The Darwin Awards 4: Intelligent Design

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by Wendy Northcutt


  bar bet

  dare

  endurance

  for female

  sailor dare

  spitting

  with electric current

  competitive, inhibitor

  condom, to defeat breathalyzer

  Cooking with Gas (Honorable Mention)

  crops, protection with landmine

  Crotch Rocket (Honorable Mention)

  curiosity

  Damned if You Do…(Darwin Award)

  daredevil

  Daring Feet (Darwin Award)

  Death Valley Daze (Darwin Award)

  death

  blown off roof

  by anaphylactic shock

  by auger

  by bullet

  by catapult

  by decapitation

  by dehydration

  by drowning

  by electricity

  by goring

  by gymnastics

  by horse kick

  by lava lamp

  by parachute failure

  by shopping cart

  by stabbing

  crushed by car

  crushed by concrete slab

  crushed by subway

  crushed by tree

  crushed by truck

  drinking antifreeze

  exsanguinations

  falling from balcony

  falling from stadium

  falling from tower

  falling into traffic

  in airplane

  in explosion

  in flash flood

  lacking seat belt

  leaping from car

  leaping over banister

  on jet ski

  on moped

  on motorcycle

  on roller coaster

  on snowmobile

  on snowmobile

  playing chicken

  retrieving eyeglasses

  sex in plane

  sex in street

  sleeping on beach

  snake venom

  Do What I Say, Not What I Do (Personal Account)

  Dodging the Draft Horse (Personal Account)

  Do-It-Yourself Bass Boat (Personal Account)

  Do-It-Yourself Landmine (Darwin Award)

  Dope on a Rope (Darwin Award)

  drunk driving, snowmobile

  duct tape

  dump, trash

  Dying for a Ciggie (Darwin Award)

  Eel Enema (Honorable Mention)

  Eiffel Tower

  electrical outage

  electricians, on truck

  electricity

  and bird nests

  and train

  and vacuum

  climbing utility pole

  detonating explosive

  Elephant Tail (Darwin Award)

  elephant trail

  elephant, teasing

  Endogenous Retroviruses and Evolution (Science Essay)

  engine, cold

  Evel Knievel, Montana daredevil

  Exploding Boat (Honorable Mention)

  Exploding Ex-tortionist (Darwin Award)

  Exploding Outhouse (Honorable Mention)

  explosion

  artillery

  chemical

  Coleman stove

  detonator

  fireworks

  fishing

  fuel

  gasoline

  grenade

  landmine

  lava lamp

  M80

  natural gas

  outhouse

  oxygen brick

  pressurized can

  explosives, tossed from car

  eyebrows, missing

  eyeglasses, loss of

  Failed Frame-Up (Darwin Award)

  fall

  from stairwell

  from wheelchair

  off tower

  scaling wall

  Federal Railroad Administration

  feet, use in steering

  fire

  fire, explosion

  Firewalls (Honorable Mention)

  fireworks

  fireworks, firecrackers

  fishing

  Flaming Bungee Jump (Honorable Mention)

  Flying Dutchman (Darwin Award)

  Forensic Analysis: Achieving Justice (Science Essay)

  Freeway Dangler (Darwin Award)

  fumigation, with natural gas

  Gas Spill (Personal Account)

  gasoline

  girlfriend

  attempt to impress

  gift for

  helping

  romantic idea

  teasing

  glass, broken

  Go With the Floe (Honorable Mention)

  graffiti

  grenade

  gun

  and sex

  nail

  Gun-Safety Nonsense (Personal Account)

  gunshot victim, self-inflicted

  gymnastics

  Hammer Head (Honorable Mention)

  Happy Camper (Honorable Mention)

  Hazard Befell Him (Darwin Award)

  Heck on Wheels (Darwin Award)

  History of the Darwin Awards (Introduction)

  homemade car

  homemade parachute

  Homemade Wine (Darwin Award)

  horse, kick

  Hot Hot Chocolate (Personal Account)

  Hot Pants (Honorable Mention)

  Human Paper Towel (Personal Account)

  Human Torch (Darwin Award)

  hunting

  bird

  coyote

  raccoon

  hurricane

  Hurricane Blumpkin (Darwin Award)

  Hurricane Bob

  Hurricane Isabel

  Hurricane News Junkie (Darwin Award)

  Icarus (Personal Account)

  ice maker

  ice scraper, as throttle control

  ice

  thin

  trapped on

  Jack Up (Darwin Award)

  James G. Petropoulos, Science Writer

  jet ski

  Juice Me Up! (Personal Account)

  jump

  from bridge

  from car

  from Eiffel Tower

  from ledge

  from window

  onto subway tracks

  over banister

  over railing

  with knife

  keys

  in apartment

  in pocket

  Killer Shades (Darwin Award)

  Kills Bugs Dead (Honorable Mention)

  knife

  axe

  bayonet

  kitchen

  throwing spider

  landmine

  Lava Lamp (Darwin Award)

  license, suspended

  lighter, butane

  Love Bites (Science Essay)

  Love Struck (Darwin Award)

  lubricant, dishwashing liquid

  lubricant, oil on brakes

  Maia Smith, Science Writer

  Man Drowns in Kitchen Sink (Darwin Award)

  mechanic, inept

  Medieval Flambé (Personal Account)

  methamphetamine

  danger of making

  mid-life crisis

  Mile-High Club Failure (Darwin Award)

  Military Intelligence (Darwin Award)

  military story

  military, soldier

  Mining for Elephants (Darwin Award)

  motorcycle. See vehicle.

  New Hog (Honorable Mention)

  Niagara Falls

  Nighttime Fun with Bullets (Honorable Mention)

  nitroglycerine

  Norm Sleep, Science Writer

  nudist

  Off-Road Driving (Darwin Award)

  Oktoberfest

  Oops, Did It Again (Honorable Mention)

  Origin of the Novel Species Noodleous doubleous (Science Essay)

  ovaries, toad, eating

  Overheated Engine (Honorable Mention)

  pain
t, body

  paint, spray can

  painters

  Pancake Thief (Darwin Award)

  paper towel dispenser

  parachute, home made

  Parrot Hunter (Honorable Mention)

  penis

  beringed

  burned

  severed

  Picking the Winners (Introduction)

  Picture Perfect Cop (Honorable Mention)

  pilots

  distracted

  joyriding

  Plug Me In (Darwin Award)

  Pocket M80 (Personal Account)

  poison, thallium

  police, outrunning

  Power Over Plate Glass (Personal Account)

  prank, gone wrong

  raccoon hunting

  rat poison

  recliner, as deck chair

  Renaissance Fair

  rescue, by British lads

  revenge, backfire

  Right Over the Dam (Darwin Award),

  river

  Avon

  Braamfontein Spruit

  Gatineau

  Rocketing to Glory (Darwin Award)

  roller coaster

  running

  alongside a car

  from bison

  from police

  naked and screaming

  toward balcony railing

  Rutting Contest (Darwin Award)

  safety helmet, limitation of

  saliva

  SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism),

  seat belt, absence of

  Second Time’s the Charm (Darwin Award)

  Self-Demolition Derby (Darwin Award),

  self-inflicted gunshot wound

  Self-Protection (Honorable Mention),

  Serbian Tsunami (Honorable Mention),

  sex

  aloft

  in the street

  with chocolate

  with gun

  sharks, feeding

  Sharp Landing (Darwin Award)

  sheep, bighorn

  Shoot ’em Off (Darwin Award)

  Shooting Blanks (Darwin Award)

  shopping cart

  Shortcut Cut Short (Personal Account)

  Sizzling Scaffolding (Darwin Award)

  Slaughterhouse Robbery (Darwin Award)

  sleep deprivation, and poor judgment

  sleep, beneath truck

  Snake Man (Darwin Award)

  snake

  deadly mamba

  Gaboon viper

  snowmobile. See vehicle.

  Snowmoboater (Darwin Award)

  Spy vs. Self (Darwin Award)

  spy, amateur

  spy, professional

  Stephen Darksyde, Science Writer

  Stepping Out (Darwin Award)

  sterilization

  by cleaver

  by electricity

  by firecracker

  by gun during sex play

  by home-made explosive

  by injecting saline

  by pellet gun

  by penis ring

  stove

  and air freshener

  and bullets

  and lava lamp

  Coleman

  student

  biology

  engineering

  Stupid Car (Personal Account)

  submarine, and firearms

  Surprise Attack Surprise (Darwin Award)

  Survival of the Fittest (Introduction)

  teacher, inept

  Terminal Creativity (Darwin Award)

  termite control

  testicle

  and electricity

  enlargement of

  Testosterone, Chickens, and Guns (Honorable Mention)

  thallium

  The Army’s a Blast (Darwin Award)

  The Bigger the Better (Personal Account)

  The Categories (Introduction)

  The Man with the Iron Stomach (Personal Account)

  The Nuisance of Seatbelts (Darwin Award)

  The Rules (Introduction)

  The Skinny on Fat (Science Essay)

  theft

  as an excuse

  at brothel

  at slaughterhouse

  of amphetamine

  of dump truck

  of fireworks

  of honey

  of snakes

  of support braces

  of wallets

  Tide Waits for No Man (Darwin Award)

  Tight Wad (Personal Account)

  toad

  train. See vehicle.

  Tree Hard, Head Empty (Darwin Award)

  Tree vs. Man (Darwin Award)

  tree

  catapulted by

  falling

  forcibly uprooted

  immobility of

  truck. See vehicle.

  tsunami, collateral damage

  Tunnel Vision (Darwin Award)

  Ultimate Quest for Airtime (Darwin Award)

  University

  Carleton

  James Cook

  James Madison

  Nebraska

  Summit College

  Taiwan

  urination

  vacuum repair

  Vancouver Film Festival

  vehicle

  airplane

  ATV

  bicycle

  boat

  bus

  canoe

  car

  BMW

  demolition derby

  Ford Mustang

  home made

  Nissan

  Opel Kadett

  Subaru Legacy

  Volkswagon microbus

  jet ski

  moped

  motorcycle

  Harley

  shopping cart

  snowmobile

  SUV, on ice

  train

  truck

  truck, dump

  venom

  hemotoxic

  neurotoxic

 

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