Flyinfool Posted January 18, 2012 Share #1 Posted January 18, 2012 You've been waiting for them with bated breath, so without further ado, here are the 2011 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... '**** happens' IT ALWAYS SEEMS IMPORTANT TO THANK THESE PEOPLE FOR REMOVING THEMSELVES FROM THE GENE POOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wes0778 Posted January 19, 2012 Share #2 Posted January 19, 2012 I think 3rd place should have at least tied for 1st place. :rotf: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playboy Posted January 19, 2012 Share #3 Posted January 19, 2012 Seems like another one of your post's involved S*#t is there a pattern forming here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyinfool Posted January 19, 2012 Author Share #4 Posted January 19, 2012 Seems like another one of your post's involved S*#t is there a pattern forming here. You wouldn't be the first to tell me I was full of S*#t........ Actually you would have to get in line....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainJoe Posted January 19, 2012 Share #5 Posted January 19, 2012 (edited) I'm dissapointed! Thought FAT BOY on the HD that was riding and texting, would surely make the list... Oh well, One can only surmise he lived to talk about it? Besides the story is false about the supposed winner... as confirmed by Snopes http://www.snopes.com/critters/malice/feces.asp Edited January 19, 2012 by CaptainJoe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trader Posted January 19, 2012 Share #6 Posted January 19, 2012 This was the "Before" picture! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrenchrob Posted January 19, 2012 Share #7 Posted January 19, 2012 This was the "Before" picture! OMG!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venturous Randy Posted January 19, 2012 Share #8 Posted January 19, 2012 Hey, we hung an elephant here. RandyA http://blueridgecountry.com/archive/mary-the-elephant.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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