Author Topic: Darwin Awards (Read 43493 times)

spesh · « **Reply #75 on:** 07 December, 2017, 10:02:13 pm »

Quote from: Aidan on 07 December, 2017, 08:50:00 pm

Wasnt sure to put this here or on r/nottheonion

Man cements microwave to head

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-42271150

<That Guy>

As the dumbass who agreed to be subjected to this daft stunt wasn't killed utterly to DETH, it doesn't count as a Darwin Award.

Just sayin'.

</That Guy>

Aidan · « **Reply #76 on:** 08 December, 2017, 06:45:13 am »

Quote from: spesh on 07 December, 2017, 10:02:13 pm

Quote from: Aidan on 07 December, 2017, 08:50:00 pm
Wasnt sure to put this here or on r/nottheonion

Man cements microwave to head

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-42271150

<That Guy>

As the dumbass who agreed to be subjected to this daft stunt wasn't killed utterly to DETH, it doesn't count as a Darwin Award.

Just sayin'.

</That Guy>

Fair point, but this had serious potential!!!!

Guy · « **Reply #77 on:** 08 December, 2017, 08:24:02 am »

Quote from: Aidan on 07 December, 2017, 08:50:00 pm

Wasnt sure to put this here or on r/nottheonion

Man cements microwave to head

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-42271150

I've forwarded a link to this one to our Recruitment and Selection Team with the instruction. "If this one applies to join, Just Say No"

Asterix, the former Gaul. · « **Reply #78 on:** 08 December, 2017, 09:18:21 am »

Quote from: Guy on 08 December, 2017, 08:24:02 am

Quote from: Aidan on 07 December, 2017, 08:50:00 pm
Wasnt sure to put this here or on r/nottheonion

Man cements microwave to head

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-42271150

I've forwarded a link to this one to our Recruitment and Selection Team with the instruction. "If this one applies to join, Just Say No"

Have we got a mug shot?

Guy · « **Reply #79 on:** 08 December, 2017, 10:21:59 am »

We'll recognise him by thge big shiny kitchen appliance on top of his shoulders

mattc · « **Reply #80 on:** 08 December, 2017, 10:27:00 am »

I'm liking the Beeb's use of quotation marks:

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An internet "prankster" had to be freed by firefighters after cementing his head inside a microwave oven.

T42 · « **Reply #81 on:** 08 December, 2017, 10:32:54 am »

"For sale, one corpse. Comes with pre-fitted headstone."

Graeme · « **Reply #82 on:** 08 December, 2017, 10:47:29 am »

[understatement] Sure, it wasn't smart [/understatement] but I can only begin to imagine how frightened he (and his mates) must have been.

Guy · « **Reply #83 on:** 08 December, 2017, 11:28:28 am »

The Corps Sgt Major has responded

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He was sifted out during selection yesterday! He kept saying ‘ping’ when he had finished his tasks.

mrcharly-YHT · « **Reply #84 on:** 08 December, 2017, 11:30:14 am »

Quote from: Guy on 08 December, 2017, 11:28:28 am

The Corps Sgt Major has responded

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He was sifted out during selection yesterday! He kept saying ‘ping’ when he had finished his tasks.

"When asked to stand to attention, he stood, but his head kept going round and round."

Asterix, the former Gaul. · « **Reply #85 on:** 08 December, 2017, 07:03:44 pm »

Quote from: Aidan on 07 December, 2017, 08:50:00 pm

Wasnt sure to put this here or on r/nottheonion

Man cements microwave to head

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-42271150

Well, it's hardly surprising we voted for Brexit.

mattc · « **Reply #86 on:** 12 December, 2017, 11:17:17 am »

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-42308791

A well-known Chinese climber has died while performing one of his trademark daredevil skyscraper stunts.

Wu Yongning had amassed thousands of followers on the social network Weibo for his dramatic short videos showing him perched atop tall buildings without the use of safety equipment.

Concern grew among his fans when he stopped posting updates in November.

It has now emerged that he died after falling from a 62-storey building in the city of Changsha.

Chinese media report that he was participating in a challenge to win a substantial amount of prize money.

The 26-year-old died on 8 November, but his death was only confirmed by his girlfriend in a post on Chinese social media a month later.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #87 on:** 26 January, 2018, 04:56:40 pm »

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/jan/26/praise-the-lord-and-pass-the-rattlesnakes-mack-wolford-lauren-pond-test-of-faith-old-yeller-rattlesnake

Surely the last possible word in Darwin Awards?

Redlight · « **Reply #88 on:** 26 January, 2018, 05:24:59 pm »

A failed entry here.

Seriously, how dumb do you have to be to do this?

Pingu · « **Reply #89 on:** 26 January, 2018, 05:26:29 pm »

Quote from: Redlight on 26 January, 2018, 05:24:59 pm

A failed entry here.

You can't get here from there.

Steph · « **Reply #90 on:** 26 January, 2018, 07:21:48 pm »

Quote from: Pingu on 26 January, 2018, 05:26:29 pm

Quote from: Redlight on 26 January, 2018, 05:24:59 pm
A failed entry here.

You can't get here from there.

Picking up on Wow's serpentine link, great comments in the Graun, where the observation that all these ophidiators are Trumpanzees had the reply "Snake America great again"

Sergeant Pluck · « **Reply #91 on:** 08 February, 2018, 07:10:32 pm »

Remember this charmer?

http://www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk/news/15910416.Cyclist_who_left_train_driver_with____psychological_trauma____after_pushing_through_a_rail_barrier_caught/?ref=mr&lp=14

Nicked. £130 is a bit feeble though.

Torslanda · « **Reply #92 on:** 09 February, 2018, 11:43:01 am »

The STUPID is strong with this one . . .

Wowbagger · « **Reply #93 on:** 03 April, 2018, 09:59:27 am »

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/apr/03/lord-lansley-calls-for-better-screening-after-revealing-cancer

Readers may recall that Andrew Lansley was the Health Minister responsible for starting the current round of NHS cuts.

https://www.nursingtimes.net/andrew-lansley-pledges-to-cut-a-third-of-nhs-admin-spending/5007044.article

And yes, it seems highly probable that his cancer would have been caught earlier but for the cuts that he instigated.

hellymedic · « **Reply #94 on:** 03 April, 2018, 12:35:01 pm »

Unfortunate but not truly Darwinian as bowel cancer mostly hits folk after the age of procreation.
I appreciate the irony thobut.

mattc · « **Reply #95 on:** 03 April, 2018, 12:43:59 pm »

That's a very spiteful comment, and in bad taste.

Still, I guess anything goes if it supports your political views.

Ian H · « **Reply #96 on:** 03 April, 2018, 01:05:29 pm »

Quote from: mattc on 03 April, 2018, 12:43:59 pm

That's a very spiteful comment, and in bad taste.

Still, I guess anything goes if it supports your political views.

"...Lansley was the Health Minister responsible for starting the current round of NHS cuts."

I don't wish anyone ill, but... as Helly said.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #97 on:** 03 April, 2018, 01:07:48 pm »

Quote from: mattc on 03 April, 2018, 12:43:59 pm

That's a very spiteful comment, and in bad taste.

Still, I guess anything goes if it supports your political views.

It wasn't a spiteful comment. It was simply stating a fact. The guy has my sympathy. But increases in incidences of cancer/failures to detect etc. have been widely predicted as a result of NHS cuts.

Edit: I'm not alone in making the link.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/tory-ex-health-secretary-blames-12295175

I hope he makes a full recovery and lends his still-considerable influence to undoing the harm he did when he was Health Secretary.

ian · « **Reply #98 on:** 03 April, 2018, 01:26:47 pm »

Imagine how much more fun it'd be if the same government followed a policy that leads to a large number of foreign-born health service professionals leaving the country, whilst at the same time forging no plans to train or recruit replacements. Of course, no government would be that stupid. I mean, if they were, the opposition would make a meal of it, wouldn't they? Oh wait. Possibly there's a super new technological solution. I dunno, maybe automated butt drones or something. Yeah, something like that.

mattc · « **Reply #99 on:** 03 April, 2018, 02:47:19 pm »

Quote from: Wowbagger on 03 April, 2018, 01:07:48 pm

Quote from: mattc on 03 April, 2018, 12:43:59 pm
That's a very spiteful comment, and in bad taste.

Still, I guess anything goes if it supports your political views.

It wasn't a spiteful comment. It was simply stating a fact.

You knew exactly what you were doing.

If you want to further deny this and/or continue this (rather unpleasant) discussion, I suggest taking it to POBI.