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2008 Darwin Award: Shopping Cart Crash
Florida | Just because you see it online does not mean it's a good idea. Cameron, 18, was joyriding in a shopping cart as he held onto a moving SUV. An eyewitness said, 'It's irresponsible behavior, but what do you expect from kids?'
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2008 Darwin Award: Wheel Of Fortune
Michigan | During the ski season at Sugarloaf, a new lift operator was assigned to work the bottom of Lift 2. He was greatly impressed by the bull wheel that turned slowly above his head. The giant spokes on the wheel were impossible to resist...
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2005 Darwin Award WINNER: 'Plug Me In
Nguyen, 21, had been drinking with friends in the Tu Liem district of Hanoi, when he pulled out an old detonator he had found. The detonator was about six centimeters long and 8 centimeters in diameter, with two wires
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2005 Personal Account: Captain Magneto
During my days in the Canadian Air Force I worked at the Gliding School instructing cadets. A magneto uses magnets to produce a powerful high-voltage electric current to fire the starters of an aircraft. One night w
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2007 Darwin Award: Pushmi-Pullyu
Germany | Near midnight, a 49-year-old man attempted to impress his wife with his strength. He climbed over the balcony of their 7th floor flat, clung to the outside of the parapet, and began a set of pull-ups...
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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
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2007 Personal Account: The Flaming Shot
After consuming many cocktails at a party, my friends and I had a BRILLIANT idea to pour a shot of GRAIN ALCOHOL and set it on FIRE and drink it. I believe the ultimate goal was to impress the ladies present...
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1995 Darwin Award: Whitewater Floaters
Arkansas | Tenacity is often advantageous to an organism. But combine tenacity with a lack of common sense and an excess of bravado, and the trait may prove deleterious. Ten inches of rainfall had flooded Big Piney Creek over its banks...
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2007 Personal Account: Bicycle Chain of Accidents
This account is testament to the intelligence of teenagers, who are prone to recklessness. One Sunday afternoon, our gang took it into our brains that, since we live near the sea, it would be fun to play on the cliffs...
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2004 Darwin Award: 4-1-0 Club
When Peter and Jesse wanted to see what their new ride could do, like many young men, they got more than they bargained for. It was all fun and games until the vehicle stalled. In most cases this wouldn
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