Darwin Awards

Nachdem ich jetzt schon des Öfteren Freunden und Kollegen über die Darwin-Awards vorgeschwärmt habe, möchte ich dies auch an dieser Stelle tun! Die Seite darwinawards.com präsentiert nach eigener Aussage

A Chronicle of Enterprising Demises
Honoring those who improve the species…by
accidentally removing themselves from it!

und beschreibt die kreativsten Möglichkeiten, sich möglichst unsanft aus dem Genpool zu befördern. Eine kleine Kostprobe gibt es hier…

Not a Shred of Sense

The ambulance responded to a frantic call concerning a neighbor’s trip through an industrial tree shredder. It seems the individual had decided to prune his own trees, rather than hire a professional. Why not? After all, the local shop rented shredders that could make quick work of yard debris, including tree limbs up to 8 inches in diameter.

To save time (those fateful words) the neighbor had placed the shredder at the base of a great oak tree, where he could drop branches directly into the hopper. He intended to cut off the top third of the oak, since it had been killed by lightning.

With the shredder running wide open, the neighbor climbed his ladder to the first tree branch, stepped off the ladder, slipped, and fell. The paramedics found him very dead. (Original)

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