[SOC] Darwin strikes again...

Thu Dec 30 19:16:44 EST 2010

At least laugh at new, real ones then:

http://www.darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin2010.html

On 30/12/2010 23:55, w9ya wrote:
> 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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