Charles Darwin's Darwin Awards 
HOME
Darwin Awards
At-Risk Survivors
Slush Pile
2009 April Slush
Russian man survives 5 storey fall.
Monaro Coupe in Airport Takeoff
Tumble Mountain
Darwin Award near Darwin !
New Car Flambee
brain wiping
Prey wins hunter looses
Para-Sailing and A Zipline
Man swallows scissors
Older Slush 
 
~ Random Story ~
Email Alert!
NEW! Gift Shop
Rules – Search
Contact Darwin
Submit a Story
Philosophy Forum
Home

  

Darwin Awards
2009 Slush Pile

This item was recently submitted by a reader.
Should I include it in the archive?
Vote to tell me what *you* think!

New Car Flambee

2009 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance

A novice driver came all the way from Paris, France, to the Black Forest in Southwest Germany to get a brand new Smart Car (I guess he was not as smart as his car). Less than a kilometer from the dealership he filled his car up. Obviously he had never done that before as he filled the gas into the air inlets rather than the tank. The hot engine immediately ignited the gas and the car was completely destroyed. He was lucky and escaped unscathed but as the car was neither registered nor insured (which is a serious offense in Germany) he is now legally in hot water.

Badische Zeitung, April 24, 2009

http://www.badische-zeitung.de/fahranfaenger-tankt-falsch-auto-in-flammen

Submitted on 04/24/2009

Submitted by: Roland
Reference: Badische Zeitung, April 24, 2009

Copyright © 2009 DarwinAwards.com

Awful? 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Great?
Hate it! Love it!
>> Moderator Scores <<

Candi said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
How the bloody blue blazes can you mistake an air vent for a tank valve!?! Moron! The legal trouble is just icing on the cake. Thanks, Roland!

Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
Gadzooks! That's one expensive mistake he made. I'm sure he'll never do it again. Thanks, Roland.

The Darwin Awards Gift Shop

Darwin Awards II: Unnatural Selection

Hardback. 240 pages. Autographed.
$15
A fresh collection of magnificent misadventures! Lust, Vanity, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Envy, and Wrath extract an evolutionary toll on the wicked. Salute the owner of an equipment training school who demonstrates the dangers of driving a forklift by failing to survive the filming of his own safety video. Witness the man who becomes a victim of his own strange passion for jumping into rivers. Heed the honest bricklayer who loses a battle of wits with 300 pounds of tools.

This book includes more History of the Awards, Gordon's Law, and 10 discussions of evolution, including speciation and the role of verbal memes in civilization.

Autographed by Author!

 

 

Slush Pile
Slush Pile Rejects


Advanced Search

HomeRulesFAQsAwardsSlushSite Map
DarwinAward | HonorableMention | PersonalAccount | UrbanLegend