Darwin award candidates 2011

[TheFlyingBanana]

I'm nominating this guy:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13623938


Got any more?

[boddah]

Doh :roll:

[magirus]

I can't see anyone topping that. (no pun intended! :wink: )

[village]

-When his .38 caliber revolver failed to fire at his intended victim during a hold-up in Long Beach, California, would-be robber James Elliot did something that can only inspire wonder. He peered down the barrel and tried the trigger again. This time it worked.


Two that deserve a mention although no gene pool was cleansed:

-After stopping for drinks at an illegal bar, a Zimbabwean bus driver found that the 20 mental patients he was supposed to be transporting from Harare to Bulawayo had escaped. Not wanting to admit his incompetence, the driver went to a nearby bus stop and offered everyone waiting there a free ride. He then delivered the passengers to the mental hospital, telling the staff that the patients were very excitable and prone to bizarre fantasies. The deception wasn't discovered for 3 days.

-When a man attempted to siphon gasoline from a motor home parked on a Seattle street by sucking on a hose, he got much more than he bargained for. Police arrived at the scene to find a very sick man curled up next to a motor home near spilled sewage. A police spokesman said that the man admitted to trying to steal gasoline, but he plugged his siphon hose into the motor home's sewage tank by mistake. The owner of the vehicle declined to press charges saying that it was the best laugh he'd ever had

-And a classic Darwin Award winner from last year....

25 August 2010, Daejon, South Korea) VIDEO NEWS! A handicapped man, annoyed that an elevator closed and departed without him, thinks it over before ramming his wheelchair into the doors not once, not twice, but three times in all–only to plunge down the now-empty elevator shaft to his death. Simultaneous success and failure combine to earn the 40-year-old “Angry Wheelchair Man” lasting immortality as a Darwin Award winner.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-omw...layer_embedded

[miked10270]

"Hoped it would bring him good luck for the rest of his life"

Perhaps it did!!?

:laughing3: Mike.

[sestrel]

Lets hope the poor misguided fool's small child doesnt inherit the friggin moron gene from his father. And that someone kind and sensible gives them a good home.

[watch-nut]

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-After stopping for drinks at an illegal bar, a Zimbabwean bus driver found that the 20 mental patients he was supposed to be transporting from Harare to Bulawayo had escaped. Not wanting to admit his incompetence, the driver went to a nearby bus stop and offered everyone waiting there a free ride. He then delivered the passengers to the mental hospital, telling the staff that the patients were very excitable and prone to bizarre fantasies. The deception wasn't discovered for 3 days.

That reducd me to tears - superb :lol: :lol: :lol:

[jl smout]

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-After stopping for drinks at an illegal bar, a Zimbabwean bus driver found that the 20 mental patients he was supposed to be transporting from Harare to Bulawayo had escaped. Not wanting to admit his incompetence, the driver went to a nearby bus stop and offered everyone waiting there a free ride. He then delivered the passengers to the mental hospital, telling the staff that the patients were very excitable and prone to bizarre fantasies. The deception wasn't discovered for 3 days.

That reducd me to tears - superb :lol: :lol: :lol:

I second that motion.

[Ruddy]

All very good, especially the bus driver and the angry wheelchair user.

[gingerpaul]

[quote=jl smout]

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-After stopping for drinks at an illegal bar, a Zimbabwean bus driver found that the 20 mental patients he was supposed to be transporting from Harare to Bulawayo had escaped. Not wanting to admit his incompetence, the driver went to a nearby bus stop and offered everyone waiting there a free ride. He then delivered the passengers to the mental hospital, telling the staff that the patients were very excitable and prone to bizarre fantasies. The deception wasn't discovered for 3 days.

That reducd me to tears - superb :lol: :lol: :lol:

I second that motion.[/quote:376me094]

Brilliant! That reminds me a bit of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

[Azuk]

It not often I'm left speechless but he must surely take the 1st prize.

[Normunds]

16 year old girl was mowing grass with electrical mower. She cut a cord and was electrocuted while repairing cord without unplugging from power outlet.

[tomthumbring]

[quote=gingerpaul]

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-After stopping for drinks at an illegal bar, a Zimbabwean bus driver found that the 20 mental patients he was supposed to be transporting from Harare to Bulawayo had escaped. Not wanting to admit his incompetence, the driver went to a nearby bus stop and offered everyone waiting there a free ride. He then delivered the passengers to the mental hospital, telling the staff that the patients were very excitable and prone to bizarre fantasies. The deception wasn't discovered for 3 days.

That reducd me to tears - superb :lol: :lol: :lol:

I second that motion.

Brilliant! That reminds me a bit of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.[/quote:2s29b4q9]

OMG!

[Pete]

Similarly incomprehensible:

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/nati...515-1entn.html

[stooo]

16 year old girl was mowing grass with electrical mower. She cut a cord and was electrocuted while repairing cord without unplugging from power outlet.

Reminds me of this scary image.....

[lilolee]

or this

[lilolee]

:roll: