Darwin Award Candidates

[Super Nova]

Here is my first one.

This man is about to launch himself in his homemade rocket to prove the Earth is flat

Seeking to prove that a conspiracy of astronauts fabricated the shape of the Earth, a California man intends to launch himself 1,800 feet high on Saturday in a rocket he built from scrap metal.

Assuming the 500-mph, mile-long flight through the Mojave Desert does not kill him, Mike Hughes told the Associated Press, his journey into the atmosflat will mark the first phase of his ambitious flat-Earth space program.

Hughes’s ultimate goal is a subsequent launch that puts him miles above the Earth, where the 61-year-old limousine driver hopes to photograph proof of the disc we all live on.

Mike Hughes and his steam-powered rocket constructed out of salvage parts on a five-acre property that he leases in Apple Valley, Calif. (Waldo Stakes/HO, courtesy of Mad Mike Hughes, via AP)

Steam powered rocket... it is to laugh.

See link, photo too large to post.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technolo ... spartanntp

[skippy]

It makes you wonder doesn’t it?
I used to think these people were all just hicks with little education but I found out recently a colleague was a flat earther. I knew he was a bit of a conspiracy nutter but I was surprised it went this far. The man has a degree.

[Super Nova]

It makes you wonder doesn’t it?
I used to think these people were all just hicks with little education but I found out recently a colleague was a flat earther. I knew he was a bit of a conspiracy nutter but I was surprised it went this far. The man has a degree.

They must be taking the piss for a bit of fun, they cannot be serious surely.

[cods]

are they both members of ozpol do you know??>.

I think we have our share of dingalings..

[Black Orchid]

Dingalings LOL

You are being kind

[Neferti]

ONLY in AMERIKA. He probably also thinks that if this fails, God will welcome him into Heaven.

[Super Nova]

Just for a laugh.

Nominee No. 1: [San Jose Mercury News]:
An unidentified man, using a shotgun like a club to break a former girlfriends windshield, accidentally shot himself to death when the gun discharged, blowing a hole in his gut.

Nominee No. 2: [Kalamazoo Gazette]:

James Burns, 34, (a mechanic) of Alamo, MI, was killed in March as he was trying to repair what police describe as a "farm-type truck." Burns got a friend to drive the truck on a highway while Burns hung underneath so that he could ascertain the source of a troubling noise. Burns' clothes caught on something, however, and the other man found Burns "wrapped in the drive shaft."

Nominee No. 3: [Hickory Daily Record]:

Ken Charles Barger, 47, accidentally shot himself to death in December in Newton, NC. Awakening to the sound of a ringing telephone beside his bed, he reached for the phone but grabbed instead a Smith & Wesson.38 Special, which discharged when he drew it to his ear.

Nominee No. 4: [UPI, Toronto]:

Police said a lawyer demonstrating the safety of windows in a downtown Toronto skyscraper crashed through a pane with his shoulder and plunged 24 floors to his death. A police spokesman said Garry Hoy, 39, fell into the courtyard of the Toronto Dominion Bank Tower early Friday evening as he was explaining the strength of the buildings windows to visiting law students. Hoy previously has conducted demonstrations of window strength according to police reports. Peter Lawson, managing partner of the firm Holden Day Wilson, told the Toronto Sun newspaper that Hoy was "one of the best and brightest" members of the 200-man association. A person has to wonder what the dimmer members of this law firm are like.

Nominee No. 5: [The News of the Weird]:

Michael Anderson Godwin had spent several years awaiting South Carolina's electric chair on a murder conviction before having his sentence reduced to life in prison. While sitting on a metal toilet in his cell attempting to fix his small TV set, he bit into a wire and was electrocuted.

Nominee No. 6: [The Indianapolis Star]:

A Dunkirk, IN man, using a cigarette lighter to check the barrel of a muzzleloader, was killed Monday night when the weapon discharged in his face, sheriff's investigators said. Gregory David Pryor, 19, died in his parents' rural Dunkirk home at about 11:30 PM. Investigators said Pryor was cleaning a .54 caliber muzzle-loader that had not been firing properly. He was using the lighter to look into the barrel when the gunpowder ignited.

Nominee No. 7: [Reuters, Mississauga, Ontario]:

A man cleaning a bird feeder on the balcony of his condominium apartment in this Toronto suburb slipped and fell 23 stories to his death."Stefan Macko, 55, was standing on a wheelchair when the accident occurred," said Inspector Darcy Honer of the Peel Regional Police."It appears that the chair moved, and he went over the balcony," Honer said.

Finally, THE WINNER!!!: [Arkansas Democrat Gazette]:

Two local men were injured when their pickup truck left the road and struck a tree near Cotton Patch on State Highway 38 early Monday. Woodruff County deputy Dovey Snyder reported the accident shortly after midnight Monday. Thurston Poole, 33, of Des Arc, and Billy Ray Wallis, 38, of Little Rock, were returning to Des Arc after a frog-catching trip. On an overcast Sunday night, Poole's pickup truck headlights malfunctioned.The two men concluded that the headlight fuse on the older-model truck had burned out. As a replacement fuse was not available, Wallis noticed that the .22 caliber bullets from his pistol fit perfectly into the fuse box next to the steering-wheel column. Upon inserting the bullet the headlights again began to operate properly, and the two men proceeded on eastbound toward the White River Bridge.After traveling approximately 20 miles, and just before crossing the river, the bullet apparently overheated, discharged and struck Poole in the testicles. The vehicle swerved sharply right, exited the pavement, and struck a tree. Poole suffered only minor cuts and abrasions from the accident but will require extensive surgery to repair the damage to his testicles, which will never operate as intended.Wallis sustained a broken clavicle and was treated and released. "Thank God we weren't on that bridge when Thurston shot his balls off, or we might be dead," stated Wallis.

[Super Nova]

Update

Finally, THE WINNER!!!: [Sunshine Coast Daily, Alison the very Gross]:

Two local men were injured when their taxi left the road and struck a tree near Scumbag Patch on State Highway 69 early Monday. Nufnuf Shire Constable Dovey Snyder reported the accident shortly after midnight Monday. Aussie, an old fart, of Qld, and Monk, gay old fart, of SA, were returning to their love nest after a toad-catching trip. On an overcast Sunday night, Aussie's taxi headlights malfunctioned. The two men concluded that the headlight fuse on the older-model taxi had burned out. As a replacement fuse was not available, Monk noticed that the .22 caliber bullets from his pistol fit perfectly into the fuse box next to the steering-wheel column. Upon inserting the bullet the headlights again began to operate properly, and the two men proceeded on eastbound toward the bridge.After traveling approximately 30 Kms, and just before crossing the river, the bullet apparently overheated, discharged and struck Monk in the testicles. The vehicle swerved sharply right, exited the pavement, and struck a tree. Monk suffered only minor cuts and abrasions from the accident but will require extensive surgery to repair the damage to his testicles, which will never operate as intended. Aussie sustained a broken clavicle and was treated and released. "Thank God we weren't on that bridge when Monk shot his balls off, or we might be dead," stated Aussie.

[Super Nova]

What a muppet.

Man dies after getting stuck in cinema seats

A man has died after getting his head stuck under the footrest of his electronic seat at a movie theatre in the British city of Birmingham.
According to the Birmingham Mail, the man had dropped his phone and was trying to retrieve it in between the cinema's Gold Class seats at the end of the film.

The accident occurred on March 9 at the Star City entertainment complex. He died a week later, on March 16.
After he bent down, the reclining, electric seat's footrest clamped down on the man's head. He was attending the film with his partner, who reportedly became frantic as the man started to panic upon realising he was stuck.

Staff and other patrons at the cinema struggled to free him, but eventually pulled him out of the seats.

The man suffered from cardiac arrest. After paramedics successfully restarted his heart, he was rushed to Heartlands Hospital, the West Midlands Ambulance Service confirmed to the Guardian.

"Following an incident which took place on Friday 9 March at our Birmingham cinema, we can confirm that a customer was taken to hospital that evening. We are saddened to learn that he passed away on Friday 16 March." The statement continues: "A full investigation into the nature of the incident is ongoing. Our thoughts and condolences are with the family who have our full support and assistance."

The Birmingham City Council has started a health and safety investigation, reports the Guardian.
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[Super Nova]

This guy would have been a candidate if he had died.

Drunk wedding guest jumps out of window into CROCODILE POOL - as horrified revellers see his arm ripped off

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