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Darwin Awards
A Chronicle of Enterprising Demises
Honoring those who improve the species...by
accidentally removing themselves from it!
May 2007 Chlorinating the Gene Pool.

NEW Darwin Awards! 
Electronic Fireworks
A Prop-er Sendoff
Near Misses! 
Shark Kiss
Stormwater Surfer
Brothers Well Met
Big Bang Theory

Zeebarf is drawing for us again! He's drawing art for a new line of products, such as T-shirts [preview] and flip-book notepads, and even "Darwin Awards Condoms: Keep Yourself Out of the Gene Pool." Jay is the gifted animator behind Sons of Butcher. He'd also a Rock Musician with a loyal fan club and a lovely lady. Jay just finished a flipbook animating the Dog and Dynamite legend. And he drew this Dead Fish, now on sale! (UV Coated, OK Outdoors)

$5 Darwin Fish.
6" x 2.25" Silver Emblem like those commonly seen on cars
only way sexier. A cute fish, floating belly-up, illustrating
the mechanism of natural selection. Minimum order is 2.
  

 
 

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Within these portals lie 670 "Enterprising Demises."
Where to begin? Try the four categories: Darwin Award, Honorable Mention, Urban Legend, Personal Account. Or review the Rules or FAQs, or just click the Randomizer button conveniently placed on every page.

Great Book!
Blind Spots:Why Smart People Do Dumb Things earns my highest praise!

Friendly Links

Gary suggests an Employee Darwin Award category!
Dickon Springate's hilariously embarrassing Handyman Snafu!
Broddyman's "Darwin Awards 2000 Show" on YouTube
Broddyman with the "Darwin Awards 1998 Show"

Hat on railroad track.
Leave it unless you hate your
own appendages.

Don't miss our mottos!
"Chlorinating the Gene Pool"
"Where Evolution Hits the Pavement"
"Die and Learn"
"The Tree of Life is Self-Pruning"
"Next!" &etc.

Changes in Status:

NOW CONFIRMED! Swim with Dolphins

Removed: Homesick Rafter, Fatal Cue

MAYBE REMOVE? Border Crossing Fake? um, odd?
Losing Face, too gross for me, Flamingo Gunfight Kinda blah.
Sweet Release Sad, but good safety example. Gun Safety Training - just not that stupid?

COMBINE: Blondes and Oil Changes & Happy Camper.
COMBINE Roller Coaster stories.
Combine spitting contest stories (1, (2))

STAR WARS, now an Honorable Mention
DISQUALIFIED/REMOVED: Sandman
Personal Account: http://darwinawards.com/slush/200610/pending20061007-115320.html Darwin Award: http://darwinawards.com/slush/200610/pending20061020-160332.html Honorable Mention: http://darwinawards.com/slush/200610/pending20061023-232448.html

Male Darwin Syndrome

Why do men outnumber women 10 to 1 in Darwin's Annals? I include women when I can, but still her showings are meager. Yesterday a patient Sonoma College gentleman suggested, "Not me, but men try to out do one another." They do test their limits, as Freeway Dangler attests.

Human Repair Advances

Those headed for a Darwin Award often suffer a few nicks and dings along the way. Recently, helpful bacteria have been coerced into pumping out a natural polymer. Their inventor makes medical sutures from the fibers. Wonderfully, our body absorbs these natural threads, so no more pulling out stitches! Doctors say the sutures are flexible and easy to work with. The bacterial polymers are a perfect human repair material. Hear more from Simon Williams, CEO of Tepha, and former MIT Postdoc.

Speaking of PostDoc...

Postdoc Comics mentioned me, Wendy, on April 6, a year after I had coffee with Jorge. What a procrastinator! Jorge had to "time his banana"?! Enjoy his comics. Buy his book!

Literary Reference

"Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious." -Peter Ustinov

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Interviews:  SV Mag > CNN > Salon.com


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