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2007 Darwin Award Winners

Posted by kdawson on from the shallow-end-of-the-gene-pool dept.

Web Goddess writes "The 2007 Darwin Award Winners have been announced. Precarious sex, squashed thieves, animals eradicated with electricity, the obligatory macho competition involving a train, and one computer (which survived.) But think twice before you read them. Do you really want to know about The Enema Within?"

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  1. Lone objector by Hao+Wu · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I humbly protest the DA each year, but not with any judgment or anger about it.

    Exploiting death for humor turns me off somehow (except for the occasional hard criminal - good riddance to them).

    Of course that's not the INTENTION, but that's what it is really...

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    I suggest you read Slashdot
  2. The Real Darwin Awards by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    As a funeral director I think Darwin awards should be handed out not to the stupid but to the senseless. The following list is based on my own professional observations of people I think qualify for a Darwin Award.

    1. pedestrians who ignore traffic
    2. recreational drug users
    3. drivers who drive distracted, intoxicated or stupid
    4. people who commit suicide (if you find yourself in this spot, seriously talk to someone. I've seen the aftermath and its never clean, neat or peaceful -- and anyone who tells you different... has never been there)

    The real tragedy isn't that we do stupid things but we keep doing the same stupid things with the same tragic results and always act surprised when people die.

    So seriously folks, next time you think its safe to cross on a red light, drive and talk on a cell phone or take hit of cocaine at a party, just remember that millions of people ahead of you of made the same decision and are either dead or killed some poor innocent person.

    A senseless death stops being senseless when we learn from it and resolve not to let it happen again. Give the real Darwin Awards to the tens of thousands who never learn.