I love this stuff... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darwin Awards Newsletter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Darwin Awards Newsletter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 1:06 AM Subject: Darwin Awards Newsletter -- 16 August 2001 > DARWIN AWARDS NEWSLETTER -- 16 August 2001 > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > DARWIN AWARDS honor the smoking remains of those who chlorinated > the gene pool by removing themselves from it in supremely idiotic ways. > > "Darwin Awards: Unnatural Selection" > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > APOLOGIES to those who missed past newsletters. I discovered > ~10,000 subscribe requests that were ignored by the listserver, > and I've now recreated the mailing list from past records. > > The Darwin Awards book is available in Japanese, Dutch, > and Serbian, with thirteen languages still to come! > http://www.darwinawards.com/book > -Webmaster Wendy > > > MORTAL INSULT -- Darwin Award Nominee > > Snake Got Your Tongue? (1992, California) > Snakes flick their forked tongues in the air to "smell" the world, > collecting molecules then pressing the tips into small olfactory pits. > An inebriated twenty-year-old man took umbrage when a wild rattlesnake > stuck out its tongue at him. Tit for tat! He held the snake in front > of his face and stuck his tongue out right back at the rattler. > > The snake expressed his displeasure at this turn of events by biting > the conveniently offered body part. The toxic venom swelled the man's > face and throat, choking him to death. > > -Reference San Francisco Chronicle (confirmed) > > --------------------------------------------+---+-+---+-+-+-+++ > Win a FREE Book! DARWIN AWARDS: Evolution in Action. > http://www.darwinawards.com/misc/free.book.html?0108 > --------------------------------------------+---+-+---+-+-+-+-+ > > WIPED OUT -- Darwin Award Nominee > > It's still not clean! (4 September 1999, Tokyo, Japan) > Shoshi was a part-time janitor until his eagerness to do a good job > collided with an unhealthy inability to attend to his own safety. > The elevator he was cleaning had water leaking from its ceiling, so > he rode a second elevator up the shaft, climbed out its hidden side > door, and hopped on top of the first elevator. As he cleaned the puddle > from the roof, the car rose to the top floor, fatally crushing him. > The 24-year-old had forgotten to turn off the leaking elevator before > wiping up the spill, leaving the roof messier than before. > > Reference: Mainichi Daily News > > --------------------------------------------+---+-+---+-+-+-+-+ > Sign up for the Darwin Awards newsletter! > Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------+---+-+---+-+-+-+-+ > > ROB PETER TO PAY PAUL -- Honorable Mention > > (16 July 2001, Union City, Tennessee) A woman ordered to pay off > $1100 in bad checks left the courthouse, drove to her hometown, > and pulled a gun on employees at the First State Bank. She fled > into a cornfield with $7000, eluded the hastily-organized search > party, and made her way back to Union City to pay her debt. > > But given the small size of her hometown, with a population of 344, > it was inevitable that one of the tellers would recognize her. > Police were waiting at her home to arrest her and confiscate > the remainder of the money. > > Reference: Boston Globe > > MORE DARWIN AWARDS and Honorable Mentions > Stay With the Herd! > http://www.darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin1999-22.html?0108 > Wiped Out > http://www.darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin1999-16.html?0108 > Blown Away > http://www.darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin2001-24.html?0108 > Cable Cut > http://www.darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin2001-23.html?0108 > Shark Petting Zoo > http://www.darwinawards.com/stupid/stupid2001-20.html?0108 > Out of Gas > http://www.darwinawards.com/stupid/stupid2001-19.html?0108 > Rob Peter to Pay Paul > http://www.darwinawards.com/stupid/stupid2001-18.html?0108 > Life's a Gas > http://www.darwinawards.com/stupid/stupid2001-17.html?0108 > > Copyright 2001 by Wendy Northcutt www.DarwinAwards.com > > Sponsor the DARWIN AWARDS! > The website needs your help! Save your species. > Sponsor the Darwin Awards and keep the lights on! > http://s1.amazon.com/paypage/P3CVG7EXZTW168 > > * Please share this newsletter with your friends! * > > --- > You are currently subscribed as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
