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Classic Darwin Awards
Wrong Time, Wrong Place
Ski Theft Backfires
Macho Men
Midnight Special
Escaping Conviction
Peeper Plummets
Wife Tossing
Classic Urban Legends
JATO Rocket Car
The Last Supper
Lobster Vasectomy
The Bricklayer
Raccoon Rocket
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Our Mottos!
Chlorinating the Gene Pool
DARWIN AWARDS
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DARWIN AWARDS:
Culling the Herd
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"I DON'T THINK,
therefore I am not."
-Descartes, paraphrased
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Evolution in Action
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The Shallow End
of the Gene Pool
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Population Control Volunteers
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The Tree of Life
is Self-Pruning
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Steve Irwin
1962 - 2006
"Crikey!" Steve's dangerous animal antics bordered on insane, yet Man's
spirit to achieve greatness is linked to risk taking, and Steve
excelled at taking risks to further his passion for wildlife. Sadly Steve
Irwin was fatally stung by a stingray September 4, while filming an ocean
documentary. We regret his passing. He made a difference.
Steve
Irwin Quotes.
Insights from a Notable California Naturalist and Aquarium Collector.
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WENDY RANT on Freedom
The world is a frightening place. Terrorism is bad, but eliminating
freedom after freedom will not eliminate it. Warrantless tapping
of phones, torture called non-torture, imprisonment without rights.
Lies. Fear.
The world is a frightening place. Pedophilia is bad, but recording
and examining all Internet traffic is overkill. Is Internet pedophilia
widespread? Who knows? To search for those words is to risk imprisonment.
Spies. Fear.
Please read this essay, only 2400 words.
Just doing my part.
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Literary
References
"He who hesitates... is sometimes saved." -James Thurber
"I'm my own worst enemy."
Lyrics by PINK
Word of the Day: improvident: lacking foresight; negligent; thoughtless.
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New Darwin Awards
The Darwin Awards salute the improvement of the human genome
by honoring those who, uh, remove themselves from it...
 Like two men, 17 and 21, who imitated Darth Vader, and made light sabres
from fluorescent light tubes. That's right, they opened them up, poured
gasoline inside, and lit them. As one can imagine, a Star Wars sized
explosion was not far behind. Darth Vader died, while his opponent
survived to 'fess up to their creative, but stupid, reenactment.
 Some moderators said 17 was too young, but I disagree. This one
passes the "no minors" rule, because 17 is legal driving age, and old
enough to pump gas is old enough to know better.
Reference: news.bbc.co.uk
 Speaking of pumping gas, this is unconfirmed, but a Pittsburg woman
told a gas station attendant that she had spilled some gasoline, and
wouldn't pay for it. He indicated disbelief, whereupon she said,
"Look I'll prove it," and tossed her cigarette into the puddle.
The gas ignited -- proving her point, but landing her in court
in 1993 for inciting a catastrophe.
When you hear the words, "Look, I'll prove it," run away!
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Freeway Dangler
Confirmed DA
 (31 May 2005, Seattle, Washington) Strength and endurance are two of
the most important characteristics that can be passed on to improve
the species, so physical challenges between males are frequent. In
this case, two drinking buddies found themselves on an overpass 40
feet above a busy freeway in downtown Seattle at 2:45 a.m. It turned
out to be the perfect place to determine who had more strength and
endurance. Whoever could dangle from the overpass the longest would
win!
Unfortunately, the winner was too tired from his victory to climb
back up, despite help from his friend. The unidentified champion
fell smack into traffic below.
Cartoon Art
Hammer of Doom
Confirmed DA
 August brings us a winner from Brazil, who tried to disassemble a Rocket
Propelled Grenade (RPG) by driving back and forth over it with a car.
This technique was ineffective, so he escalated to pounding the RPG
with a sledgehammer. The second try worked--in a sense. The explosion
proved fatal to one man, six cars, and the repair shop wherein the
efforts took place.
14 more RPG grenades were found in a car parked nearby. Police believe
the ammunition was being scavenged to sell as scrap metal.
If it wasn't scrap then, it certainly is now!
Reference: Odia (Brazil), msnbc.com, UK Daily Mail.
Submissions: (1) (2) (3) (4)
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Honorable Mentions
Helmet Head
Confirmed HM
 12 August 2006 | An
Indiana man grabbed a roll of duct tape, fastened a large mortar-style
firework to his football helmet, and lit the fuse. Astoundingly, the
21-year-old survived this party stunt with a concussion and burns. His
helmet, however, was destroyed.
Reference: wsbt.com, AP.
Submissions: (1)
(2)
Snake in the Grass
Confirmed HM
 This Honorable Mention goes to the hiker in Scotland who picked up
a grass snake so his brother could take a picture. Just as he reached
for it, a black serpent slithered into view, so he grabbed that too.
It was a black adder, Britain's only venomous snake. Both reptiles
sank their fangs into the 44-year-old, who went into anaphylactic shock.
He recovered in the hospital. His excuse for his rash act?
He didn't think venomous snakes inhabited Scotland.
Reference: The Scotsman.
Submissions: (1)
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