thanks glad I was able to cheer you up Delma ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joyce Porter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 4:40 AM Subject: [RecipesAndMore] Re: The Darwin Awards these are good
> > Delma: Those are priceless. What a great laugh I just had; you made my > day > since I have to go to a boring meeting this morning. (Smile) > Joyce > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of delma bliss > Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 10:47 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [RecipesAndMore] The Darwin Awards these are good > > > > The Darwin Awards > were too good this year - I couldn't resist sharing. The > Darwin Awards are bestowed, honoring the LEAST EVOLVED oxymoron's among > us. > > Here is the glorious winner: > > 1. When his 38-caliber revolver failed to fire at his intended > victim during a hold-up in Long Beach, California, would-be robber James > Elliot did > > something that can only inspire wonder. He peered down the barrel and > tried > the trigger again. This time it worked. > > Honorable Mentions: > > 2. The chef at a hotel in Switzerland lost a finger in a > meat-cutting machine and, after a little shopping around, submitted claim > to > his insurance > > company. The company expecting negligence sent out one of its men to have > a > look for himself. He tried the machine and he also lost a finger. The > chef's > > claim was approved. > > 3. A man who shoveled snow for an hour to clear a space for his > car during a blizzard in Chicago returned with his vehicle to find a woman > had taken > > the space. Understandably, he shot her. > > 4. After stopping for drinks at an illegal bar, a Zimbabwean bus > driver found that the 20 mental patients he was supposed to be > transporting > > from Harare to Bulawayo had escaped. Not wanting to admit his > incompetence, > the driver went to a nearby bus stop and offered everyone waiting there a > > free ride. He then delivered the passengers to the mental hospital, > telling > the staff that the patients were very excitable and prone to bizarre > fantasies. > > The deception wasn't discovered for 3 days. > > 5. An A American teenager was in the hospital recovering from > serious head wounds received from an oncoming train. When asked how he > received > > the injuries, the lad told police that he was simply trying to see how > close > he could get his head to a moving train before he was hit. > > 6. A man walked into a Louisiana Circle-K, put a $20 bill on the > counter, and asked for change. When the clerk opened the cash drawer, the > man pulled > > a gun and asked for all the cash in the register, which the clerk promptly > provided. The man took the cash from the clerk and > > fled, leaving the $20 bill on the counter. The total amount of cash he got > from the drawer...$15. > > 7 Seems an Arkansas guy wanted some beer pretty badly. He decided > that he'd just throw a cinder block through a liquor store window, grab > some; > > booze, and run. So he lifted the cinder block and heaved it over his head > at > the window. The cinder block bounced back and hit the would-be thief on > the > > head, knocking him unconscious. The liquor store window was made of > Plexiglas. The whole event was caught on videotape. > > 8. As a female shopper exited a New York convenience store, a man > grabbed her purse and ran. The clerk called 911 immediately, and the woman > > was able to give them a detailed description of the snatcher. Within > minutes, the police apprehended the snatcher. They put him in the car and > drove back > > to the store. The thief was then taken out of the car and told to stand > there > for a positive ID. To which he replied, "Yes, officer, that's her. That's > the lady I stole the purse from." > > 9. The Ann Arbor News crime column reported that a man walked into > a Burger King in Ypsilanti, Michigan n at 5 A.M., flashed a gun, and > demanded > > cash. The clerk turned him down because he said he couldn't open the cash > register without a food order. When the man > ordered onion rings, the clerk said they weren't available for breakfast. > The man, frustrated, walked away. > > THE 5-STAR STUPIDITY AWARD WINNER > > 10. When a man attempted to siphon gasoline from a motor home > parked on a Seattle street, he got much more than he bargained for. Police > arrived at > > the scene to find a very sick man curled up next to a motor home near > spilled sewage. A police spokesman said that the man > > admitted to trying to steal gasoline and plugged his siphon hose into the > motor homes sewage tank by mistake. The owner of the vehicle declined to > press > > charges saying that it was the best laugh he'd ever had. > > Delma > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.33/1034 - Release Date: > 9/27/2007 > 5:00 PM > > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.32/1033 - Release Date: > 9/27/2007 11:06 AM > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Access the Recipes And More list archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/recipesandmore%40googlegroups.com/ Visit the group home page at: http://groups.google.com/group/RecipesAndMore -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
