Charles Darwin's Darwin Awards 
HOME
Darwin Awards
At-Risk Survivors
Slush Pile
2007 September Slush
(DA) Shortcut?
(HM) Rattlesnake in Mouth
(DA) Stab in the Dark
(?) Trouser Cobra kills Cambodian man
(PA) Hedge Mower
Legally Blind Man Killed While Driv
Snakecharmer: Not!
a bridge to far!
(Hmm) Hey everybody, watch this Fly !
Killacycle lives up to it's name?
(PA) Splitting Headache
(PA) Billy the Kid
(PA) Western Massacre
How to free an elevator
(?) 16 Killed in Truck meant for Five
murderer 0 and victim 1
Backside firework prank backfires
Head in the machine
(DA) Weight Lift
Where NOT to sleep
Ignited Arsonist Shoots Self
Attempted energy theft kills father
Student tried to jump over car
Man killed building pipe bomb
Testicles & Fireworks
Jet Ski Won't Turn
Barbequed deputy
A Stolen Trick, A Darwinian Treat
home security
Booby trap gets the Boob,and an arm
How NOT to use an emergency brake
Train and Lawnchair Man
here kitty kitty
Golf Hazard
Deadly Mirror
Man Impaled Trying to Climb Fence
Twice a charm
(HM) Police Arrest Woman Allegedly Weari
Hood Surfing
extreme redneck atv riding.
(HM) Man bitten after putting rattler in
Fisherman Blows Up!
man drowns trying to ,swim to party
suffocated by sand
Out of gas?
Deadly Horseplay Claims a Woman
gunpowder redneck explosion.
Drowned Drunk
What's that smell?
Man sticks Pet Rattlesnake in mouth
Wisconsin man sues when aftershave
Woman hit by 4 cars to save dog
Police Find Man's Body, Guillotine
Personal Account:Stomach 1, Brain 0
Suicide by Guillotine
Motorcycle Stupidity - Personal Acc
Man put rattlesnake in mouth
Older Slush 
 
~ Random Story ~
Email Alert!
Gift Shop
Rules  Search
Contact Darwin
Submit a Story
Philosophy Forum
Home

  

Darwin Awards
2007 Slush Pile

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

Out of gas?

2007 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance

When young and bored in a small Pa. Coal town we came up with an idea. A bunch of guys went up to the strippings which is a place where steam shovels mined coal and loaded it into large "Ukies" Now a Ukie is a huge off road truck that haulsw the raw coal to the breaker where it is crushed, cleaned and sorted. On weekends the trucks were parked and it was outr bright idea to start them up and race them as they had no keys. We were happy racing our 60 ton dump trucks when one guy stopped. We all stopped to see what he was doing. He took off the gas cap and before we could stop him he lit up a match to see if any gas was in the tank. We carried him off the mountain scraming and yelling to the local doctor (the only one in town) and for the reswt of his life he was called Nutzy Tyla and he sure was that

Submitted on 09/06/2007

Submitted by: clarence marsden
Reference: My experience

Copyright © 2007 DarwinAwards.com

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

James said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
Although the ol' "match in the gas tank" gag is extremely common, this makes a good story because a) it is a PA, and b) the fact that racing huge dump trucks is stupid in and of itself! Thanks, Clarence!


Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
I'll vote for this one given that it involved those huge dump trucks. Thanks, Clarence!


The Darwin Awards Gift Shop

$16 Tree of Life T-Shirt / Grey
Heavy 100% cotton Hanes Beefy-T with an inadvisable tree-sawing situation on the front... and a few scattered leaves on the back! Click on the image for a full view. This one is not based on any story, but shows an amusingly apt situation.
Buy the Tree of Life T-Shirt

 

 

Slush Pile
Slush Pile Rejects


Advanced Search

HomeRulesFAQsAwardsSlushSite Map
DarwinAward | HonorableMention | PersonalAccount | UrbanLegend