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Email a Friend Named in honor of Charles Darwin, the father of evolution, the Darwin Awards commemorate those who improve our gene pool by removing themselves from it. Next Prev Random

Clotheslined!
2008 Darwin Award Nominee
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(13 January 2008, Florida) A 37-year-old man was killed trying to cross the Manasota Key drawbridge on his motorcycle. Wearing only swim trunks and sneakers, the man was seen racing at high speed towards the gap as the bridge began to open.

Bridge designers had anticipated such lunacy and invented the crossing guard. The closing gates swept him off his Suzuki and over the side of the bridge, into the water and out of the gene pool. By a twist of fate, the motorcycle continued up the ramp and made it across to the other side!

ORIGINAL SUBMISSION

* Wendy notes, "My driving instructor was very clear: 'Not accidents, crashes. Almost every crash can be prevented by avoiding distractions while driving.' He was a wise man. Now I mentally correct myself, and news reports. Switching to the term 'car crash' has made me a safer driver."

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Submitted by: Roger
Reference: Sarasota Herald Tribune

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