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The Darwin Awards salutes the spirit portrayed in the following personal accounts, submitted by loyal (and sometimes reluctant) readers. |
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My sister would kill me if she knew I send you her self-nomination. Here is an email she sent me in January. I can't even believe we're related.
(Confirmed True by Darwin) "Goll-ee you wouldn't believe how I almost killed myself today. I was scrubbing my toilets to get the hard water stain out, but the normal scrub-a-dub stuff from the store wasn't working, so I poured a bunch of bleach in the toilet and let it soak. I do that on occasion if the rust stain is bad, and never had a problem. Time passed and I had to get moving. I took off my clothes and was ready to jump in the shower but first I used the bathroom. Suddenly I am getting totally fumed out in the enclosed bathroom space. Duh! Urine has ammonia in it and ammonia and bleach aren't exactly the best mix... I'm turning on the fan, flushing the toilet, running to open the door, and all I could think about was how this is exactly how I DO NOT want to go. I can see the headlines now; "Dead woman found naked on her toilet, overcome by fatal pee fumes." As much as I hate to admit it, you have the village idiot for a sister."
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Hardback. 327 pages. Autographed.$15 185 Stories! In the ongoing saga of Survival of the Fittest, meet the thief who steals electrical wires without shutting off the current! Marvel at the would-be pilot who suspends his lawnchair from helium balloons! Learn from the man who peers into a gas can using a cigarette lighter...! This book also includes a History of the Darwin Awards, Darwin Haiku, and a dozen humorous discussions of the implications of evolution, including the origin of idiots, and the role of testosterone. Autographed by Author! |
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