The Darwin Awards Nominations Thread (no Politics Please)

Discussion in 'Lounge' started by 749er, Feb 11, 2020.

  1. Surfer off Hastings
     
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  2. Thread closed then ;)
     
  3. My favourite is one I read about when I was a kid and it was a guy who wanted to do some sunbathing but he lived in LA which was blighted by smog, so he attached numerous weather balloons to a deck chair in order to float above the haze. For safety’s sake he tethered the chair to the ground and packed an air pistol to selectively pop a few balloons when he needed to return to Earth. The plan went well until he fell asleep and the tether snapped, allowing him to rise untrammelled to a height of, IIRC, 20,000 ft, where he was spotted and reported as a UFO by a passing airliner. He then woke, shot out some balloons and returned to the ground but landed on electricity lines, causing a power cut.

    As he survived, he only received an honourable mention.
     
  4. The 4 Edinburgh university students that tried to climb Ben Nevis during the height of storm Ciara in sub zero temperatures, without any climbing kit and 3 of them wearing trainers. Andy
     
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  5. that is a peach, could not believe the pictures I saw last night
     
  6. Not that unusual though - perhaps a bit more daft to do it when they did, but they are not alone in that kind of action :thinkingface:
     
  7. a custmer asking for credit. after the work is done.
     
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  8. anyone from scotland who wants independence.............but lives and works in england!
     
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  9. no politics. but anyone that promotes brexit and aplys for an EU passport and or moves their business out of the country.
    see how easy it is?
     
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  10. thats not what he ment.
     
  11. I know ;)
     

  12. It does say they are suing Tesla so a court obviously feels there is a case to answer. Otherwise, it would not be permitted court time
     
    #18 749er, Feb 12, 2020
    Last edited: Feb 12, 2020
  13. good grief.
     
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  14. This is the states. Wholly different game!!
     
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