NEW Darwin Awards!
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Whitewater Floaters
Arkansas | Tenacity is often advantageous to an organism. But combine it
with a lack of common sense and an excess of bravado, and the trait may
prove deleterious. Ten inches of rainfall had flooded Big Piney Creek over
its banks...
Read on.
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Beer for Bears
Serbia | It's well known that alcohol impairs judgement. It's well known
that carnivorous wild animals and humans don't mix. What happens when we
combine all three...?
Read on.
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Falling In Love
South Carolina | A 21 year-old couple was found naked in the road an hour
before sunrise by a passing cabbie. Authorities were at a loss to explain
what had happened. There were no witnesses, no trace of clothing, and no
wrecked cars...
Read on.
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Oil Tank Trampoline
Colorado | If you cut the rug on an oil tank, don't light a cigarette or
you may find yourself climbing the proverbial Stairway to Heaven. After
liquoring themselves up, some teens decided that it would be fun to cavort
on a mostly-empty oil tank...
Read on.
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The 2006
IgNobel Prizes
Awards for scientists who publish pretty darned
stupid research: winners include the penetrating (heh) medical report,
"Sword Swallowing and Its Side Effects," research into how sheets get
wrinkled, and the chemist who extracted vanilla from cow dung. Enjoy the
silly side of science!
A moment of silence...
for the British judge who doesn't know
online from offline. SlashDot
reported that during a trial of three men accused of inciting terrorism via
the internet, the judge "admitted he was struggling to cope with basic
terms." The prosecutor set aside his line of questioning to explain 'Web
site' and 'forum' to the 59-year-old judge, who acknowledged, "I haven't
quite grasped the concepts." At least he knows his own limitations!
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Wendy
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October 25!
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"Death The Final Frontier"
Star Trek Urns and
Caskets? I suspected a joke, but Nick, a VP at Eternal Image, assures
me that they really are producing a new line of funerary products for "the
four decades of fan base." I suggest a line of Darwin Awards coffins (with
satin pockets for stray limbs) and canopic jars.
Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition
that's
troublesome. --Isaac Asimov
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Changes in Status:
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))
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Literary Reference
"Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious." -Peter Ustinov
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