It's time for the Darwin Awards!

[BigBassin144]

Yes, it's that magical time of year again when the Darwin Awards are
bestowed, honoring the least evolved among us.

First, the honorable mentions:

10. 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.

9. 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.

8. 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.

7. 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?]

5. 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.

4. 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."

3. 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]

2. When a man attempted to siphon gasoline from a motor home parked on a
Seattle street , 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.

And 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.





BB

[BassinNC]

Oh my gosh..... That's is to good hahahahahaha

[bassfisher]

I had #9 happen to me. I had shoveled my car out to head to work, once I return home my older brother had my post, and would not leave it. I had to shovel my way back in. SO I can see why he shot the woman.

[MississippiBoy]

Originally Posted by bassfisher

I had #9 happen to me. I had shoveled my car out to head to work, once I return home my older brother had my post, and would not leave it. I had to shovel my way back in. SO I can see why he shot the woman.

I would have towed his car out and left it in the street, park in your spot, then call to report an abandoned vehicle.

[nofearengineer]

A few years ago, I was over at my parents' apartment after a blizzard, and I indeed spent almost two hours shoveling their walk and a parking spot for them (because their apartment maintenance staff is about as efficient as our current government). Same thing happened to me...when I went in to get the keys to move their car, some jacka$$ pulled into the spot, even though I had left the snowshovel lying against the side of my truck, right in view.

I caught him before he got into his door, and informed him of the risk incurred by his vehicle being left in that spot. I probably looked like an angry berserker viking at the time, so he put his mail away, came back out and moved it.

[Jrob78]

I like #8, could you imagine being driven to the Loony Bin and locked up for 3 days? Come to think of it, it might do a few of us some good!

[carolina-rig-01]

Originally Posted by Jrob78

I like #8, could you imagine being driven to the Loony Bin and locked up for 3 days? Come to think of it, it might do a few of us some good!

Yep, #8 is my favorite too. That is some quick thinking!

[nofearengineer]

Originally Posted by carolina-rig-01

Yep, #8 is my favorite too. That is some quick thinking!

I agree!!! #8 is certainly not a nice thing to do, but damn, he did solve the problem for a couple of days. Not Darwin material.

[WaffleJaw]

Originally Posted by nofearengineer

I agree!!! #8 is certainly not a nice thing to do, but damn, he did solve the problem for a couple of days. Not Darwin material.

A couple of days is all he needed to get the **** out of town

[1/4 stick]

Originally Posted by WaffleJaw

A couple of days is all he needed to get the **** out of town

And just think how many people spend thousands for spa/theropy weekends. I just don't see the problem. He did them a favor in my opinion.

[66KingFisher]

Originally Posted by BigBassin144

5. 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.
BB

Look....What you don't understand is I live in a "DRY" county.......Ya hear what i'm saying?????....DRY, as in NO BOOZE!!!!!

I went a little crazy OK!