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Mercnbeth -> DARWIN AWARDS TIME!! (8/16/2005 11:51:01 AM)
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You have to love these! It seems every year people "de-evolve". At least many of these are now no longer in the gene pool of humanity.
The "winner" was from my adopted state of CA down the road in Long Beach!
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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 .....
Some of the runners up were just as good.
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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 Remembering my east coast winters this is justifiable homicide if I'm on the jury!
Now this bus driver was brilliant and quick thinking. Just imagine telling this story in a bar afterward!
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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.
Entire article link: http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/darwin05.asp
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