The Darwin Awards - AKA Hey you - get out of the gene pool!!

[thrasher865]

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Noah_Bodie wrote:

Larry Walters perhaps qualifies as a Darwin Award Winner, but methinks he was only a Runner Up. Still, his story is worth hearing.

http://www.snopes.com/travel/airline/walters.asp

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I'm not sure how he qualifies for a Darwin Award.  More like a Great American Hero award.

I didn't know the part about him committing suicide   That's really sad.

[Anonymous]

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thrasher865 wrote:

I'm not sure how he qualifies for a Darwin Award.  More like a Great American Hero award.

I didn't know the part about him committing suicide   That's really sad.

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You are correct. Larry was something of a Darwin Award Near Miss.

[llecs]

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Noah_Bodie wrote:

Larry Walters perhaps qualifies as a Darwin Award Winner, but methinks he was only a Runner Up. Still, his story is worth hearing.

http://www.snopes.com/travel/airline/walters.asp

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Doing that can work for some....

http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2008Jul05/0,4670,LawnChairBalloonist,00.html

and he went for the endorsements:

http://www.couchballoons.com/

And it didn't go quite well for others....

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,352021,00.html

[marty56]

Just happend today.

http://www.ksat.com/news/17419023/detail.html

Why I think the dead perp should receive the award is that they drove the stolen vehicle by the owner and the cop.