Falcon357 Posted April 22, 2005 Report Share Posted April 22, 2005 Right then, i've seen several references to these fantastic books in some of these threads, so it is time for us to find out who finds which award the funniest...... Have fun Link to post Share on other sites
Crandall Posted April 22, 2005 Report Share Posted April 22, 2005 What the hell are the Darwin awards? Link to post Share on other sites
doc_newstead Posted April 22, 2005 Report Share Posted April 22, 2005 My faves are the ones that aren't later to be proved completely fake. Which narrows it down to about 2. Still, the books are a good read Link to post Share on other sites
AqualungJM Posted April 23, 2005 Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 Here's a good one - Lawn Chair Larry Although his eventual demise isn't really funny(sad actually ), what he did is still pretty unbelievable. Link to post Share on other sites
Crandall Posted April 23, 2005 Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 click the next one down! Funny Link to post Share on other sites
Spedz Posted April 23, 2005 Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 three really two deaths and one humarous incedint with an insurance claim Link to post Share on other sites
Fall_Ryan Posted April 23, 2005 Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 I think the best I've heard was one where a Young Prince was trying to get his (Fourteen year old! ) Wife pregnant and they couldn't figure out why, The doctors couldn't figure out why, as nothing was wrong with the girl... Turns out the moron was putting it in the wrong hole. Link to post Share on other sites
Crandall Posted April 23, 2005 Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 (June 1999, California) Last summer down on Lake Isabella, in the high desert east of Bakersfield, a woman was having trouble with her boat. No matter how she tried, she just couldn't get her new 22-foot Bayliner to perform. It was sluggish in every maneuver, regardless of the power applied. She tried for an hour to make her boat go, but finally gave up and putted over to a nearby Marina for help. A topside check revealed that everything was in perfect working order. The engine ran fine, the outboard motor pivoted up and down, and the prop was the correct size and pitch. One of the Marina guys jumped in the water to check beneath the boat. He came up almost choking on water, he was laughing so hard. Under the boat, still strapped securely in place, was the trailer. Link to post Share on other sites
DrewLawson Posted April 23, 2005 Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 I think the best I've heard was one where a Young Prince was trying to get his (Fourteen year old! ) Wife pregnant and they couldn't figure out why, The doctors couldn't figure out why, as nothing was wrong with the girl... Turns out the moron was putting it in the wrong hole. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Wher'd you find that story Link to post Share on other sites
Fall_Ryan Posted April 23, 2005 Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 Wher'd you find that story <{POST_SNAPBACK}> It was a sidebar in one of the Darwin awards books, But I don't know which edition... It was n Honorable mention since no one died. Link to post Share on other sites
Crandall Posted April 23, 2005 Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 I found some suicide thing and found this very silly! FAKE CAR BOMB Time: milliseconds Available: explosive Certainty: fairly good if enough explosive Notes: This is a modification of the basic use-explosives method. What you do, is make a homemade car bomb, and drive off happily after chatting with your neighbour about how well your life is going, apart from a few minor death-threats from an Iraqi death-squad.. To confuse the authorities even more, have a note in your pocket listing the telephone numbers of all the eastern foreign embassies in your pocket, together with a little line of random "code numbers" next to each.., and a random but large amount of cash listed against each code number. :-) Oh yes, and a heavily annotated copy of Jane's Defence Weekly - Xhosa edition. Link to post Share on other sites
HaVoC Posted April 23, 2005 Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 The Ann Arbor News crime column reported that a man walked into Burger King in Ypsilanti, Michigan at 7:50 am, 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. The man, frustrated, walked away. Link to post Share on other sites
Antagon Posted April 23, 2005 Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 I don't remember the link, but the story went like this. A family from the UK was visiting over in the US, they rented a car. They complained that the car worked fine at 10am, but that night around 8pm it stopped working. So the rental company picked it up and issued a new car. Same problem. The rental company came out and inspected the car, apparently the tourists thought D (drive) was for DAY and N (neutral) was for Night! Link to post Share on other sites
HaVoC Posted April 23, 2005 Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 We have an automatic anyway, so there's no problem making the conversion, besides driving on the wrong side of the road A serious question - in the US, at a 4-way crossroads with no lights, who has the right of way? We often get confused by this, only to get people parp their horn at us for not moving. Link to post Share on other sites
Fall_Ryan Posted April 23, 2005 Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 We have an automatic anyway, so there's no problem making the conversion, besides driving on the wrong side of the road A serious question - in the US, at a 4-way crossroads with no lights, who has the right of way? We often get confused by this, only to get people parp their horn at us for not moving. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The Guy on the Right. Link to post Share on other sites
Antagon Posted April 23, 2005 Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 We have an automatic anyway, so there's no problem making the conversion, besides driving on the wrong side of the road A serious question - in the US, at a 4-way crossroads with no lights, who has the right of way? We often get confused by this, only to get people parp their horn at us for not moving. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I know, that's why it's funny, it's like they came from Mars, I have yet to see a 4 way cross road without stop signs. With stop signs, it's whoever got there first. Link to post Share on other sites
HaVoC Posted April 23, 2005 Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 The guy who got there first? Erk... Link to post Share on other sites
Fall_Ryan Posted April 23, 2005 Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 The guy who got there first? Erk... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Ah Right. I meant to say, The Guy who got their first, THEN if they got there at the same time, the guy on the right. Link to post Share on other sites
HaVoC Posted April 23, 2005 Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 Which right though? My right? His right? West? Link to post Share on other sites
Antagon Posted April 23, 2005 Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 Thats the problem, if 4 cars get there at the same time.....they all spontaneously combust? EDIT: We don't put too much thought into these things, I usually let people go before me, just easier. Link to post Share on other sites
HaVoC Posted April 23, 2005 Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 So UK visitors have as much trouble with it as the people who live there? Nice! Thing is see, we'd usually let them go before us, but when they start getting annoyed and hooting at you, then pull of quickly, you think you've done something wrong... Link to post Share on other sites
Antagon Posted April 23, 2005 Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 *fruitcage* them, if someone honks or flashes their high beams at me I just flip em off and keep driving. No need to get your knickers all bent out of shape Whats an extra 30 seconds eh? Link to post Share on other sites
Crandall Posted April 23, 2005 Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 A serious question - in the US, at a 4-way crossroads with no lights, who has the right of way? We often get confused by this, only to get people parp their horn at us for not moving. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> 3 words, Run and Gun! Link to post Share on other sites
AqualungJM Posted April 23, 2005 Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 Thats the problem, if 4 cars get there at the same time.....they all spontaneously combust? Link to post Share on other sites
gazchap Posted April 23, 2005 Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 I'd have thought a four-way junction without traffic lights would be similar in operation to a roundabout in the UK. i.e. if everyone arrives at the same time, and everyone is giving way to their right, then one of them is just going to have to bite the bullet and move. My favourite Darwin Award is the guy who strapped jet engines to his car and then went for a drive. When he activated the engines, the car took off and smashed into the side of a big mountain, killing him instantly. Link to post Share on other sites
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