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Kite String

2006 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance

DARWIN AWARD (19 March 2006, Belize) Benjamin Franklin is said to have flown a kite in a lightning storm, to discover whether lightning is the same as electricity. However, there are certain precautions one must take to avoid electrocution.

Kennon, 26, recently replicated the conditions of Franklin's experiment, sans precautions, while flying a kite for his niece. The string was too short, so he attached a length of thin copper wire...

The copper wire made contact with a high tension line, sending a bolt of "artificial lightning" down the wire.

Kennon's father told the media his son should have known better, as he's an electrician.

Kennon is survived by his parents, six sisters and five brothers.

Submitted on 03/29/2006

Submitted by: Anonymous
Reference: Belize Reporter Mar 26, 2006

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James said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
An electrician flying a kite strung with a copper wire near high power lines? Sounds like a case of "three strikes...you're OUT" to me! I'll give this one the nod for certain, though it will require a funnier write-up! Thanks for submitting!

Sheryl said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
I'll go for this one as well. I hate copy/paste newspaper stories on their own - I much prefer a write up in the submitter's own words backed by the newspaper report.

Darwin Awards III: Survival of the Fittest

Hardback. 304 pages. Autographed.
$15
The human race's most popular humor series returns with a brand-new collection of macabre mishaps and misadventures. Honoring those who improve our gene pool by inadvertently removing themselves from it, the Darwin Awards III shows once more how uncommon common sense still is.

Salute the sheriff who inadvertently shot himself--twice! Witness the insurance defrauder who amputated his leg with a chainsaw! Heed the story of the farmer who avoided bee stings by sealing his head in a plastic bag! Cringe at the man crushed by a branch he'd just severed... directly over his head!

123 new stories, 18 full-page illustrations, plus discussions of transgenic animals, the origin of life, and more.

Autographed by Author!

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