 Kaboom!
1999 Honorable Mention
Confirmed True by Darwin
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(14 July 1999, Arkansas) A mobile home in Little Rock was destroyed when a resident used a cigarette lighter to peer inside a gasoline can. Joseph was attempting to determine whether there was water in the gas can, when he discovered that it contained a flammable liquid. The gas fumes caught
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fire, and he slung the can onto the floor, spattering gas which ignited and set the residence ablaze. Joseph suffered minor burns on his hand. Donna, the homeowner, and her son initially escaped the blaze, but Donna was severely burned when she went back inside to rescue a dog that did not survive.
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The Darwin Awards Gift Shop
Hardback. 240 pages. Autographed.
$15
A fresh collection of magnificent misadventures! Lust, Vanity, Gluttony,
Greed, Sloth, Envy, and Wrath extract an evolutionary toll on the
wicked. Salute the owner of an equipment training school who demonstrates
the dangers of driving a forklift by failing to survive the filming of his
own safety video. Witness the man who becomes a victim of his own strange
passion for jumping into rivers. Heed the honest bricklayer who loses a
battle of wits with 300 pounds of tools.
This book includes more History of the Awards, Gordon's Law, and 10
discussions of evolution, including speciation and the role of verbal memes
in civilization.
Autographed by Author!
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