The following individual in question is a Creationist. It is sadly a honourable mention rather than an award due to his survival but irony is a delicious dessert.

"cannot believe 95% of you believe that creationism should not be taught at school! You will notice that I did not acutally say 'INSTEAD' of evolution... just ALONGSIDE evolution. THEN let the children make up their own minds BASED ON THE EVIDENCE.

Isn't that what science is meant to be about? I mean, if you evolutionists are so confident your theory is supported by the evidence, THEN LET THE CHILDREN TEST IT. You should have nothing to fear from that!!!!!" - Monday, 10th Nov, 08

This is an example of his rantings, however a day later we have this...

"I stuck a pen knife in an electrical socket this morning to see whether electricity was flowing through it or not, but got a massive shock in the process. I am now in pain and my arm is numb, I think I might go to A&E for a check-up. " - Tuesday, 11th Nov, 08

Followed by a justification of his genius.

"Now look here. There was nothing stupid about these actions.

My microwave oven was not working, so it was a perfectly reasonable assumption that the socket was not working. I assumed that there must be a NON-CONDUCTIVE substance inside blocking the electricity. Thus I poked it first of all with a long fork with a PLASTIC handle (as a precaution). NOTHING. So then, assuming it was dead, I POKED MY PEN-KNIFE inside in an attempt to dislodge any foreign bodies. A perfectly reasonable course of action -one that I am sure most electricians would follow also. How was I supposed to know the current was live, when I felt not even the slightest twinge through the orignial fork which I inserted???"

It's good that he survived. If not we can't laugh at him.

Submitted on 11/17/2008

Submitted by: amiruth
Reference: The Garvanian Blog. Monday 10th to Tuesday 11th November 08

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Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
While I don't think the creationism argument has anything to do with this, after reading the blog post & comments about this inept attempt at microwave oven troubleshooting all I can say is "wow!". He certainly is deserving an HM as far as I'm concerned. For my fellow mods, here's a link to the post & comments: http://garvanellison.blogspot.com/2008/11/ouch.html

Candi said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
I agree with Bruce. What's really annoying to me about this jerk is that the subject is often reflected back on the speaker, and speakers like this make a wonderful subject look very bad.

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