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Thu 6 Jul 2006 11:46
darwin award candidate ... :>) - Ian (Cape Town)
A story in the Cape tabloid Daily Voice yesterday...

About a chap who blew up his old Landrover, garage... and cat, suffering severe burns himself, burning down the garage and most of the house, etc etc

However, you may ask, how did this poor unfortunate come to blow up the Landy? Well, apparently the bolts on the filler-cap to his petrol tank had rusted solid, so he tried to remove them.

With an angle grinder.


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Thu 6 Jul 2006 12:36
darwin award candidate ... :>) - Armitage Shanks {p}
I don't Belieeeeeeeve it! I was picking a hire car in Malta some years ago, in an underground car park. It was one those companies that gives you the car empty and if you bring it back with anyuseable fuel in it they siphon it out for themselves. An employee was doing this to a car between taking puffs from a ciggy!
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Thu 6 Jul 2006 12:41
darwin award candidate ... :>) - Waino
As the poor chap didn't actually kill himself he wouldn't qualify for a Darwin Award - he'd most probably be awarded an 'Honorable Mention' for his valiant effort.

darwinawards.com/stupid/
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Thu 6 Jul 2006 13:57
darwin award candidate ... :>) - adverse camber
I think that if he has managed to burn his testicles off it would count. ITs about removal from the gene pool so accidental sterilization should count.
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Thu 6 Jul 2006 16:19
darwin award candidate ... :>) - Waino
Very true! And the word 'accidental' is key. Presumably, vasectomies don't count - unless you went in to have your tonsils out.
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Sat 8 Jul 2006 21:29
darwin award candidate ... :>) - frazerjp
I wander what happened to his neighbours if the poor bloke had any?
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