Darwin Awards: 2002 January Slush Pile

Charles Darwin's Darwin Awards 
HOME
Darwin Awards
Honorable Mentions
Urban Legends
Personal Accounts
Slush Pile
2002 January Slush
Old Ammo - Stupid Crook
Chainsaw insurance scam
Demonstration for the Jury
South Tirol Chainsaw Massacre
Laser dimbulb
Arse as Thick as his head.
Broken Door
Fishjerman Out of Depth
It Says "Do Not Drink"
Starting a Stalled Motorcycle
Flickin' his Bic
Watch this... This is Cool...
1 rope, 3 guys, no brains
potty perils
Two Farmers Killed Trying To S
Glued burglar
Don't play with guns.
N2O and higher learning
Higher Learning?
Crazy Zookeeper
I'm train-ing to be cool
Spanner man
WHAT'S UNDER YOUR HELMET?
Another Ant Kill Backfires
Criminal Makes a Break
Driver in plaster killed
Oxford students and explosives
Plane Stupid
Runs in the family
Teen Falls in Chimney, Dies
Dying to get in
Quick Draw
Zip line from hell
syphoning solid waste
Blaze away
Snowman shootout (not dead)
Cop Killed by 3-year-old Son
Tightrope Sailor
Fisherman rescued twice at sam
Older Slush 
 
~ Randomizer ~
Newsletter
BookT-ShirtEtc.
Rules – Search
Contact Darwin
SiteMap
Home

  

Darwin Awards
2002 Slush Pile

This item was recently submitted by a reader.
Should I include it in the archive?
Vote to tell me what *you* think!

Fishjerman Out of Depth

2003 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance

A fisherman fishing off rocks on the wild West Coast beaches of Auckland, New Zealand was swept away by 12-foot swells, despite warning signs about the dangers of fishing from the area. Surf Life avers were warned of the fisherman's plight by onlookers but could only look on because conditions were too bad to attempt rescue. One of the Surf Lifesavers said that the man was still standing fishing as swells were breaking over his head. Apparently the man and his family had climbed to the secluded spot to fish. The rest of the family watched from a safe haven as the man was swept from his precarious perch. His body was recovered not far from the rocks. He is not the first fisherman to drown off the West Coast beach; one man had tied himself to the rocks to prevent being swept away and was drowned by the incoming tide.

Submitted on 01/10/02

Submitted by: Mike Peters
Reference: New Zealand Herald 9 Jan 02

Copyright © 2002 DarwinAwards.com

Great? 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Awful?
Love it! Hate it!
>> Moderator Scores <<

Q-C said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
Qualifies, let the viewers score it

Greywarden said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
This man went well out of his way to catch the Darwin Fish, let's give it to him.

Darwin said:
Maybe Toss: Other
It's darwinian to stand in heavy surf, ducking under pounding rollers while you fish. But somehow I just can't seem to find the extra spark of humor in this one. Stupid? Uh huh. Monumentally stupid? That too. But astoundingly, gut-bustingly LOL stupid?...

The Darwin Awards Gift Shop

The Darwin Awards Condom

Keep yourself out of the gene pool!
A condom in a matchbook, useful for emergency contraception, bachelor parties, frat parties, and important rites of passage. LOADED inside and out with funny quotes and stories. Everyone loves this item!
Friends don't let friends reproduce!
$13 for Pack of 4

 

 

Slush Pile
Sorry!

HomeRulesFAQsAwardsSlushSite Map
DarwinAward | HonorableMention | PersonalAccount | UrbanLegend