Darwin says: "If yer dumb, ya die!"

[chelidon]

Now, for your reading edification, the 2005 Darwin Awards! Not a particularly inspiring bunch, compared to classics like the Human Catapult or the (bogus) Jet Assisted Take-Off stories. Ah, well, better luck next year.

"We're a danger to ourselves and others..."

[EDIT: as lylythe_strega points, out, none of these are truly excellent. People doing dumb things and hurting themselves is sad, not funny (well, at least to me...unlesss you're talking about slapstick comedy, of course ;>). However, there is a realm of stupidity and cluelessness so completely transcendant, it passes into the realm of art...involuntary performance art, with the universe as eternal stage, displaying the inescapable fact that not only are we mortal, but no matter what we may think, there are physical limits and boundaries to everything. And I am thoroughly convinced that the universe has a sense of humor, and it is ironic.]

Comments

[lylythe-strega.livejournal.com]

I dunno - none of them really defined "Darwin Award" to me, this time. Stellar examples of stupidity, yes...but still, I feel all empty inside. (*sigh*)

Nothing on the par of "Hey - watch this!" (*chainsaw sound effect...lop!*)

[chelidon.livejournal.com]

Or the famous, "betcha can't do this!" <*insert gruesome sound effect here*>

Ah-nope. I can't. Heck, seems this grey lumpy thing in my head called a brain won't let me... ;>

[lylythe-strega.livejournal.com]

I am appreciative of your discernment... ;>