Re: Today's Darwin Award
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Posted by Greg Neill on August 14, 2008, 1:26 pm
Please log in for more thread options So who killed themselves due to their own stupidity? The Darwin Award goes to the person who takes themselves out in the most spectacular way due to their own idiocy. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Richard Henry on August 14, 2008, 3:11 pm
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> > Today's Darwin Award:
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> > Woman calls fire department in Gilbert, AZ, to report she smells
> > natural gas. >
> > Fire Department _and_ Police arrive. =A0Nobody answers door, so they
> > break-in, fearing caller is overcome by gas. >
> > House is full of marijuana plants... over $1Meg worth ;-)
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> So who killed themselves due to their own stupidity? > > The Darwin Award goes to the person who takes themselves > out in the most spectacular way due to their own idiocy. I think Jim mis-spelled the "Thompson Award", given for proud (but unknowing), public displays of idiocy. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Paul Hovnanian P.E. on August 14, 2008, 3:35 pm
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Richard Henry wrote: >
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> > > Today's Darwin Award:
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> > > Woman calls fire department in Gilbert, AZ, to report she smells
> > > natural gas. > >
> > > Fire Department _and_ Police arrive. Nobody answers door, so they
> > > break-in, fearing caller is overcome by gas. > >
> > > House is full of marijuana plants... over $1Meg worth ;-)
> >
> > So who killed themselves due to their own stupidity? > > > > The Darwin Award goes to the person who takes themselves > > out in the most spectacular way due to their own idiocy. >
> I think Jim mis-spelled the "Thompson Award", given for proud (but > unknowing), public displays of idiocy. Right. Darwin would have been awarded if the place WAS full of gas and the fire department rang the doorbell. ;-) -- Paul Hovnanian paul@hovnanian.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Have gnu, will travel. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Greg Neill on August 14, 2008, 4:50 pm
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> On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:35:08 -0700, "Paul Hovnanian P.E."
>=20 >> Richard Henry wrote:
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>>>>=20 >>>>> Today's Darwin Award: >>>>=20 >>>>> Woman calls fire department in Gilbert, AZ, to report she smells >>>>> natural gas. >>>>=20 >>>>> Fire Department _and_ Police arrive. Nobody answers door, so they >>>>> break-in, fearing caller is overcome by gas. >>>>=20 >>>>> House is full of marijuana plants... over $1Meg worth ;-) >>>>=20 >>>> So who killed themselves due to their own stupidity? >>>>=20 >>>> The Darwin Award goes to the person who takes themselves >>>> out in the most spectacular way due to their own idiocy. >>>=20 >>> I think Jim mis-spelled the "Thompson Award", given for proud (but >>> unknowing), public displays of idiocy. >>=20
>> Right. Darwin would have been awarded if the place WAS full of gas >> and the fire department rang the doorbell. ;-) >=20
> Removing yourself by self-inflicted arrest doesn't count? Alas, no. The terms of the contest are quite specific. Complete removal from the gene pool, as far as future prospects=20 for self-progagation, is stipulated. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Richard Henry on August 14, 2008, 5:26 pm
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On Aug 14, 12:41=A0pm, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...@My- Web-Site.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:35:08 -0700, "Paul Hovnanian P.E." > > > > > > >Richard Henry wrote:
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> >> > > Today's Darwin Award:
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> >> > > Woman calls fire department in Gilbert, AZ, to report she smells
> >> > > natural gas. >
> >> > > Fire Department _and_ Police arrive. =A0Nobody answers door, so th=
ey
> >> > > break-in, fearing caller is overcome by gas.
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> >> > > House is full of marijuana plants... over $1Meg worth ;-)
>
> >> > So who killed themselves due to their own stupidity?
>
> >> > The Darwin Award goes to the person who takes themselves
> >> > out in the most spectacular way due to their own idiocy. >
> >> I think Jim mis-spelled the "Thompson Award", given for proud (but
> >> unknowing), public displays of idiocy. >
> >Right. Darwin would have been awarded if the place WAS full of gas and
> >the fire department rang the doorbell. ;-) >
> Removing yourself by self-inflicted arrest doesn't count? > > As for Richard Henry, his "gene pool" is right down there with Bill > Slowman. Sorry. My genes have already been sampled and passed on. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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> Woman calls fire department in Gilbert, AZ, to report she smells
> natural gas.
>=20
> Fire Department _and_ Police arrive. Nobody answers door, so they
> break-in, fearing caller is overcome by gas.
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> House is full of marijuana plants... over $1Meg worth ;-)