Charles Darwin is agog at the wondrous stupidity contemplated by the near-miss Honorable Mentions who somehow survived a near-Darwin event.

Honorable Mentions!
Leap into the fire...

Although the stupidity displayed in the following tales stops short of the ultimate sacrifice, we salute the spirit and innovation shown in these misadventures.

2009 HONORABLE MENTIONS

White Spirits
On a dark and
    smoky night, a teenager with a profanity-laden cast tried to fix the
    problem before the 'rents gave him grief...

—HONORABLE MENTIONS—

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The At-Risk Survivors category honors those who stop short of the ultimate sacrifice, yet serve as examples of the idiotic experimentation required to win a bona-fide Darwin Award.