More Darwin Awards

**blacklab** · 10-28-09, 01:30 PM

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.

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 Yipsilanti , 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!!!

*** And They Drive Vehicles !!!

*** And They Vote !!!

*** And They Breed !!!

**Brk** · 10-28-09, 01:52 PM

Yes, the same "more" from 2005, and 2006, and...and...

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/darwin05.asp

**blacklab** · 10-28-09, 02:43 PM

Well Burke I had not seen them before and they gave me a smile. You also seem to forget there are new people who join and may not have seen them. Not everybody has the time to go back through the thousands of posts to see what is there.

If you really think I should quit posting things like this why don't you set up a voting post and if most vote against them I will quit.

When I see something I think is funny and brightens my day I like to share it. There are so many negative things posted I like to try and be on the positive side. I am sure there are many who copy the jokes and pass them on, and that is good, but if enough want me to quit I will.

What I don't need is someone digging up old posts just so they can throw a dig at someone. What I do is just close the post and go onto something else. Why would I want to waste time looking up a reference to and old post unless I needed it?

**Chris** · 10-29-09, 11:32 PM

Originally Posted by blacklab

but if enough want me to quit I will.

I wouldn't worry about it Terry
There are many poor souls in this world who have nothing more to do in there meger existance then to try and belittle others.
You are not one of them.
It just seems that SG has more then a few