They're back and as stupid as ever: Darwin 2007 awards!

[Garp]

http://darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin2007.html

Poor site is a little /.'d at the moment.

What Goes Up Must Come Down
2007 Darwin Award Nominee
Confirmed True by Darwin
"What goes up must come down."

(20 June 2007, South Carolina) A passing cabbie found a 21 year-old couple Znaked and injured in the road an hour before sunrise. The two people died at the nearest hospital without regaining consciousness. Authorities were at a loss to explain what had happened. There were no witnesses, no trace of clothing, and no wrecked cars or motorcycles.

Investigators eventually found a clue high on the roof of a nearby building: two sets of neatly folded clothes. Safe sex takes on a whole new meaning when you are perched on the edge of a pyramid-shaped metal roof. "It appears as if [they] accidentally fell off the roof," Sgt. Florence McCants said.

This is a true Darwin Award trifecta: TWO people die, WHILE in the act of procreation, due to an ASTONISHINGLY poor decision. Bottom line: If you put yourself in a precarious "position" at the edge of a pointy roof, you may well find yourself coming and going at the same time.

Ironically, one of the deceased was named "Tumbleston."
(Some reports list the name as "Tubleston.")

[semi-pro waster]

Truly astonishing stupidity above and beyond the call of duty, that does merit a Darwin Award, some of the rest of the 2007 intake are pretty good as well.

[Feek]

That's a pretty rubbish winner.

[Garp]

Originally Posted by Feek

That's a pretty rubbish winner.

Its about sex... sex = votes pretty much. I thought the same thing. Some of the runners up were far better.

[Kell_ee001]

Agreed - there were some much funnier ones during the year

[BBx]

I've just read about one in the paper.... a drunk guy bet his friend that White Spirit wasn't flammable, so he douces his trousers in it and sets himself alight :/ here's the story:

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article....&in_page_id=34

BB x

[Garp]

Ahhh.. the winner has been announced properly.
http://www.darwinawards.com/newsletter/2007.html

(21 May 2004, Texas) Michael was an alcoholic. And not an ordinary alcoholic, but an alcoholic who liked to take his liquor... well, rectally. His wife said he was "addicted to enemas" and often used alcohol in this manner. The result was the same: inebriation.

The machine shop owner couldn't imbibe alcohol by mouth due to a painful throat ailment, so he elected to receive his favourite beverage via enema. And tonight, Michael was in for one hell of a party. Two 1.5 litre bottles of sherry, more than 100 fluid ounces, right up the old address!

When the rest of us have had enough, we either stop drinking or pass out. When Michael had had enough (and subsequently passed out) the alcohol remaining in his rectal cavity continued to be absorbed. The next morning, Michael was dead.

The 58-year-old did a pretty good job of embalming himself. According to toxicology reports, his blood alcohol level was 0.47%.

In order to qualify for a Darwin Award, a person must remove himself from the gene pool via an "astounding misapplication of judgment." Three litres of sherry up the butt can only be described as astounding. Unsurprisingly, his neighbors said they were surprised to learn of the incident.

[Tak]

[Daz]

That was my favourite Emailed it to the boss before Christmas

[Feek]

That's more like it.