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The Darwin Awards honor those who improve
our gene pool... by removing themselves from it.
We commemorate the men and women who gave their "all" in an effort to
improve the human species. Of necessity, the honor is
generally bestowed posthumously.
Darwin Awards III
Survival of the Fittest
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 Salute the sheriff who inadvertently shot himself--twice!Witness the insurance defrauder who amputated his leg with a chainsaw!Heed the story of the farmer who avoided bee stings by sealing his head in a plastic bag!Cringe at the man crushed by a branch he'd just severed... directly over his head!
123 new stories, 18 full-page illustrations, plus discussions of the implications of transgenic animals, the origin of life, and more!
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Meet the Author: I will be discussing the Darwin Awards, answering questions,
and signing books in Washington, California, and Alaska. You are cordially
invited to join me at Elliott Bay Book Co. in Seattle on Oct. 30 at 5:30pm, at Lafayette Books in Lafayette on Nov. 13 at 7pm, or at Title Wave Books in Anchorage on Dec. 8 at 7:30pm.
-Wendy
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James Watson Says
Stupidity is a Disease.
According to the co-discoverer of the helical structure of
DNA, James Watson, stupidity is indeed a genetically linked
disease that should be cured! "If you are really stupid, I
would call that a disease... I'd like to get rid of that, to
help the lower 10%."
Watson also suggests that genes influencing beauty should be
engineered. "People say it would be terrible if we made all
girls pretty. I think it would be great."
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iAfrica.com
[text] or New Scientist [text]
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Status Changes
Some true stories are posted as unconfirmed until alert
fans correct the misapprehension. Other stories are labelled
"confirmed" but new information reveals I was
fooled. Here are the latest updates:
STATUS CHANGE!
The Last Supper
Now an Urban Legend.
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Essays
I'm still reviewing the Websense essays (I'll contact you
SOON--so many to read!) but I've already contacted everyone
who submitted other essays. (Just 5% included
addresses!!) Mugs are delayed because the sublimation printer
was out for repairs. Watch this space for more
information.
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Darwin Awards
Speed Shunting
Master Welder
Love Struck
Pancake Thief
Tree Hard, Head Empty
Second Time's the Charm
Slaughterhouse Robbery
Workin' at the Car Wash
Honorable Mentions
Blow Your Mind
Warm Snakes
Personal Accounts
A Gasser of a Story
Icarus
The Man with the Iron Stomach
Hot Hot Chocolate
Bufo Marinus
Gas Spill
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January 2003, India | Regarding accidental deaths during the construction of a subway in New Delhi, India, the New York Times wrote, "One of those killed was an unlucky thief who tried to steal braces holding up a concrete slab; it fell and killed him."
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February 2003, New York | A 25-year-old man, long accustomed to annoying neighbors by snowmobiling at high speeds through sleeping streets, finally received his comeuppance -- and in the process, a Darwinian nomination -- when he drove headfirst into a tree.
It is not only his reckless speeding through a nighttime residential area that makes him eligible, nor is it merely because he was driving an unregistered, uninsured snowmobile without a helmet while drunk. Although these spectacularly stupid ideas were ultimately responsible for his demise, there is yet another relevant aspect to report.
Brian "The Brain" Sabinsky was a fireman, a member of the same company dispatched to peel him off the tree, the same organization that preaches snowmobile safety; responds to other gruesome, drunken, helmet-free snowmobile "accidents" every year; and the very same company that posts an illuminated "helmet safety" notice 700 feet from his own home.
Clearly, while others have been as foolish as Brian in their choice of recreational activities, few have been so uniquely aware of the possible repercussions prior to making that choice!
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Literary Reference
"The problem with the gene pool is that there is no lifeguard." -Steven Wright
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