Darwin Awards...

The Loony Bin ( loonies@bloodaxe.demon.co.uk )
Fri, 21 Feb 1997 22:41:02 +0000


Hiya Loonies...

We've seen some of these before - well here are a few more...

Wishes & Dreams...

- ANDREA
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Darwin Awards are (by definition) granted posthumously.

This citation is bestowed upon (the remains of) that individual, who
through single-minded self-sacrifice, has done the most to remove
undesirable elements from the human gene pool.

Some of the 1995 awardees:

*       James Burns, 34, of Alamo, Mich., was killed in March as he was
trying to repair what police described as a "farm-type truck." Burns got
a friend to drive the truck on a highway while Burns hung underneath so
that he could ascertain the source of a troubling noise. Burns' clothes
caught on something, however, and the other man found Burns "wrapped in
the drive shaft." [Kalamazoo Gazette, 4-1-95]

*       Same thing up here in MI.  Seems some poor fella thought it
would be a good idea to "move" a downed wire from his car.  Newspaper
reports it took a FULL MINUTE of neighbors whacking away at him with a
2x4 to free their freshly fried former friend from the fatal flashing.

*       Bowling Green, Ohio, student Robert Ricketts, 19, had his head
bloodied when he was struck by a Conrail train.  He told police he was
trying to see how close to the moving train he could place his head
without getting hit.

*       In Wesley Chapel, Florida, Joseph Aaron, 20, was hit in the leg
with pieces of the bullet he fired at the exhaust pipe of his car. When
repairing the car, he needed to bore a hole in the pipe. When he
couldn't find a drill, he tried to shoot a hole in it.