MOTTO

Be who you are and say what you feel because

Those that matter don't mind

And those that mind don't matter.

 

DARWIN AWARDS

Eighth Place - San Jose Mercury News: A man using a shotgun like a club to break his ex girlfriend's windshield accidentally shot himself to death when the gun went off blowing a hole in his chest. Here's your sign!

Seventh Place -  Kalamazoo Gazette: A man was killed as he was trying to repair a farm truck. He had a friend drive the truck while he hung underneath so he could ascertain the source of a troubling noise, However, his clothes caught on something and he ended up wrapped in the drive shaft. Here's your sign! 

Sixth Place - Hickory Daily Record: A man accidentally shot himself to death when he was awakened by the ringing phone beside his bed. He reached for the phone but grabbed his gun by mistake which discharged when he put it near his ear. Here's your sign!

Fifth Place - UPI Toronto: A lawyer (Hoy) demonstrating the safety of windows in a downtown Toronto skyscraper crashed through a pane with his shoulder and plunged 24 floors to his death. He was explaining the strength of the office windows to a group of visiting law students. Peter Lawson, managing partner of the firm Holden, Day, & Wilson, told the Toronto Sun newspaper that Hoy was "One of the best and brightest" members of the 200 man firm. Perhaps the rest of the best and brightest should test more windows and get them out of the gene pool! Here's your sign!

Fourth Place - News of the Weird: After spending several years awaiting the electric chair in South Carolina on a murder conviction, Anderson Godwin's sentence was reduced to life. Then he electrocuted himself while sitting on a metal toilet in his cell attempting to fix his small TV set when he bit into a wire.   Here's your sign!

Third Place - Indianapolis Star: A cigarette lighter may have triggered a fatal explosion in Dunkirk, IN. A Jay County man, using a cigarette lighter to check the barrel of a muzzle loader was killed when the weapon discharged in his face. Here's your sign!

RUNNER UP - Reuters, Mississauga, Ontario: A man cleaning a bird feeder on his condominium balcony slipped and fell 23 stories to his death. Stefan Macko, 55, was standing on a wheelchair when the accident occurred. It appears that the chair moved and he went over the balcony. Here's your sign!

AND THE WINNER IS... Arkansas Democrat Gazette: Two local men were injured when their pickup truck left the road and struck a tree near Cotton Patch on State Highway 38 early Monday. Woodruff County Deputy Dovey Snyder reported the accident shortly after midnight Monday. Thurston Poole, 33, of Des Arc, and Billy Ray Wallis, 38, of Little Rock, were returning to Des Arc after a frog catching trip. Poole's pickup truck's headlights malfunctioned and the two men concluded the fuse had blown. they did not have a replacement, But Wallis noticed the the .22 bullets in his pistol were a perfect fit so they stuck one into the fuse box. and the headlights began to work properly. The bullet apparently over heated, discharged and struck Poole in the testicles. They vehicle swerved sharply right, went off the road and hit the tree. Poole suffered minor cuts and abrasions but will need extensive surgery to repair his testicles which will never work as intended. Wallis suffered a broken clavicle and was treated and released. Upon release he said: "Thank God when Thurston shot his balls off we weren't on the bridge or we might be dead." Upon being notified of the wreck, Lavinia (Poole's wife) asked how many frogs the boys had caught and did anyone get them from the truck?  While death is normally a pre-requisite for a Darwin Award, it can be argued that Poole sis in fact remove himself from the gene pool. Here's your winning sign!

 

THEY WALK AMONG US.... IT ALWAYS SEEMS IMPORTANT TO THANK THESE PEOPLE WHEN THEY REMOVE THEMSELVES FROM THE GENE POOL.