[SOC] Darwin strikes again...

[w9ya]

Umm this is a normal kind of submission to this group. Um, er,,,why join
this group and then complain about the normal of a group that celebrates
laughing at such behavior ?

On second thought, please do NOT answer my question.

- Not So Anonymous


On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 1:04 PM, Gordon 'Yeti' <yeti at ayrshore.com> 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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