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To: Ian@SI who wrote (44125)	1/26/2011 9:09:39 PM
From: Ian@SI	2 Recommendations Respond to of 62592

And this is the 2nd runner up in 2010. Note to those who choose to copy these for the next decade or so, please leave the date unchanged. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Textbook Double Double Darwin 2010 Darwin Award Nominee Confirmed True by Darwin Who would park the car on a busy freeway in heavy fog, for a quickie? That's the whole picture: A young couple, driving along Via Dutra, the largest freeway in Brazil with tons of heavy traffic, at 6AM under heavy fog. The couple decided that this was the time to park (for "dating" according to the charming Google translation) and, yes, they parked on the freeway in the right-hand lane, not on the shoulder, the median, or at a gas station. Naturally, given time a cargo truck encountered a "speed bump," instantly killing both -- during the act of procreation -- double-double Darwin Award! (2) people making (2) obviously bad decisions, and natural selection acts at the very moment the two are reproducing. Textbook!