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The Darwin awards

VigaViga
edited August 2007 in Everything Else
I know some of you have heard of the Darwin awards. Basically it says it's a bunch of real stories where people do something stupid and either die from it or lose the ability to reproduce. Here's an example:
(31 May 2005, Seattle, Washington) Strength and endurance are two of the most important characteristics that can be passed on to improve the species, so physical challenges between males are frequent. In this case, two drinking buddies found themselves on an overpass 40 feet above a busy freeway in downtown Seattle at 2:45 a.m. It turned out to be the perfect place to determine who had more strength and endurance. Whoever could dangle from the overpass the longest would win!
Unfortunately, the winner was too tired from his victory to climb back up, despite help from his 31-year-old friend. The unidentified champion fell smack into the front of a semi-truck barreling down the highway at 60 mph and bounced onto the pavement, where he was hit by a car. The car did not stop. Authorities did not identify the winner of the competition.
Yeah, part of me says I shouldn't laugh at people dying but the other parts say its effing hilarious. Stupidity can be golden.

Comments

  • TheWhaleSharkTheWhaleShark
    That one, for some reason, doesn't strike me as being terribly funny. I've laughed at a lot of Darwin awards, but this one seems to be more sad than anything else.
  • DrexDrex
    edited August 2007
    That's from the 4th Darwin awards book, right? My favorite was the man who tried to clean his chimney with a brush tied to a chain, unfortunately for a weight he used a hand grenade, he didn't survive trying to weld the "weight" onto the chain.
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  • VigaViga
    That's from the 4th Darwin awards book, right? My favorite was the man who tried to clean his chimney with a brush tied to a chain, unfortunately for a weight he used a hand grenade, he didn't survive trying to weld the "weight" onto the chain.
    I laughed so hard at that one. I've just been reading the site lately but I do plan to see the movie and pick up the book at the library sometime.
  • One SinOne Sin
    There's a fourth?!

    Oh shi-! Off to da bookstore I go.
  • StarfoxStarfox
    I always liked the Ig Nobel Prize better.
  • tuttle88tuttle88
    I always liked theIg Nobel Prizebetter.
    Dr. Karl a.k.a the coolest scientist ever, who I have an absolute brain crush on won one of those for investigating the colour of belly button fluff.
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