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Sailing Banana

2007 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance

Sitting bored in a harbour one sunny afternoon, three young individuals decided to liven up their day. Sailing had always been their dream, and these three Darwin Award contenders wanted their dream to be realised - or at least to make a splash in the gene pool.

As luck would have it, one of our amateur sailors had obtained a giant inflatable banana (the type suitable for playing with in a swimming pool) by unknown means. It entered his mind that it would be very entertaining to set sail from the harbour on his unique vessel. He voiced the idea to his buddies who were all for it. So they inflated the banana and set sail from Dublin Bay, aiming for one of the many islands dotted around the coast.

Unfortunately for our three brave young souls, the workmanship of their vessel was not sturdy enough, and it sank halfway to their destination.

Most people would be sensible enough to know how to swim before commandeering a vessel made of nothing but air and plastic, but not our men. They proceeded to begin drowning helplessly in rather calm waters. They were rescued by irate members of the Irish Coastguard, and therefor failed in their bid for a Darwin Award. However, I think the sheer stupidity of these men deserves an Honourable Mention.

Submitted on 06/02/2007

Submitted by: Sean
Reference: herald am, Tuesday May 15th, 2007

Copyright © 2007 DarwinAwards.com

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James said:
Neutral: Personal Account
Since there is no viewable news link, I will have to take this as a Personal Account. As such, however, it is pretty funny! I can definitely visualize this! Thanks, Sean!


Graham said:
Neutral: Personal Account
Going into the Irish Sea on ANY inflatable craft is insanity, anyway! The water is like the Poles. There's no mention of the distances involved here, but it had to be a few MILES. Thanks, Sean.


Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
I can imagine the reaction of the Coast Guardsmen on their boat when they first spotted these three fools and their floating banana. Thanks, Sean!


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