Favorite "Darwin Award" story:

TapTap

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The thread about the drunk golfer got me thinking.....
Darwin Award: Charles Darwin was the man behind the theory of evolution. A Darwin award goes to the stupidest way someone can get themselves hurt and or killed--proving to some extent Darwin theory of "natural selection" If you are too stupid to adapt/survive in nature, you and your kind will eventually die off...
My favorites:
*the very imaginative guy in a "southern state" who had a fuse problem in his truck. Somehow he figured out a .22 caliber bullet is the identical size as the fuses in his truck. So he replaced his burned out fuse with one. VRRRooomm, started right up. And ran great. For about 3 mins.
You guessed it, the powder eventually ignited.
After blowing off his left testicle, the bullet lodged in his colon. He survived anyway.
*Another shade-tree mechanic in a "southern state" felt there was something wrong with the drive-shaft in his monster-sized truck. He tied himself underneath his truck with his belt, and had friend drive the truck around so he could get a lookie at what could be responsible for that noise.
Correct. The driveshaft sucked that guy in and made spaghetti out him. Think firehose and wetvac to collect all the pieces....
*Just so you guys dont think I am soley picking on the "south" this is out of South-Central L.A.
A known-baddie-gangbanger suspected in 4 other robberies decides to rob a local Credit Union. His way of doing things involved firing a shot in to the roof as an intimidation factor upon bursting in to the bank.
He bursts in and points the gun up and--click--nothing.
He is dumbfounded, his plan has gone to sh*t.
He tries to figure out what is wrong with the gun by looking down the barrel and trying to pull the trigger.
Happily, for all law abiding citizens, the stolen .357 magnum worked exactly as designed this time around.
>>Unconfirmed, but I heard the detective tried unsuccessfully to stifle a grin during the subsequent TV interview and was reprimanded for "conduct towards the public"<<
 

TheVrolok

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I remember one about two guys playing russian roulette with a semi-auto, or lighting a match look in a gas can..