> >Yes, it's again that magical time of the year when the Darwin Awards are
> >bestowed, honoring the least evolved among us.
> >
> >
> >
> > Here is the glorious Winner:
> >
> >
> >
> >1. When his 38-caliber revolver failed to fire at his intended victim
> >during
> >a hold-up in Long Beach, California, would-be robber Jmes 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 & 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 & he 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 fi! nd 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 & 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 & prone to bizarre fantasies.
> >The deception wasn't discovered for 3 days.
> >
> >
> >
> >5. A man walked into a Louisiana Circle-K, put a $20 bill on the counter,
&
> >asked for change. When the clerk opened the cash drawer, the man pulled a
> >gun & asked for all the cash in the register, which the clerk promptly
> >provided. The man took the cash from the clerk & fled, leaving the $20
> >bill
> >on the counter.
> >
> >The total amount of cash he got from the drawer: $15. (If someone points
a
> >gun at you & gives you money, is a crime committed?)
> >
> >
> >
> >6 . Seems an Arkansas guy wanted some beer pretty badly. He decided that
> >he
> >d just throw a cinderblock through a liquor store window, grab some
booze,
> >&
> >run. So he lifted the cinderblock & heaved it over his head at the
window.
> >The cinderblock bounced back & hit the would-be thief on the head,
knocking
> >him unconscious. The liquor store window was made of Plexiglas. The whole
> >event was caught on videotape.
> >
> >
> >
> >7 . As a female shopper exited a New York convenience store, a man
grabbed
> >her purse & ran. The clerk called 911 immediately, & the woman was able
to
> >give them a detailed description of the snatcher. With in minutes, the
> >police apprehended the purse snatcher, they pu him in the car & drove
back
> >to the store. The thief was then taken out of the car & 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.'
> >
> >
> >
> >8. The Ann Arbor News crime column reported that a man walked into a
Burger
> >King in , Michigan, at 5 a.m. , flashed a gun, & 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
> >availablefor breakfast. The man, frustrated, walked away.
> >
> >
> >
> > ****** A 5-STAR STUPIDITY AWARD WINNER*****
> >
> >
> >
> >9. When a man attempted to siphon gasoline from a motor home parked on a
> >Seattle street, 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 & 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > In the interest of bettering human kind please share these with your
> >friends & family. Unless of course one of these individuals by chance is
a
> >distant relative or long lost friend. In that case be glad they are
distant
> >& hope they remain lost.