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Darwin Awards

April 2002

Population Control Volunteers

What's a Darwin?
Darwin Awards commemorate those who improve our gene pool by removing themselves from it in really stupid ways.

Slush Pile Party!  The Slush Pile, home of Darwin submissions and random detritus, is now moderated! Check out new stories on a daily basis.


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Jeopardy! Category

On April 5 the game show Jeopardy! featured the Darwin Awards as a quiz category. Here is a transcript of the answers, courtesy of WhoisMark.

Alex Trebek: "For $200, a Pittsburgh convict tied eight of these together to escape, but was 25 feet short: he broke his ankle and was caught."

Carol: "What are his bedsheets?"

Alex: "Not just his bedsheets. He didn't have eight of them. For $400, a man in this "Wolverine State" was shot trying to get a photo of his dog holding a rifle."

Manoj: "What is Michigan?"

Alex: "For $600, as an alibi for a robbery, a man said he was in another state buying this illegal drug made from morphine."

Manoj: "What is Heroin?"

Alex: "For $800. Oops! After using gas to remove some stains, a man tried to cover the smell by lighting this, maybe at both ends."

Carol: "What is a candle?"

Alex: "For $1000, a Frenchman moved a parked car 2 feet with this technique used by pro wrestlers and agressive rams."

Carol: "What is battering?"

Alex: "Wrong! -$1000. Time's Up. Leave it to the French. He moved it by headbutting it. Donk Donk Donk."
 

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Wet Will He
DA: Veracity Now Confirmed!

August 1999 | Rodney was jet skiing around Lake Washington, enjoying the sun and the power between his knees. Then he noticed that his battery was beginning to fail. He idled over to a dock and tied up his craft, then ran to the car for his battery charger. When he returned, he plugged the charger into a 110-volt outlet, and jumped onto his watercraft while holding the booster cable.

Sizzle.

He was found floating facedown beneath the dock later that evening.

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