 Hard Work Rewards
1999 Darwin Award Nominee
Unconfirmed by Darwin
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(8 February 1999, Georgia) Fred Brooks of Forest Park, a 46 year old plumber seeking employment, used shovels to remove a manhole cover on a street and entered the aperture. In Fred's
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haste to identify the source of a sewer blockage, he neglected to set orange warning cones. Upon exiting the manhole, he was struck by the undercarriage of an oncoming car, and was killed.
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Submitted by Jim Cleary, Adam Kintner
Reference: Associated Press, WSB TV Atlanta GA
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The Darwin Awards Gift Shop
Hardback. 240 pages. Autographed.
$15
A fresh collection of magnificent misadventures! Lust, Vanity, Gluttony,
Greed, Sloth, Envy, and Wrath extract an evolutionary toll on the
wicked. Salute the owner of an equipment training school who demonstrates
the dangers of driving a forklift by failing to survive the filming of his
own safety video. Witness the man who becomes a victim of his own strange
passion for jumping into rivers. Heed the honest bricklayer who loses a
battle of wits with 300 pounds of tools.
This book includes more History of the Awards, Gordon's Law, and 10
discussions of evolution, including speciation and the role of verbal memes
in civilization.
Autographed by Author!
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