, Or.
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Wasn't sure where else to put this and I just had to share it with someone as it gave me giggling fits. Was reading a news article on yahoo about a doomsday sec leader, link below, and came to a sentence that just had to be shared.
| Quote: | | "It was an attempted suicide. Pyotr put his head on a tree stump and started hitting his head with a log. He is in hospital with a head wound," said Oleg Melnichenko, deputy governor of Penza region, NTV television reported. |
Of all the ways to try and off yourself that has to rank only slightly ahead of suicide by cheese grater.
Original Article
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