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2006 Darwin Awards

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Honoring Charles Darwin, the father of evolution, Darwin Awards commemorate those who improve our gene pool--by removing themselves from it in the most spectacular way possible.

The Human Bottle Rocket
2006 Darwin Award Winner
Confirmed True by Darwin

EVOLUTION Presents: The Human BOTTLE Rocket. AT-RISK Survivor. We think. Could be a Darwin Award.

category: private parts, fireworks

Incident circa November 8, 2006. News only now reaching the ears of Charles Darwin. From HIS ears to your eyes. Sunderland, England paramedics found a prone man suffering injuries including a scorched colon, caused by a Black Cat Thunderbolt rocket. The 22-year-old had, unbelievably, inserted this rocket in his back side, laid down on his front side, and lit the fuse in an attempt to make the rocket fly up into the air. But it was pointing the other way! The regional Firework Association chairman spoke for us all when he said, "This sort of thing is beyond belief."

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Reference: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wear/6132140.stm, sunderlandecho.com, guardian.co.uk, dailymail.co.uk

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