I dont normally go for the Hunorous Email thing, but in my own twisted, warped sense of humour - I found these pretty cool:

This years Blue Ribbon Darwin Award Winner:

1. When his 38-calibre 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.

And now, the honorable mentions:

2. The chef at a hotel in Switzerland lost a finger in a meat-cutting
machine and, after a little hopping around, submitted a claim to his
insurance company. Expecting negligence, the company sent out one of
its men to have a look for himself. He tried the machine and 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 Harareto 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 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 was $15. (If someone points a gun at you and gives
you money, is a crime committed?)

7. Evidently, an Arkansas guy wanted some beer pretty badly. He decided
that he'd just throw a cinderblock through a liquor store window, grab
some booze, and run. So, he lifted the cinderblock and heaved it over
his head at the window. The cinderblock 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, 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.
Frustrated, the man walked away.

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 in a fetal
position, next to a motor home near some spilled sewage. A police
spokesman said that the man admitted to trying to steal gasoline and
plugged his siphon hose into the motor home's sewage tank by mistake.
The owner of the vehicle declined to press charges, saying that it was
the best laugh he'd ever had.

Number 1 and 10 are my faves - but then I am sick !!

carlpenn said:

Funny!

Thanks for posting!

not funny at all. just sad really.

dawntreader said:

I like to laugh in the face of stupidity. Is why I laugh at the mirror so often!

HamsterHuey said:

now THAT was funny!

dawntreader said:

How many did you read before coming to that conclusion ????

carlpenn said:

one. i read all of them though. the first one was the saddest.

carlpenn said:

I really like yer avatar too, btw.

HamsterHuey said:

Would that be mine ?? lol.....

carlpenn said:

Yes.


I must admit that the first one IS sad, btw.

But in the end he had it coming, he wanted to do it to another person. It's sad, poetic justice.

HamsterHuey said:

Very true, no denying it. But again, as you said, well deserved.

Everyone is guilty of stupidity at some point of their life, but these people just show how stupid we can be !!

Number 9 is quite a cool one, I can sorta picture the dude saying "Hand over yer money|" and the dude on the counter saying "Would you like fries with that" !!! lol.....

carlpenn said:

It's straight out of a Police Academy movie.

HamsterHuey said:

To be honest I don't even know if they are true or if someone invented them ??

Some seem to stupid to be true !! lol.....I mean sticking your head in front of a train???? C'mon please !!! lol.....Buf if they make one person giggle then they where worth postin'