Darwin awardee of the day: "Oh shucks, I'm not bulletpr

Manji · Post by **Manji** » 2002-09-09 02:44pm

http://www.itechnology.co.za/index.php? ... 5&set_id=1

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2002-09-09 02:55pm

One of the crazier of the rebel groups in the Congo in the 60s used to do that, only with magic amulets, it didn't work to well when they ran into Belgian Commandos.

Then the explanation came that you needed to pay even more money to have a spell placed on the amulet to make it work properly..

Post by **Mr Bean** » 2002-09-09 02:56pm

Old News, already happen in Ausy Land, A native aborigin shamen tried the same thing and killed himself from a .357 to the head

aerius · Post by **aerius** » 2002-09-09 03:03pm

Then there's these, also involving firearms.

Selbyville,DL. Sylvester Briddell was bet he will not load a revolver with 4 rounds,place it in his mouth & pull the trigger.He won the bet(I guess..).
Limestone,Tennessee. A man is admitted to the V.A. hospital in Johnson City,TN with a shotgun wound to the foot. He states he was in the bathroom when a spider got on his foot & he shot at it with a 16 gauge shotgun. (#1.Did he hit the spider? #2 Why did he have a shotgun in the bathroom? #3 Do you REALLY want to know the answer to #2?)

Post by **Colonel Olrik** » 2002-09-09 05:18pm

We recently had a fraud involving several women. Appeared in all the news.

Some guys convinced them by phone to experiment a new european technic of breast examinations by long range satelyte flashes.

They just had to go to an open space in a said park and get topless.

And they fell for it. And were filmed.

And after this proof of stupidity, they still appeared on TV wanting the police to catch the dangerous criminals.

doesn't this come close to shooting oneself?

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2002-09-09 08:50pm

There's lots of dumb criminals and dumb people who fall for them. is there some sort of website where there's a bunch of these stories of stupidity in action? What causes people to do this stuff? What ever happened to common sense?

There was once someone who shot himself in the shoulder. After it healed, he shot it again to see if it hurt as much.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2002-09-09 09:06pm

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi wrote:There's lots of dumb criminals and dumb people who fall for them. is there some sort of website where there's a bunch of these stories of stupidity in action? What causes people to do this stuff? What ever happened to common sense?

Beer and dope is what happend

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2002-09-09 09:08pm

In order to get a Darwin award, do you actually need to die, or just remove yourself from the gene-pool? I remember the guy who emasculated himself with a belt sander, but I can't remember if he got a full award, or just an honorary one.

Azeron · Post by **Azeron** » 2002-09-09 10:50pm

in 2000 the winner was a guy who tried to clean out his bowls by sticking a high pressure air hose up his ass. his remains were scattered for 2 blocks.

this actgually has precedent, so I am not sure it woul qualify. during the boxer revellion boxer recriters, would say that anyone who truely beleived in the cause, (removing foreigners from china) would be made impervious to bullets. they used a wheat shot to convnce them as it was not powerful enough to pierce thier skin. anyhow, after joining they raided the foriegn quater of peking (modern day bejing) and charged right into the american marines defensive line of fire. they were slaughtered by the thousands and the line held. the ones that kept on dieing were beleived to not really believeing in the holiness of thier cause. anyways this went on for a bit, till the american/british/frnech expeditionairy forces linked up in peking and beat the living crap out of the chinese.

so too many people have fallen for this gag to qualify for the darwin award.

Post by **weemadando** » 2002-09-09 11:11pm

I remember an utterly gullible elderly couple down here in little ole Tassie that got an e-mail from someone in Canada they'd never heard of congratulating them for being the winner in a competition, that, you guessed it: they'd never heard of. And saying that they'd need to send the group $3000 American so that the prize of "A BRAND NEW CAR" could be shipped to them. They send the money to a PO box in Canada and after 6 months decide to call the police.

This just goes to show that the average man on the street is a moron.

Crown · Post by **Crown** » 2002-09-09 11:56pm

I love the Darwin awards, each year I sleep a little better....

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2002-09-10 12:12am

Azeron wrote:in 2000 the winner was a guy who tried to clean out his bowls by sticking a high pressure air hose up his ass. his remains were scattered for 2 blocks.

this actgually has precedent, so I am not sure it woul qualify. during the boxer revellion boxer recriters, would say that anyone who truely beleived in the cause, (removing foreigners from china) would be made impervious to bullets. they used a wheat shot to convnce them as it was not powerful enough to pierce thier skin. anyhow, after joining they raided the foriegn quater of peking (modern day bejing) and charged right into the american marines defensive line of fire. they were slaughtered by the thousands and the line held. the ones that kept on dieing were beleived to not really believeing in the holiness of thier cause. anyways this went on for a bit, till the american/british/frnech expeditionairy forces linked up in peking and beat the living crap out of the chinese.

so too many people have fallen for this gag to qualify for the darwin award.

In all fairness, the IJA was the first to arrive by a big margin, though they had the advantage of having sufficient troops less then two days steaming away from Chinese coast.

Azeron · Post by **Azeron** » 2002-09-10 10:36am

In all fairness, the IJA was the first to arrive by a big margin, though they had the advantage of having sufficient troops less then two days steaming away from Chinese coast.

Your Point Being?