1996 Darwin Awards

Named in honor of Charles Darwin, the father of evolution, the Darwin Awards commemorate those who improve our gene pool by removing themselves from it.

Set the Parking Brake, Stupid!  1996 Darwin Award Nominee Confirmed True by Darwin Remember the tragic death of two small boys who drowned when the car they were in rolled down a boat ramp into a lake? Their mother Susan Smith was convicted of their murder. The lake has become a shrine for visitors. A family visiting the lake drove up to the boat ramp but forgot to set the parking brake. The car rolled into the lake, drowning two adults and two children. DarwinAwards.com © 1994 - 2008 Submitted by Wendy Renee Previous Next Visit the Darwin Awards Giftshop The Darwin Awards Gift Shop $16 Tree of Life T-Shirt / Grey Heavy 100% cotton Hanes Beefy-T with an inadvisable tree-sawing situation on the front... and a few scattered leaves on the back! Click on the image for a full view. This one is not based on any story, but shows an amusingly apt situation. Buy the Tree of Life T-Shirt     Advanced Search HomeRulesFAQsAwardsSlushSite Map DarwinAward | HonorableMention | PersonalAccount | UrbanLegend