Thread: Darwin Awards

Originally Posted by DontStop

Obviously both were very keen on her, because neither of them turned away. Their scooters collided head-on at 50 mph. Both died instantly. The girl at the center of the rut refused to comment, other than to say that she "wasn't interested in either of them."

HAHAHAHA!!!

oh man

Out With a Bang!
2000 Darwin Award Nominee
Confirmed True by Darwin
Robert Rose says, "Saw a picture of this in a Time Magazine photo collection. It was a small town gas station. A father and son were inflating a tractor tire when it exploded, killing them both. They were lying on the ground with most of their clothes torn from their body. Had to see it to believe it."

(19 April 2000, Georgia ) A mechanic at a tire store in Montezuma was killed when a tire he and his brother were repairing exploded. The two were attempting to repair a crack in a tractor-trailer wheel rim with a welding torch. A high school chemistry student can tell you that heating air in a sealed container, such as a truck tire, causes the gas to expand and the pressure to increase. But the brothers, who had been repairing tires for years, did not heed this principle and deflate the tire before fixing the crack.
Montezuma Police Chief Lewis Cazenave hypothesized that the heat from the welding torch caused the air in the tire to expand until it exploded. Witnesses say that when the 4' diameter tire exploded, the rim left the axle "with great velocity," striking Robert in the head and killing him instantly. The force of the explosion was enough to knock a pickup truck off of a nearby lift, and the report was heard at the local police station one mile away.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited and fined the tire and wheel company, but the owner says he will contest the findings. "They were both trained. The manager and the customer told him not to, but he did it anyway."

Originally Posted by DontStop

Has Anyone here ever heard of the "Darwin Awards"?
Its Motto being "Chlorinating the Gene Pool"

To Apply for a Darwin award, The following must occur:
Reproduction
Out of the gene pool: dead or sterile.
Excellence
Astounding misapplication of judgment.
Self-Selection
Cause one's own demise.
Maturity
Capable of sound judgment.
Veracity
The event must be true.

I Got the book for Easter, and this was one of my favourites out of the book.

For further information, and stories
The Darwin Awards

Rutting Contest
2004 Darwin Award Nominee
Unconfirmed by Darwin
(October 2004, Chiayi, Taiwan) Most rutting contests involve two male mammals, like the Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep (Ovis dallis), which ram into each other at high speed in order to impress a female sheep and win the right to procreate. These mammals tend to have unusually thick skulls and extra fluid surrounding the brain to prevent damage from the competition. Humans tend not to have such thick skulls and other natural adaptations, and therefore do not generally rut.
Of course man, the tool user, can find artificial means to overcome natural limitations. One well-known example of this behavior is the medieval jousting contest in which participants wear armor and ride horses toward each other at high speed.

The most recent observation of human rutting behavior occurred when two Taiwanese university students donned protective helmets and revved their motor scooters in an effort to impress a comely female of their species. The two were the same class, but not friends. Other classmates reported that both men fancied the same female student.

After indulging in a few drinks during the Mid-Autumn Festival, the two encountered each other, and words were spoken. The gauntlet was thrown down. In lieu of horses, the two would ride their motor scooters at each other at high speed, and the one who didn't turn away would win the exclusive right to pursue the female.

Obviously both were very keen on her, because neither of them turned away. Their scooters collided head-on at 50 mph. Both died instantly. The girl at the center of the rut refused to comment, other than to say that she "wasn't interested in either of them."

Hahahahahaha! That was the funniest shit I heard all week.

haha heres a good one



Power Punch Proves Fatal
2000 Darwin Award Nominee
Confirmed True by Darwin
(August 1999, Georgia) Ian was a fitness fanatic and self-employed electrician living in an English seaside town. He had recently converted one room of his cottage into a new gym. Among the weights and exercise equipment hung a punchbag, suspended from a chain from the ceiling.
Little did Ian realize that he had inadvertently managed to combine his hobby with his work After a Saturday night carousing with his cousin, Norton came home to show off his new gym. Leading the way, he switched on the lights and casually punched the punchbag. He was knocked to the floor by a bolt of electricity, and died instantly.

He had wired the power supply to the punchbag.

Norton's best friend said: "He was a brilliant guy. It's crazy that two major parts of his life contributed to his death." You might say he was shockingly fit.

^ that one's hard to believe. i'd question the wife. i have a speed bag and a heavy bag. the only way you could inadvertently "wire" it would be if a screw used to hold it to the wall pierced an electrical wire in the wall.

Yeah a jolt from punching a bag is unlikely to kill you.

Usually people get electrocuted when they are grabbing something and the current causes them to tense up making it unable to let go of the source.

Yeah, the Darwin Awards are really cool.