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    Wasted talent. Car Guy's Avatar
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    2010 Darwin Awards......

    Eighth Place

    In Detroit, a 41- year- old man got stuck and drowned in two feet of
    water after squeezing head first through an 18- inch- wide sewer grate to
    retrieve his car keys.


    Seventh Place

    A 49- year- old San Francisco stockbroker, who "totally zoned when he
    ran", accidentally jogged off a 100- foot high cliff on his daily run.


    Sixth Place

    While at the beach, Daniel Jones, 21, dug an 8 foot hole for
    protection from the wind and had been sitting in a beach chair at the
    bottom, when it collapsed, burying him beneath 5 feet of sand. People on the beach used their hands and shovels trying to get him
    out but could not reach him. It took rescue workers using heavy equipment
    almost an hour to free him. Jones was pronounced dead at a hospital.


    Fifth Place

    Santiago Alvarado, 24, was killed as he fell through the ceiling of
    a bicycle shop he was burglarizing. Death was caused when the long
    flashlight he had placed in his mouth to keep his hands free rammed into the
    base of his skull as he hit the floor.


    Fourth Place

    Sylvester Briddell, Jr., 26, was killed as he won a bet with friends
    who said he would not put a revolver loaded with four bullets into his mouth
    and pull the trigger.


    Third Place

    After stepping around a marked police patrol car parked at the front
    door, a man walked into 'H&J Leather & Firearms' intent on robbing the store
    The shop was full of customers and a uniformed officer was standing at the
    counter. Upon seeing the officer, the would- be robber announced a hold- up
    and fired a few wild shots from a target pistol. The officer and a clerk promptly returned fire, and several customers also drew their guns and fired. The robber was pronounced dead at the scene by Paramedics. Crime scene investigators located 47 expended cartridge cases in the shop. The subsequent autopsy revealed 23 gunshot wounds. Ballistics identified rounds from 7 different weapons. No one else was hurt.


    HONORABLE MENTION

    Paul Stiller, 47, and his wife Bonnie were bored just driving around
    at 2 A.M. So they lit a quarter stick of dynamite to toss out the window to
    see what would happen. Apparently they failed to notice that the window was
    closed.


    RUNNER UP

    Kerry Bingham had been drinking with several friends when one of
    them said they knew a person who had bungee- jumped from a local bridge in
    the middle of traffic. The conversation grew more excited and at least 10
    men trooped along the walkway of the bridge at 4:30 AM. Upon arrival at the
    midpoint of the bridge, they discovered that no one had brought a bungee
    rope. Bingham, who had continued drinking, volunteered and pointed out that
    a coil of lineman's cable lay nearby. They secured one end around Bingham's
    leg and then tied the other to the bridge. His fall lasted 40 feet before
    the cable tightened and tore his foot off at the ankle. He miraculously
    survived his fall into the icy water and was rescued by two nearby
    fishermen.. Bingham's foot was never located.


    AND THE WINNER IS....

    Zookeeper Friedrich Riesfeldt (Paderborn, Germany) fed his
    constipated elephant 22 doses of animal laxative and more than a bushel of
    berries, figs and prunes before the plugged- up pachyderm finally got relief. Investigators say ill-fated Friedrich, 46, was attempting to give
    the ailing elephant an olive oil enema when the relieved beast unloaded.
    The sheer force of the elephant's unexpected defecation knocked Mr.
    Riesfeldt to the ground where he struck his head on a rock as the elephant
    continued to evacuate 200 pounds of dung on top of him. It seems to be just
    one of those freak accidents that proves.....'Shit happens."

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    Ol' School Nix's Avatar
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    The last one is the best!

    I've always wondered, are these real? Or do they make them up for comedy?

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    some are fake and have been around for years and others are real but OLD.

    http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/darwin06.asp

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    The winner is a repeat.

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    FAIL, I received these in an email......

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    Here is a real one

    Man saved a man that fell on subway tracks, only cause the death would have stopped all trains and prevented him from getting to work for time and a half.

    How about a real one from Milwaukee.

    Man kills girlfriend for answering phone during sex.
    2002 F150 supercrew- st8 pipe, SCT-3 w/custom tunes
    1999 Yamaha RoadStar Silverado
    2002 Honda vtx1800 - exhaust, programmer, hypercharger, lowered
    97.5 Regal GS - some small mods. (Grandpa's Sleeper)
    52 MG TD Replica VW powered ​FOR SALE

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    Fact or Crap? Al's Avatar
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    This is phony. 2010 is NOT over yet.
    When Injustice Becomes Law; Rebellion Becomes Duty

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    Weather true or not, it was a good read. Sad to think there really are people like that out there.
    2004 GTO M6 Black on black on black
    SLP LM2, AEM cold air induction, Nitto tires, Bremmer craft Wheels, Kooks SS headers, ZEX nitrous, TSP Torquer V2, 243 heads, 06 brakes w/Hawk pads and SS lines, 3.91 gears, Whiteline bushings, King drag springs, Deatsch Werks fuel pump, GMM/SNL/Hurst shifter, Eaton LSD, LS7 lifters, ported oil pump, Speed Inc tune 403 RWHP, 372 RWTQ N.A./ on spray, who knows.

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    Third place is pretty good, doubt its true, but ya never know
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