2006 Darwin Award

[Sandldan]

The Darwin Awards salute the improvement of
the human genome by honoring those who
accidentally remove themselves from it...

The darwin award is a pretty special award, it started 1995 and is given to those worthy. In order to receive this award you have to kill yourself in a stupid way, thus removing your genes from the gene pool and applying the theory of Darwin.

I will list the top 3 for the year of 2006

Third

(3 June 2006, Florida) Two more candidates have thrown themselves into the running for a Darwin Award. The feet of Jason and Sara, both 21, were found protruding from a deflated, huge helium advertising balloon. Jason was a college student, and Sara attended community college, but apparently their education had glossed over the importance of oxygen.

The pair pulled down the 8' balloon, and climbed inside. Their last words consisted of high-pitched, incoherent giggling as they slowly passed out and passed into the hereafter.

Sheriff's deputies said the two were not victims of foul play. No drugs or alcohol were found. The medical examiner reported that helium inhalation was a significant factor in their deaths. A family member said "Sara was mischievous, to be honest. She liked fun and it cost her."


Second
(19 March 2006, Belize) Benjamin Franklin reputedly flew his kite in a lightning storm, going on to discover that lightning equals electricity. However, certain precautions must be taken to avoid sudden electrocution. Kennon, 26, replicated the conditions of Ben Franklin's experiment, but without Ben's sensible safety precautions. Dennon was flying a kite with a short string that he had extended with a length of thin copper wire. The copper made contact with a high-tension line, sending a bolt of electrical lightning towards the man. Just bad luck? Kennon's father told listeners his son was an electrician, and "should have known better."

And number one.
(August 2006, Brazil) August brings us a winner from Brazil, who tried to disassemble a Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) by driving back and forth over it with a car. This technique was ineffective, so he escalated to pounding the RPG with a sledgehammer. The second try worked--in a sense. The explosion proved fatal to one man, six cars, and the repair shop wherein the efforts took place.


I just took the top 3 there's a few more participants for this year and also an archive for every year in the past on their homesite
http://darwinawards.com

[eat_toast]

All I have to say is LOL. Hurrah for really stupid, now dead, people.

[Kraco]

The number one certainly had a death wish.

[BioAlien]

Do these people get somekind of trophy over their tombstone? (or their familly?)

btw.. LMAO at #1. Who knew there was such idiot in this world! hahaha!

[darkmetal505]

There was also the dude who threw the grenade pin at the cops instead of the grenade.

[Sandldan]

and one trying to rob a gun store in the middle of the day, started by shooting a shot or two in the roof... and if that didnt seem stupid enough, a police car stood parked outside