Those could be the best ones yet.
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| Author: | Irish Drifter [ Wed Oct 31, 2007 1:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | 2007 Darwin Award Winners Announced |
Yes, it's again that magical time of the year 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 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 cinderblock through a liquor 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.' |
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| Author: | Orange [ Wed Oct 31, 2007 1:14 pm ] |
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Those could be the best ones yet.
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| Author: | Irish Drifter [ Wed Oct 31, 2007 1:19 pm ] |
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Orange wrote: Those could be the best ones yet.
Think the Zimbabwean bus driver deserves an honorary CRT membership. He came up with a better excuse than most guys on CRT give their wives as the reason they are going to Costa Rica. 
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| Author: | Mucho Gusto [ Wed Oct 31, 2007 2:23 pm ] |
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Great post ID!!! I especially liked the guy who went into the convenience store with $20, robbed the place, and walked out with $15 !
By the way.... Congrats Orange on hitting 4,000 posts!!!  
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| Author: | El Silencioso [ Wed Oct 31, 2007 2:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 2007 Darwin Award Winners Announced |
Irish Drifter wrote: 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. ..... 
kind of remind me of Wile E Coyote cartoon... 
What a moron.... 
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| Author: | Sandino [ Wed Oct 31, 2007 4:24 pm ] |
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Irish Drifter wrote: 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. Being a Chicago guy myself, I can tell you that there is an unwritten, universal understanding amongst the good and decent people of my city that you don’t take a parking spot that someone else has just shoveled after a snow storm. There is nothing worse than spending hours outside freezing your nuts off, with wind chill factors in the negatives, clearing out a spot in four feet of snow, only to have some douchebag unsuspectingly slip in and park there when you’re away. Usually this is prevented by placing lawn furniture (and/or any other household items that are available) out along the curb to stake your claim, but that doesn’t necessarily eliminate the possibility that some utterly classless asshole will simply move your stuff to the side and park there anyway. Although I find the parking of a vehicle in a space that someone else shoveled to be a bold-faced affront to civility and good manners, I believe that murdering the offending party is a little extreme. I personally would have retaliated with the widely accepted method of flattening their tires. |
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| Author: | Downandup [ Thu Nov 01, 2007 7:18 am ] |
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It's the same in Boston, MA once you clear out a parking spot, it's yours until the snow melts as long as you put out a couple of chairs or buckets. |
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| Author: | BrownCow [ Thu Nov 01, 2007 7:35 am ] |
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My favourite is the bus driver... I can DEFINITELY understand shooting the woman for taking that cleared spot. |
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