Wendy says, "Added to the list of heroic environmental activists who risk their lives to improve ours. Not a Darwin Award, but the picture is priceless! See below."

H.M. only. Wales

An 81-year-old man set out in a small inflatable dinghy to rescue his neighbour's wheelie bin which was swept out to sea in bed weather(the wheelie bin, according to the photo, is not much smaller than the dinghy. He was,unsurprisingly, not wearing a lifejacket. A mile off the coast, the local lifeboat picked him up and took him to hospital, where he was treated for hypothermia. They then went back for the dinghy and wheelie bin, which was still half full of rubbish.

You would think he was old enough to know better...

Submitted on 09/14/2010

Submitted by: zebrafinch
Reference: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-11268644 10th september

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Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
Risking your life for a trash container? That's a new one in my book! Thanks for sending this in.

James said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
This is the most misaligned example of charitable derring-do that I have ever read about. It wasn't even HIS trash container! I got a boot out of this one!! Thanks!

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