2008 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.

Pierced! 2008 Darwin Award Nominee Confirmed True by Darwin (January 2008, Pennsylvania) A 23-year-old man with various body piercings wondered what it would feel like to connect his workplace test equipment to his chest piercings. Several co-workers tried to convince him that it was a bad idea to wire himself up to the electronic control tester, but he ignored their pleas. He proceeded to connect two alligator clips to his piercings and hit the test button... When the police and rescue personnel arrived, his co-workers were stiill trying to revive him with CPR and rescue breathing. They were not successful. Reader Comments: "I would not even try this with my periced earrings." "All charged up." DarwinAwards.com © 1994 - 2008 Reference: Boyertown Area Times, PA 1/10/08 Vol. 150 Number 32 berksmontnews.com Awful? 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Great? Hate it! Love it!

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