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2007 Darwin Award: Ditched
New York | Joe, 20, was drunkenly driving through Wayne County farmland when he steered his car directly into a ditch and knocked over a power line. Oops! How could he rescue his car from the ditch without getting a DUI?
Relevance: 100% |
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2008 Darwin Award: Merry Pranksters
The telephone company was replacing above-ground telephone lines with buried lines. One morning, local farmers reported a smashed-up pickup. Inside were two ranch hands last seen heading home after last call...
Relevance: 94.2% |
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2007 Darwin Award: Oil Tank Trampoline
Colorado | If you cut the rug on an oil tank, don't light a cigarette or you may find yourself climbing the proverbial Stairway to Heaven. After liquoring themselves up, some teens decided that it would be fun to cavort on a mostly-empty oil tank...
Relevance: 94.2% |
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2009 Darwin Award: Double Dipping
Greensboro, NC, was innundated with four inches of rain in two hours but Rosanne, 50, was not deterred. She hopped on her moped and drove to a convenience store nearby where she 'possibly had a beer' before heading home...
Relevance: 92.8% |
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1996 Darwin Award: Macho Men?
Some men will got to extraordinary lengths to prove how macho they are. Witness Frenchman Pierre Pumpille, of Lyon, who recently shunted a stationary car two feet by headbutting it. Women thought I was a god, he explained from his hospital bed. Deity or not, however, Pumpille is
Relevance: 91.4% |
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2009 Honorable Mention: On Call Orthopod
I was the lucky orthopedics resident on call on July 4th when a gentleman reported to the trauma unit peppered with thousands of black spots of embedded gunpowder, face, chest, and arms...
Relevance: 91.4% |
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2007 Darwin Award: Beer for Bears
Serbia | It's well known that alcohol impairs judgement. It's well known that carnivorous wild animals and humans don't mix. What happens when we combine all three...?
Relevance: 91.4% |
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2007 Darwin Award WINNER: The Enema Within
Texas | Michael was an alcoholic. And not an ordinary alcoholic, but an alcoholic who liked to take his liquor, well, rectally. His wife said he was 'addicted to enemas' and often imbibed alcohol in this manner...
Relevance: 89.9% |
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2009 Darwin Award: Saw It Coming!
Pennsylvania | A severe storm damaged power lines supplying 17,000 homes. Seven hours after the electricity failed, Mieczyskaw Mil finally los hist patience. The old man had been shooed away repeatedly by firefighters who were guarding the power line...
Relevance: 89.9% |
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2008 Darwin Award: Low Flying Drunk
Canada | Sleeping residents of Chilliwack were awakened by the sound of a small aircraft flying lower than usual. The engine noise was like a mosquito, zooming too close too quick, then veering away. What the bleep was going on...? Darwin Award: Low Flying Drunk: Canada | Sleeping residents of Chilliwack were awakened by the sound of a small aircraft flying lower than usual. The engine noise was like a mosquito, zooming too close too quick, then veering away. What the bleep was going on...?
Relevance: 88.5% |
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