A fine research paper brought to us by the BMJ: "Sex Differences in Idiotic Behaviour", an analysis of Darwin Award winners...
To qualify, nominees must improve the gene pool by eliminating
themselves from the human race using astonishingly stupid methods.
Northcutt cites a number of worthy candidates. These include the thief attempting to purloin a steel hawser from a
lift shaft, who unbolted the hawser while standing in the lift, which
then plummeted to the ground, killing its occupant; the man stealing a
ride home by hitching a shopping trolley to the back of a train, only to
be dragged two miles to his death before the train was able to stop;
and the terrorist who posted a letter bomb with insufficient postage
stamps and who, on its return, unthinkingly opened his own letter.
Never won a Darwin Award myself, but it's on my bucket list.
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