 stupidity
dont know how many of you have heard of the darwin awards but it is named in honor of Charles Darwin, the father of evolution, the Darwin Awards commemorate those who improve our gene pool by removing themselves from it.
here are a couple of funny darwin winners
(29 January 2003, Brazil) At work, Manoel Messias Batista Coelho was responsible for cleaning out the storage tanks of gasoline tanker trucks. He had been employed in that capacity for two months when he ran afoul of fuel.
The 35-year-old began to fill a tanker with water, a standard safety procedure that forces flammable vapor out of the container. He returned an hour later to check whether the water level was high enough to proceed. But he had trouble deciding, because it was so DARK inside the tanker.
A resourceful employee, Manoel forgot the very reason why he was filling the tank with water when he lit a cigarette lighter to shed some light on the situation. His little test successfully determined that the water level was NOT yet high enough for safety. The vapor explosion launched him through the air, and he landed in the company parking lot 100 meters away.
Manoel suffered severe burns, blunt force trauma, and an injury to the head that exposed his brain. Our witless car washer had learned his terminal lesson in safety by the time the firemen arrived.
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Submitted by: Lucio Caleffi
Reference: O Estado de São Paulo, Folha de São Paulo Journal
another,make sure you check your remote if the tv dont work guys,
Derek" was watching a television marathon on a Christmas Eve a few years ago. At around 4 am, the television stopped working. He concluded that it was a problem with his satellite on the roof. He fetched a ladder and set it against his roof. At 4 am, however, it is still very dark and nearly impossible to see so our hero climbed onto his roof with a flashlight in one hand and a screwdriver in the other. One should realize that in the winter months at night, surfaces get iced over and very slippery. Derek didn't want his feet to get cold, so he had donned socks for the adventure. While trying to figure out what was wrong with the satellite, Derek dropped his flashlight and it rolled off the roof. In an attempt to stop his light from falling, Derek lunged for it. He missed and slipped on the slick ice that had accumulated on the roof. He fell off the slanted roof and landed on his back. Just when he thought things couldn't get any worse, the screwdriver plunged into his thigh. Nobody found Derek for several hours, lying half-naked in his backyard.
Derek suffered a concussion and required surgery to repair his thigh. Regarding the television, he'd accidently sat on the remote and switched it to VCR mode.
Submitted on 12/19/2002
ok i'll stop thats enough, if you want to check out more go to http://www.darwinawards.com/index.html
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2004-01-05, 20:10
