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Is half a Darwin better then none?

2008 Reader Submission
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Half a Darwin is better then none?

I have two honorable mentions for you. The first is easily verifiable as it appeared today, January 15, 2008 on the Fox News Web site and is what the subject line refers to.

It seems our 25 year old male hero in Kokomo, Indiana, Derrick, was dying for a smoke and decided to pick up some cash while he was at it. He approached a female clerk in a convenience store and demanded that she put all the cash from the register in a bag and hand him a pack of smokes. She puts the cash in a bag & turns to get the smokes & hears a shot. To free his hand to pick up both the bag of cash and the smokes, our bright boy shoved his automatic pistol into his waistband, where it promptly discharged and blew a hole in his right testicle & left lower leg.

With one down and one to go our hero is sure to win an Award!

Our next honorable mention is a 22 year old male which positions the twenties as a good age group for the elimination of Darwin Defectives! The article concerning this brainiac appeared in the internet edition of the Pocono Record in Monroe County Pennsylvania on January 4, 2008.

It seems that our second honorable mention, Dylan, was really enjoying himself at a New Years party in the Poconos...so much so that the bouncers threw him out of the bar! Our intrepid hero was not going to allow anyone to stand in the way of his good time so he began plotting his return to the party. He climbed onto the roof and tried to slide down a vent he found there, slipping off his pants to slide better. Unfortunately, the precaution wasn’t enough and he became wedged tight about 12 feet down.

Anyone who has visited the Poconos in the winter knows that you DON’T want to be out in the middle of the night without your coat, much less sans pants! He began screaming and fortunately for our hero, if unfortunately for the gene pool, he was heard after a couple of hours and fire fighters cut him out of his almost tomb. You might think that his only danger was freezing to death but that wouldn’t be so. You see he was stuck in the kitchen vent and if the staff hadn’t heard him before lighting up the ovens, well, his first weiner roast of the New Year might well have been his last!

Karl Foarile

Submitted on 01/15/2008

Submitted by: Karl Foarile
Reference: Fox News-January 15, 2008 & The Pocono Record - January 4, 2008

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Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
I believe we already have the first story under consideration but the second one is new, and certainly humorous enough for an HM. Thanks, Karl!


Chip said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
Karl, as Bruce said, the first is a repeat, but I LOVE your second submission. Thanks.


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