Men shoot themselves while trying to trace a loaded .357 Magnum as a pattern for a tattoo

[glenn1]

Unfortunately, will only be a runner-up award:

Link

 

[Caecus Veritas]

wow 2 for 1...

 

[jagec]

Because a loaded 357 has a VERY different profile from an unloaded 357, I suppose. Wow.

 

[GuitarDaddy]

Cool, now they can complete the tattoo and line it up with the wound.

"I'm so bad, when I got this tat done I made um blow a hole in my arm to make it real"

 

[potato28]

LMAO.... who would be that stupid? Oh wait, they would. :laugh:

 

[QurazyQuisp]

I'm pretty sure one of the key parts to a darwin award is that the recipients die because of their actions, in this case they both lived.

 

[Phokus]

Are you serious? Holy sh*t

 

[GagHalfrunt]

I had hoped that for 2008 ATOT lifers would become intelligent enough to understand the concept of a Darwin Award. Sadly, my hopes have been dashed already.

 

[Canai]

Originally posted by: potato28
LMAO.... who would be that stupid? Oh wait, they would. :laugh:

 

[DangerAardvark]

Doubly stupid. Not only was it loaded, but who draws a profile from the actual object? They couldn't find a picture to trace?

 

[SoulAssassin]

I'd really like to know how they managed to shoot two people accidentally with one bullet. I'm sure the Warren Commission would probably be interested as well.

 

[Goosemaster]

AHAHAHHAHA

 

[eLiu]

Originally posted by: QurazyQuisp
I'm pretty sure one of the key parts to a darwin award is that the recipients die because of their actions, in this case they both lived.

Not quite... you just have to lose the ability to reproduce. So if they shot themselves in the balls and destroyed said balls in the process... darwin award!

 

[GuitarDaddy]

Quick, somebody send them a knife, let um play with that for a while

They could make a tatto of a butt on their butts

 

[glenn1]

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt
I had hoped that for 2008 ATOT lifers would become intelligent enough to understand the concept of a Darwin Award. Sadly, my hopes have been dashed already.

Should have said "honorable mention," not runners-up. link

Honorable Mentions
The stupidity displayed by the participants
in the following tales stops short of the ultimate
sacrifice, but we salute their spirit and innovation.

 

[Queasy]

I guess those punks weren't as lucky as they felt.

 

[cKGunslinger]

Holy shit: Text

(1982, California) Larry Walters of Los Angeles is one of the few to contend for the Darwin Awards and live to tell the tale. "I have fulfilled my 20-year dream," said Walters, a former truck driver for a company that makes TV commercials. "I'm staying on the ground. I've proved the thing works."

Larry's boyhood dream was to fly. But fates conspired to keep him from his dream. He joined the Air Force, but his poor eyesight disqualified him from the job of pilot. After he was discharged from the military, he sat in his backyard watching jets fly overhead.

He hatched his weather balloon scheme while sitting outside in his "extremely comfortable" Sears lawnchair. He purchased 45 weather balloons from an Army-Navy surplus store, tied them to his tethered lawnchair dubbed the Inspiration I, and filled the 4' diameter balloons with helium. Then he strapped himself into his lawnchair with some sandwiches, Miller Lite, and a pellet gun. He figured he would pop a few of the many balloons when it was time to descend.

Larry's plan was to sever the anchor and lazily float up to a height of about 30 feet above his back yard, where he would enjoy a few hours of flight before coming back down. But things didn't work out quite as Larry planned.

When his friends cut the cord anchoring the lawnchair to his Jeep, he did not float lazily up to 30 feet. Instead, he streaked into the LA sky as if shot from a cannon, pulled by the lift of 42 helium balloons holding 33 cubic feet of helium each. He didn't level off at 100 feet, nor did he level off at 1000 feet. After climbing and climbing, he leveled off at 16,000 feet.

At that height he felt he couldn't risk shooting any of the balloons, lest he unbalance the load and really find himself in trouble. So he stayed there, drifting cold and frightened with his beer and sandwiches, for more than 14 hours. He crossed the primary approach corridor of LAX, where Trans World Airlines and Delta Airlines pilots radioed in reports of the strange sight.

Eventually he gathered the nerve to shoot a few balloons, and slowly descended. The hanging tethers tangled and caught in a power line, blacking out a Long Beach neighborhood for 20 minutes. Larry climbed to safety, where he was arrested by waiting members of the LAPD. As he was led away in handcuffs, a reporter dispatched to cover the daring rescue asked him why he had done it. Larry replied nonchalantly, "A man can't just sit around."

The Federal Aviation Administration was not amused. Safety Inspector Neal Savoy said, "We know he broke some part of the Federal Aviation Act, and as soon as we decide which part it is, a charge will be filed."

 

[TXHokie]

Someone should mention to them that a loaded double barrel shotgun is way cooler.

 

[MyThirdEye]

Originally posted by: jagec
Because a loaded 357 has a VERY different profile from an unloaded 357, I suppose. Wow.

lolol

 

[Regs]

lol @ the comments in thread.

Bravo. Maybe he should of checked if the barrel was clean first.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: cKGunslinger
Holy shit: Text

(1982, California) Larry Walters of Los Angeles is one of the few to contend for the Darwin Awards and live to tell the tale. "I have fulfilled my 20-year dream," said Walters, a former truck driver for a company that makes TV commercials. "I'm staying on the ground. I've proved the thing works."

Larry's boyhood dream was to fly. But fates conspired to keep him from his dream. He joined the Air Force, but his poor eyesight disqualified him from the job of pilot. After he was discharged from the military, he sat in his backyard watching jets fly overhead.

He hatched his weather balloon scheme while sitting outside in his "extremely comfortable" Sears lawnchair. He purchased 45 weather balloons from an Army-Navy surplus store, tied them to his tethered lawnchair dubbed the Inspiration I, and filled the 4' diameter balloons with helium. Then he strapped himself into his lawnchair with some sandwiches, Miller Lite, and a pellet gun. He figured he would pop a few of the many balloons when it was time to descend.

Larry's plan was to sever the anchor and lazily float up to a height of about 30 feet above his back yard, where he would enjoy a few hours of flight before coming back down. But things didn't work out quite as Larry planned.

When his friends cut the cord anchoring the lawnchair to his Jeep, he did not float lazily up to 30 feet. Instead, he streaked into the LA sky as if shot from a cannon, pulled by the lift of 42 helium balloons holding 33 cubic feet of helium each. He didn't level off at 100 feet, nor did he level off at 1000 feet. After climbing and climbing, he leveled off at 16,000 feet.

At that height he felt he couldn't risk shooting any of the balloons, lest he unbalance the load and really find himself in trouble. So he stayed there, drifting cold and frightened with his beer and sandwiches, for more than 14 hours. He crossed the primary approach corridor of LAX, where Trans World Airlines and Delta Airlines pilots radioed in reports of the strange sight.

Eventually he gathered the nerve to shoot a few balloons, and slowly descended. The hanging tethers tangled and caught in a power line, blacking out a Long Beach neighborhood for 20 minutes. Larry climbed to safety, where he was arrested by waiting members of the LAPD. As he was led away in handcuffs, a reporter dispatched to cover the daring rescue asked him why he had done it. Larry replied nonchalantly, "A man can't just sit around."

The Federal Aviation Administration was not amused. Safety Inspector Neal Savoy said, "We know he broke some part of the Federal Aviation Act, and as soon as we decide which part it is, a charge will be filed."

AWESOME

 

[nakedfrog]

Hm... which is more stupid, this, or cleaning a loaded gun?

 

[Xavier434]

lulz

 

[Playmaker]

Originally posted by: eLiu

Originally posted by: QurazyQuisp
I'm pretty sure one of the key parts to a darwin award is that the recipients die because of their actions, in this case they both lived.

Not quite... you just have to lose the ability to reproduce. So if they shot themselves in the balls and destroyed said balls in the process... darwin award!

Wouldn't this have to occur before they reached an age at which they could potentially reproduce? It looks like they're 22. I'm not familiar with the Darwin awards, but if they're at all consistent with the concepts of natural selection, I suppose these two wouldn't qualify?

 

[Tiamat]

so stupid