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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. Re:Enema Within by rustalot42684 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    The 58-year-old did a pretty good job of embalming himself. According to toxicology reports, his blood alcohol level was 0.47%.
  2. The Laptop Still Works by pyrrhonist · · Score: 0, Redundant

    (26 February 2007, California) 29-year-old Oscar was driving on Highway 99 near Yuba City, when his Honda Accord crossed into oncoming traffic and collided with a Hummer. The occupants of the Hummer were not seriously injured. California Highway Patrol officers found Oscar's laptop still running, and plugged into the car's cigarette lighter. Investigators believe that he was using it when his car crossed the center line.

    Officer Poncherello of the CHiPs remarked, "The occupants of the Hummer were very lucky there was only a single laptop involved. Imagine the damage that could have been caused by a Beowulf cluster of these. Of course, if he had been running Linux, like we recommend, this would not have happened."

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    Show me on the doll where his noodly appendage touched you.