[SOC] Darwin strikes again...

Thu Dec 30 16:20:12 EST 2010

And thanks for giving us a chance to read them again, and again etc.

Gordon 'Yeti' wrote:
> Thanks for spamming us with 2005's 'Darwin Award' fakery....
>
> On 30/12/2010 20:00, Spencer Sholly wrote:
>   
>>
>>
>>
>> Yes, it's that magical time of year again when the
>> Darwin Awards are bestowed, honoring the least evolved among us.
>>
>>
>> Here is the glorious winner:
>>
>> 1. 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.
>>
>>
>> And now, the honorable mentions:
>>
>> 2. The chef at a hotel in Switzerland lost a finger
>> in a meat cutting machine and after a little shopping around, submitted a
>> claim to his insurance company. The company expecting negligence sent out
>> one of its men to have a look for himself. He tried the machine and he also
>> lost a finger. The chef's claim was approved.
>>
>> 3. A man who shoveled snow for an hour to clear a
>> space for his car during a blizzard in Chicago returned with his vehicle to
>> find a woman had taken the space. Understandably, he shot her.
>>
>> 4. 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.
>>
>> 5. An American teenager was in the hospital
>> recovering from serious head wounds received from an oncoming train. When
>> asked how he received the injuries, the lad told police that he was simply
>> trying to see how close he could get his head to a moving train before he
>> was hit.
>>
>> 6. A man walked into a Louisiana Circle-K, put a $20
>> bill on the counter, and asked for change. When the clerk opened the cash
>> drawer, the man pulled a gun and asked for all the cash in the register,
>> which the clerk promptly provided. The man took the cash from the clerk and
>> fled, leaving the $20 bill on the counter. The total amount of cash he got
>> from the drawer... $15. [If someone points a gun at you and gives you
>> money,
>> is a crime committed?]
>>
>> 7. Seems an Arkansas guy wanted some beer pretty
>> badly.. He decided that he'd just throw a cinder block through a liquor
>> store window, grab some booze, and run. So he lifted the cinder block and
>> heaved it over his head at the window. The cinder block bounced back and
>> hit
>> the would-be thief on the head, knocking him unconscious. The liquor store
>> window was made of Plexiglas. The whole event was caught on videotape.
>>
>> 8. As a female shopper exited a New York convenience
>> store, a man grabbed her purse and ran. The clerk called 911 immediately,
>> and the woman was able to give them a detailed description of the snatcher.
>> Within minutes, the police apprehended the snatcher. They put him in the
>> car
>> and drove back to the store. The thief was then taken out of the car and
>> told to stand there for a positive ID. To which he replied, "Yes, officer,
>> that's her. That's the lady I stole the purse from."
>>
>> 9. The Ann Arbor News crime column reported that a
>> man walked into a Burger King in Ypsilanti , Michigan at 5 A.M., flashed a
>> gun, and demanded cash. The clerk turned him down because he said he
>> couldn't open the cash register without a food order. When the man ordered
>> onion rings, the clerk said they weren't available for breakfast... The
>> man,
>> frustrated, walked away. [*A 5-STAR STUPIDITY AWARD WINNER]
>>
>> 10. When a man attempted to siphon gasoline from a
>> motor home parked on a Seattle street, 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.
>>
>>
>> In the interest of bettering mankind, please share
>> these with friends and family....unless of course one of these individuals
>> by chance is a distant relative or long lost friend. In that case, be glad
>> they are distant and hope they remain lost.
>>
>>
>> ***
>>
>> Remember.... They walk among us!!!
>>
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