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Email a Friend The stupidity displayed by the participants in the following tales stops short of the ultimate Darwin Awards sacrifice. Nevertheless, we salute the spirit and innovation of their misadventures. Next Prev Random

Beer Chaser
2002 At-Risk Survivor
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Was the beer half-full, or the brain half-empty?

(15 October 2002, Texas) A man chasing a half-full beer can across a Houston freeway was struck by a Chevy truck before he could retrieve his prize. He was taken to a nearby hospital, where he is listed in critical condition.

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Darwin Awards II: Unnatural Selection

Hardback. 240 pages. Autographed.
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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.

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