DARWIN AWARDS honor those who improve our genepool--by removing themselves from it. The award is usually bestowed posthumously. --------------------------------------------+---+-+---+-+-+-+-+ I forgot mention, my publisher welcomes interview requests, and since a new book was released, will send Press and Media folks free review copies. If you are interested in that stuff, email Melissa madame_royale@darwinawards.com and she will make sure it happens. --------------------------------------------+---+-+---+-+-+-+-+ EVOLUTION PRESENTS: The Human Bottle Rocket AT-RISK SURVIVOR. We think. Could be a Darwin Award. category: private parts, fireworks 2006 incident. 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." --------------------------------------------+---+-+---+-+-+-+-+ Gift Suggestions: http://www.zazzle.com/darwinawards --------------------------------------------+---+-+---+-+-+-+-+ (2010 darwinawards.com) - - - DARWIN AWARDS honor those who do the most to improve our genepool-- by removing themselves from it, thereby ensuring that the next gen is descended from one fewer idiot. AWARD WINNER. ALERT! Another Grand Canyon tourist, who was leaping from precipice to precarious precipice, made the plunge. Do you suppose that those two words have the same roots, 'precipice' and 'precarious'? It seems obvious that the combination should trigger a warning reflex that keeps an animal away from danger. But nope, not in this case. Gravity. It's always on. http://darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin2010-10.html --------------------------------------------+---+-+---+-+-+-+-+ Proudly announcing our NEW book! DARWIN AWARDS Countdown To Extinction 100 NEW STORIES, a Flip-book, 28 full-page art illustrations, ridiculous snarky comments and sidebars, the most, best, ever. From Table of Contents to the FAQ and Index, each page is a pleasure to read. Worth every penny! Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc. (300 pages) ISBN 9780525951919 Support your author! Buy our new book from your local bookstore, at Amazon, in Barnes & Noble and Borders, and local independent retailers. Buy early and often. We love you! -- READ ON REVIEWERS -- Melissa offers goodies! Read book first, form your honest opinion, spend time writing a review that is interesting. Then send us the URL (or the student newspaper or however it was published). What's in the goodie bag? MELISSA will stuff great stuff into an envelope and get it to you pronto. Great stuff we want to be rid of. Great stuff you'll love! READ, Review, email: madame_royale@darwinawards.com --------------------------------------------+---+-+---+-+-+-+-+ A lot has happened recently. I have to over-share with you about the two mojo mechanics who wanted to ride a barrel-rocket skidding across a parking lot. One Darwin Award winner, and one survivor of the wild ride... What did they do? They poured some propane into a big, empty barrel, climbed on board, and lit the bunghole... http://darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin2010-07.html --------------------------------------------+---+-+---+-+-+-+-+ WHEELCHAIR ACCESS In a flagrant act of wheelchair abuse, a man, annoyed that an elevator has closed and departed without him, rams his wheelchair into the doors not once, not twice, but THREE times in all--only to plunge down the now-empty elevator shaft to his death. The elevator windows are transparent so any fool could see that the elevator was gone, gone, gone. But don't take my word for it, view the video! http://darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin2010-08.html --------------------------------------------+---+-+---+-+-+-+-+ Darwin FACEbookS the music: http://facebook.com/darwinaward --------------------------------------------+---+-+---+-+-+-+-+ RIDE'EM COWGIRL -- is it a Darwin Award or just bad driving? Sure, we all love the rare Lady Darwin Winner, and you can reeead this one, but I'm not sure about it. The passenger, for instance, why should he get dinged for driving without a license? He was only steering the car out of a disaster course. For those who like to comment on stories, here's one that needs comment: http://www.darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin2010-09.html --------------------------------------------+---+-+---+-+-+-+-+ DARWIN AWARDS Countdown To Extinction - in bookstores everywhere! Safety Last! What Can It Hurt? Don't Worry. This book, I'm telling ya, it is the. best. ever. Best stories, best art, the best science writing. MELISSA will send free signed autographed bookplates for each of your Darwin books -- simply send your address to her: madame_royale@darwinawards.com ARE YOU TIRED OF THE ANCIENT DARWINAWARDS.com website? Your book purchases pay for a much-needed website remodel. 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