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To: Ilaine who wrote (135657)	6/4/2004 5:36:52 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 281500

Latest entry into the Darwin Award contest: Man drowned in kitchen sink One jobless 45 year old drunkard, who was known to be part of the lokal drug scene, removed himself from the genepool upon his last return home. As police officers and coroner stated the man was found with severe burns drowned in his own kitchen sink - but it was not an easy death to manage. Upon return home, the man tried to climb through his own kitchen window, which was tilted open (hope you know what I mean - anchored at the bottom and open at the top at about 20-40 cm depending on Window). He slid down the side of the Window and got Stuck at chest level. He managed to squirm long enough, to get himself stuk at waist level - his head at level with the water tap. Now our hero turned on the water - but not any water! It had to be boiling hot water right out of the flow heater (geyser?, sink heater? - you coose) which caused severe burns all over his head. Why he didn't turn it off again - we will never know... Why he didn't unplug the sink, so that the water would drain out - we will never know... But the biggest enigma is still: why didnt he use the door - his keys were in his pockets all the time. This is the story I'd like to tell. As you may have noticed I'm not a native english speaker ;-) So feel free to rewrite it a bit so its better understandable ... Submitted on 05/29/2004 Submitted by: Thomas Mayerhofer Reference: Kurier (Austria), 26.5.2004 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dude, where's my car? 2004 Reader Submission Pending Acceptance This story is still developing, as it happened just yesterday. So this might become a Darwin award in the near future. For now it's just an honourable mention, although we can be pretty sure he won't be passing many genes around for the first few years. Driving can be a boring thing. Our hero, a 19 year old male from the Dutch town of Blerick, had the perfect solution to fight boredom while driving. While driving the A67 highway during the night after eastersunday, he decided to impress his two passengers by putting the car on cruise-control at 20 Mph, get out of the car and run alongside it. Afterwards he would get in and drive on. While the entertainment value of this stunt is easy to see, our friend underestimated the speed of a car driving at 20 Mph. The moment he got out of the car, he fell over and slammed headfirst into the asphalt. He now is in hospital with severe braindamage, and his condition is critical. One might wonder how braindamage could occur here, as it seems he didn't have much of a brain to begin with. Even if he lives, he deserves a place in these pages. The original article (in Dutch), as found on: nu.nl (Dutch newssite): nu.nl Telegraaf (Dutch newspaper): telegraaf.nl Zwaargewonde na stunt met auto Uitgegeven: 12 april 2004 11:24 EINDHOVEN - Een 19-jarige man uit het Limburgse Blerick is in de nacht van zondag op maandag zwaargewond geraakt op de snelweg A67 (Eindhoven - Venlo). De man wilde in de buurt van Deurne een stunt uithalen met zijn auto. Dat heeft de politie maandag gezegd. Volgens getuigen wilde hij zijn twee vrienden, die ook in de auto zaten, laten zien wat hij allemaal kon. Hij zette de cruise-control van de auto op 35 kilometer per uur en stapte uit de auto om met het voertuig mee te lopen. Hierbij kwam hij ten val. De man is met ernstig hersenletsel opgenomen in een ziekenhuis in Eindhoven. Zijn toestand is zorgwekkend, aldus een zegsman van de politie. Translation: Severely wounded after stunt with car. \ Published: April 12, 2004 11:24 am EINDHOVEN - A 19 year old male from Blerick, Limburg got severely wounded during the night of sunday to monday on the highway A67 (Eindhoven to Venlo). The man wanted to pull a stunt with his car near Deurne. This was confirmed by the police on monday. According to witnesses he wanted to show his two friends, who were in the car with him, what he could do. He set the cruise-control of the car to 35 kilometers per hour en got out of the car to run along side the vehicle. He fell while doing thos. The man has been submitted to the Eindhoven hospital with severe brain-injuries. His condition is alarming, according to a police spokesman. Submitted on 04/12/2004 darwinawards.com

To: Ilaine who wrote (135657)	6/4/2004 5:40:37 PM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Your "gene pool" comment is one of the most crass I've read online in a very long time. Shame on you. Justify it any way you wish, anyone with two firing neurons won't buy your spinning. Justify why your statement that RC is at least "out of the gene pool" is an appropriate thing to say.