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Into the cooler.

2007 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance

Translated from Dutch by REW:

HORSSEN -- Two Polish men aged 30 and 34 died sunday night in an low-oxigen cooler operated by their employer, a fruit producing company in Horssen, Gelderland, The Netherlands.

The police suspect that the two employees entered into the coolcell to grab some apples. The oxigen level in the so called low-oxigen-cell is so low that it allows humans to survive for no longer than a few minutes.

Both men should have known this but went into the cell anyway. When emergency services arrived at the scene, the men did not show any signs of life, the police mentioned.

--- Wether these men were able to reproduce before this incident is currently not known.

Submitted on 04/23/2007

Submitted by: Roger Wolff
Reference: http://www.nu.nl/news.jsp?n=1052182&c=14&rss

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Chip said:
Definitely Keep: For Darwin's Eyes
It is not often we see a double Darwin but I suspect we have one here. While the write up could be more humorous, the fact that these two employees should have known of the danger, and the translated story seems to indicate there were warning signs, to risk and find death just to get some apples certainly qualifies as stupidity in my book! Thanks for sending this story, Roger.


Bruce said:
Maybe Toss: Lacks Excellence
Aside from needing a better writeup I'm not convinced that this was anything more than a tragic accident. It's not clear to me that these men would have known they were entering into a low-oxygen environment. A Babelfish translation of the article didn't clarify if there were warning signs or not. It also didn't clarify if these were new employees who may not of known of the danger or if they were well aware of the risk.


James said:
Definitely Toss: Lacks Excellence
Thanks for submitting, Roger! Stealing apples is hardly grandiose enough for a DA, and I agree with Bruce that the men probably weren't aware that it was a low oxygen environment. Of course, a better write-up (ie more facts and more humor) might bring this to the level of a Laurel and Hardy short, but right now there's really not much here other than a tragic accident. Again, we DO appreciate the submission and encourage you to submit again in the future!


Jack said:
Maybe Toss: Lacks Excellence
I have to agree with Bruce and James. Were warning signs posted, and were the Polish "guest workers" able to read Dutch? If not, then it's just an work place accident and not Darwin-grade stupidity.


Graham said:
Maybe Toss: Lacks Excellence
There's just not enough pertinent information here. Low Oxygen environments should always be clearly posted. Besides, unless they were physically trapped inside the cooler (not likely: they have escape mechanisms inside) then they would have been able to survive for a considerable time - probably overnight. The oxygen is reduced to prevent rapid ripening (ethylene is used to ripen fruit, especially apples))


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