ROGUE3308

Darwin Awards 2005

> Yes, it's that magical time of the year again when the Darwin Awards
> are bestowed, honoring the least Evolved among us. Here then, are the
> glorious winners, the 2005 Darwin Award Winners:
>
> 1. When his 38-caliber revolver failed to fire at his intended victim
> during a holdup 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 hopping 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 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 cinderblock through aliquor store window, grab
> some booze, and run. So he lifted the cinderblock and heaved it over
> his head at the window. The cinderblock 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 and 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 had
in
years.

WestSideBilly

She deserved it. That's not darwinism!

MrClean

Popeye

Did these people all attend Marshall university ?

ROGUE3308

No, but they have all swam in Lake Erie at one time or another.

Scot

The Thundering Herd!!!!!!!!!

Take me home....to the place.....i belong.......WVA....

efthimios

ROGUE3308

Born and raised brutha! GO HERD!

Scot

My mom lived in Huntington WVA.... i think the last time i was there was about 20 years ago though. My grandad died around 15 years ago.

Was there some factory there...Innco or something like that..... she is going to go back to her 45th highschool reunion soon i think.

ROGUE3308

My Grandfather and Uncle both retired from INCO. My Father in Law will retire from there in a year.