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Sunday, February 19, 2017

The Darwin Awards

Just look what Meredith's Jack, sent!  Darwin awards!  Open-mouthed smile 

Yes, it's that magical time of year when the Darwin Awards are bestowed, honoring the least evolved among us.
 
The glorious winner:
 
1. When his 38-calibre 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.
 
And now, the honorable mentions:
 
2. The chef at a hotel in Switzerland lost a finger in a meat cutting machine and after a little shopping around, submitted a claim to his insurance company.

The company, expecting negligence, sent out one of its’ men to have a look for himself. He tried the machine and also lost a finger.
The chef's claim was approved.
 

3. 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.
 

4. 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 three days.
 

5. An American teenager was in the hospital recovering from serious head wounds received from an oncoming train. When asked how he received the injuries, the lad told police that he was simply trying to see how close he could get his head to a moving train before he was hit.
 

6. A man walked into a Louisiana Circle-K, put a $20 bill on the counter, and asked for change. When the clerk opened the cash drawer, the man pulled a gun and asked for all the cash in the register, which the clerk promptly provided. The man took the cash from the clerk and fled, leaving the $20 bill on the counter.

The total amount of cash he got from the drawer . . . $15.
 

7. Seems an Arkansas guy wanted some beer pretty badly. He decided that he'd just throw a cinder block through a liquor store window, grab some booze and run. So he lifted the cinder block and heaved it over his head at the window. The cinder block bounced back and hit the would-be thief on his head, knocking him unconscious. The liquor store window was made of Plexiglas. The whole event was caught on videotape . . .
 

8. As a female shopper exited a New York convenience store, a man grabbed her purse and ran. The clerk called 911 immediately, and the woman was able to give them a detailed description of the snatcher. Within minutes, the police apprehended the snatcher. They put him in the car and drove back to the store. The thief was then taken out of the car and told to stand there for a positive ID. To which he replied, "Yes, officer, that's her. That's the lady I stole the purse from."
 

9. The Ann Arbor News crime column reported that a man walked into a Burger King in Ypsilanti, Michigan at 5 a.m., 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.
 

[*A 5-STAR STUPIDITY AWARD WINNER]

10. When a man attempted to siphon gasoline from a motor home parked on a Seattle street by sucking on a hose, he got much more than he bargained for . . . Police arrived at the scene to find a very sick man curled up next to a motor home near spilled sewage. A police spokesman said that the man admitted to trying to steal gasoline, but he plugged his siphon hose into the motor home's sewage tank by mistake. The owner of the vehicle declined to press charges saying that it was the best laugh he'd ever had.
 
*** Remember . . . they walk among us and they can reproduce.***
Surprised smile

8 comments:

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    1. Definitely shining examples for dumb criminals aren't they, Minelle. ;)

      Hugs and blessings...Cat

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  2. Don't know if there are other former Chicagoans among the readers, but I remember being so sick of snow and stir crazy one winter, that Sam and I laughed at a story like #3 where someone got shot. We just looked at each other and said, "We've got to get out of here."

    Always love the Darwin Awards!
    Ella

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    1. Happy you and Sam were able to get away from that craziness, Ella. Happy you enjoyed these. :)

      Hugs and blessings...Cat

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    1. Sure is, Rosie! :)

      Hugs and blessings...Cat

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  4. Are these for real?

    Love,
    Ronnie
    xx

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    1. LOL Ronnie...I do understand why you are questioning these. I haven't fact checked all of them but I do remember #5 was a Darwin Award winner back in the mid 90's. I've seen a video on America's Dumbest Criminals showing #7 but don't know if he had a Darwin Award bestowed on him. :)

      Hugs and blessings...Cat

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