2006 Darwin Awards
 Kite String... Benjamin Franklin, move over! Another kite-flying experiment gives shocking results.
Rolling Stones Three fans of Isaac Newton meet him in person, after they attempt to scavenge the scrap metal from a 500-pound bomb.
 Stubbed Out... Doctors warned him, but Phillip had to find out for himself. He hid on the fire escape and lit up...
Honorable Mentions
 Flyswatter...the class learns a painful lesson on killing bugs, when their teacher's attention wanders during class.
Personal Accounts
Finnish Finish... tales from a doctor who treated two patients shortly after the Finnish government cut alcohol taxes in half.
 Revenge of Mother Love... in which a woman takes control of the TV in one deft motion with her scissors.
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Literary
References
"Some humans would do anything to see if it was possible. If you put a
large switch in some cave somewhere, with a sign on it saying
"End-of-the-World Switch. PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH," the paint wouldn't even
have time to dry."
Terry Pratchett,
Thief of Time, paraphrased.
"Human beings, almost unique in having the ability to learn from
the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent
disinclination to do so."
-Douglas Adams, Last Chance to See
"If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid
people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?"
-Scott Adams, Dilbert cartoonist
"If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular
error."
- John Kenneth
Galbraith, economist
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ARTIST CORNER
 PhD Comics, created by Jorge Cham, began
at Stanford; like my work on the Darwin Awards, it was what
Jorge did when he was supposed to be doing research. If
you or someone you love has suffered the rigors of grad school,
check out PhD Comics -- part therapy, part gallows humor.
Anthropologist Colin Groves: "Even today it could be
possible for humans and chimps to... produce offspring,
although there would be ethical problems." As well as hygiene
problems, methinks. Read more...
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Vintage Darwin Awards
Wrong Time, Wrong Place
Ski Theft Backfires
Macho Men
Midnight Special
Escaping Conviction
My Personal Favorites...
Peeper Plummets
Wife Tossing
Classic Urban Legends
JATO Rocket Car
The Last Supper
Lobster Vasectomy
The Bricklayer
Raccoon Rocket
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Bumper Stickers!
Darwin Awards:
Culling the Herd
Population Control Volunteers
Die and Learn
The Shallow End of
the Gene Pool
"I (don't) Think,
Therefore I Am (not)"
~descartes
Chlorinating the Gene Pool
Natural de-Selection
Evolution in Action
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Darwin Awards Citings
References to the Darwin Awards are popping up everywhere!
The notion has become a cultural icon.
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