WOOHOO!!!!! It's That Ime Of Year Again!!!!

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The Darwin Awards Are Out!

 

 

Yes, it's that magical time of year again

 

when the Darwin Awards are bestowed,

 

honoring the least evolved among us.

 

Here is the glorious winner:

 

 

1. When his 38 caliber revolver failed

 

to fire at his intended victim during a

 

hold-up in Long Beach , California

 

would-be robber James Elliot did

 

something that can only inspire wonder.

 

He peered down the barrel and tried the

 

trigger again. This time it worked.

 

 

And now, the honorable mentions:

 

 

2. The chef at a hotel in Switzerland lost

 

a finger in a meat cutting machine and after

 

a little shopping around, submitted a claim to

 

his insurance company. The company

 

expecting negligence sent out one of its men

 

to have a look for himself. He tried the

 

machine and he also lost a finger..

 

The chef's claim was approved.

 

 

3. A man who shoveled snow for an hour

 

to clear a space for his car during a blizzard

 

in Chicago returned with his vehicle to find

 

a woman had taken the space.

 

Understandably, he shot her.

 

 

4. After stopping for drinks at an illegal bar,

 

a Zimbabwean bus driver found that the 20

 

mental patients he was supposed to be

 

transporting from Harare to Bulawayo had

 

escaped. Not wanting to admit his incompetence,

 

the driver went to a nearby bus stop and

 

offered everyone waiting there a free ride.

 

He then delivered the passengers to the

 

mental hospital, telling the staff that the

 

patients were very excitable and prone to

 

bizarre fantasies.. The deception wasn't

 

discovered for 3 days.

 

 

5. An American teenager was in the

 

hospital recovering from serious head

 

wounds received from an oncoming train.

 

When asked how he received the injuries,

 

the lad told police that he was simply

 

trying to see how close he could get his

 

head to a moving train before he was hit.

 

6. A man walked into a Louisiana Circle-K,

 

put a $20 bill on the counter, and asked for

 

change. When the clerk opened the cash

 

drawer, the man pulled a gun and asked for

 

all the cash in the register, which the clerk

 

promptly provided. The man took the cash

 

from the clerk and fled, leaving the $20 bill

 

on the counter. The total amount of cash he

 

got from the drawer... $15. [if someone points

 

a gun at you and gives you money,

 

is a crime committed?]

 

 

7. Seems an Arkansas guy wanted some

 

beer pretty badly.. He decided that he'd just

 

throw a cinder block through a liquor store

 

window, grab some booze, and run. So he

 

lifted the cinder block and heaved it over his

 

head at the window. The cinder block bounced

 

back and hit the would-be thief on the head,

 

knocking him unconscious. The liquor store

 

window was made of Plexiglas. The whole

 

event was caught on videotape...

 

 

8. As a female shopper exited a New York

 

convenience store, a man grabbed her purse

 

and ran. The clerk called 911 immediately,

 

and the woman was able to give them a

 

detailed description of the snatcher. Within

 

minutes, the police apprehended the snatcher.

 

They put him in the car and drove back to

 

the store. The thief was then taken out of

 

the car and told to stand there for a positive ID.

 

To which he replied, "Yes, officer, that's her.

 

That's the lady I stole the purse from."

 

 

9.. The Ann Arbor News crime column

 

reported that a man walked into a Burger King

 

in Ypsilanti , Michigan at 5 A.M., flashed a

 

gun, and demanded cash. The clerk turned

 

him down because he said he couldn't open

 

the cash register without a food order. When

 

the man ordered onion rings, the clerk said

 

they weren't available for breakfast...

 

The man, frustrated, walked away.

 

[*A 5-STAR STUPIDITY AWARD WINNER]

 

 

10. When a man attempted to siphon

 

gasoline from a motor home parked on

 

a Seattle street by sucking on a hose,

 

he got much more than he bargained for..

 

Police arrived at the scene to find a very sick

 

man curled up next to a motor home near

 

spilled sewage. A police spokesman said

 

that the man admitted to trying to steal gasoline,

 

but he plugged his siphon hose into the

 

motor home's sewage tank by mistake.

 

The owner of the vehicle declined to press

 

charges saying that it was the best laugh

 

he'd ever had.

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As for # 7 "The whole event was caught on videotape..." anyone have this on youtube? HAHAHA

[crossover]

#10 is from a show I used to watch in my childhood called "freaky Stories" on YTV.

 

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#10 is from a show I used to watch in my childhood called "freaky Stories" on YTV.

 

 

I was always freaked out by the maggot in that show because he didnt have eyes. Sure, maggots probably don't have eyes in real life, but what kind of kids show hand puppy looks that creepy?

 

But yeah, it's well known that most of these are bended truths or urban myths