Back in June a 17 year old kid was decapitated by a roller coaster at Six Flags over Georgia. Evidently not enough people read the Darwin Awards pages, or warning signs. The Darwin Award site Is just another amusing resource available to aid you in not winning one.

Unfortunately a 20 year old man almost lost his head by a rollercoaster at a Six Flags, in California, over the Labor Day weekend 2008. If he had read the Darwin Awards pages he would have read about the guy who lost his head going over the fences that surround the Roller Coaster in Georgia.

Even without reading the Darwin Awards pages and just reading the warning signs posted on the 6'7" fences,("Restricted to Authorized Personnel Only"), should clue someone in to the dangers of doing this.

So what would cause a man to do this? In Georgia it's believed the kid was trying to impress his girlfriend. Now I've lost my head over some of the women I've known. Not literally though. What this mook was doing was trying to impress hat afficianados. His hat had blown off into the roller coaster danger zone. I repeat "danger zone".

Anyone smart enough to read this is sure smart enough to figure out what happened next. He didn't lose his head but he did lose his conciensness. The man is in Critical Condition at Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital. If he lives he may grace these pages again. If he doesn't then this 20 year old man has strengthened the gene pool voluntarily.

So if you have a friend who doesn't read this site, or warning signs, you might want to pass along some wisdom if you find out they are going to an amusement park...

...well only if you believe that they will strengthen the gene pool with their offspring.

Submitted on 09/05/2008

Submitted by: Jonathan Brown
Reference: http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/index.php/man-hit-by-roller-co-2664/

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Candi said:
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Link checks out. All the bloody fuss four months ago over that other kid, and this one does the exact same idiotic mush-brained moronic tapioc-for-neurons thing that got the other kid kill very very recently! That takes an especially thick skull! Thanks, Jonathan!

Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
This does sound almost identical to the earlier story from Georgia. Thanks, Jonathan!

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