The 2003 Darwin Award Winners:

Dpierce37 · Ladies Man Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 7659 City: Austin

The 2003 Darwin Award Winners:

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When his 38-caliber revolver failed to fire at his intended victim
during a holdup 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.....

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The chef at a hotel in Switzerland lost a finger in a meat cutting
machine and, after a little hopping around, submitted a claim to his
insurance company. The company, suspecting negligence, sent out one of
its men to have a look for himself. He tried the machine and lost a
finger. The chef's claim was approved.

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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.

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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 beltway 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.

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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.

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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?)

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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.

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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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The Ann Arbor News crime column reported that a man walked into a Burger
King in Ypsilanti, 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.

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A 5-STAR STUPIDITY AWARD WINNER!

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 and 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

Porterwake · Posted: Aug 22, 2003 12:27 pm Post subject:

I don't know.....

The american kid getting his head hit by a train to see how close he could get it would be the winner to me... Laughing

90redgsx · Criminal Joined: 08 Jul 2003 Posts: 80 City: Michigan

but sadly there are really no winners when it comes to darwin awards

Jester · Posted: Aug 22, 2003 2:23 pm Post subject:

A couple of those sound made up. I know all of this stuff is pretty unbelievable, but I just can't allow a couple of 'em to slip past me (namely, the 3rd & 4th ones).

68DARKHORSE · Criminal Joined: 24 Mar 2003 Posts: 59

The "black water tank" on an RV does not have a fill cap/hose, it dumps from the bottom and cannot be mistaken for a gas cap. If opened, it will run out.

MobyRick · Outlaw Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 247 City: Greer, SC

Unfortunately most of these are not true Darwin awards because a Darwin is when the gene pool is cleansed. Sadly most of these idiots survived.

pooser · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 4738

ya i thought darwin awards were given to people who died and the runner ups were people who should have died doing stupid things but didnt.

Mister C · Posted: Aug 23, 2003 7:36 pm Post subject:

Those were still good stories though.

Fredrick Eisenhauer · Posted: Aug 23, 2003 7:44 pm Post subject:

canadian_wakeboarder · Outlaw Joined: 08 Apr 2003 Posts: 171 City: Dirty 'shwa

A darwin award is those who give their lives to make our world a better place. In other words they kill themselves or become unfertile to raise the average IQ of our gene pool. But those were great stories!

IlliniBoarder · Criminal Joined: 31 Jul 2003 Posts: 69

My freshman biology teacher told us a true story of her brother or brother in law or someone related to her who got a darwin award for urinating on an electric fence and getting electrocuted. Its stupid but true.

tyybo · Soul Rider Joined: 02 Mar 2003 Posts: 340 City: Fargo

the electric fence thing is a lie, a friend of mine got really drunk when we were in montana and pissed on a fense and he said he could barely feel it, i thought it was funny that he was stupid enough to try it though

Fredrick Eisenhauer · Posted: Aug 24, 2003 11:41 pm Post subject:

tyybo, I dont think there is an electric fence one.

jvanick · Posted: Aug 25, 2003 5:49 am Post subject:

They did the electric fence thing in JackA** too...

I wonder if they were just acting..

-J

Fredrick Eisenhauer · Posted: Aug 26, 2003 12:00 am Post subject:

tyybo, Sorry my bad i see the electric fence one now. ive heard that happening heaps before.

BillJ · Posted: Aug 26, 2003 1:50 am Post subject:

There is one old Darwin Award story that is real, and pretty amazing. It's about the guy in Long Beach that decided to attach 45 helium weather balloons to an aluminum lawn chair and fly. He floated for several hours at altitudes up to 16,000 feet, where he was spotted by pilots.

Full story on it: http://www.snopes.com/spoons/noose/balloon.htm

One of the rare Urban Legends that is true!

B-rad · Posted: Aug 26, 2003 6:33 am Post subject:

Interesting story there about him.

Jester · Posted: Aug 26, 2003 9:51 am Post subject:

SS_EMT · Criminal Joined: 22 Jul 2003 Posts: 82 City: S. S.

There are different charges on electric fences, The strenght of the charge depends on the size animal you intend to keep in or out. Small animals small charge and large animals large charge, some also pulsate.

llenta · Addict Joined: 22 Jul 2003 Posts: 788 City: Davis

the darwin awards will never get old.
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Fredrick Eisenhauer · Posted: Aug 27, 2003 11:41 pm Post subject:

theres actually a site for darwin awards www.darwinawards.com i think