çmimi Darvin

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Darwin Award eshte nje çmim qe jepet nga nje organizate (shoqate) e cila filloi te grumbulloje ngjarjet me te cuditshme e me idiote qe ndodhin ne bote (megjithese perqendrohet me teper ne jeten amerikane ) dhe cdo vit shpallet nje fitues per historine me te habitshme.
Te gjitha ngjarjet fituese jane te verteta dhe shpeshhere historite qe permenden kane fund te keq per personat qe kaloje aventurat me te pabesueshme.
Se fundi keto histori kane dale edhe ne librari , te permbledhura ne 1 liber me titullin :"The Darwin Awards"

Ja dhe disa nga historite e ketij viti :



(17 April 2002, Arizona)
Had Rodney been eating too many banana peels? This Mohave County Jail inmate defecated on his cell floor, slipped in his own feces, struck his head on the ground, and died. The 49-year-old had been arrested for trespassing the previous week.

Astoundingly, a Sheriffs' spokesperson said that “foul play had been ruled out.” Felled by your own feces? I call that foul!



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(February 1982, Arizona)
Desert marksmen aim their weapons at Saguaro cacti so frequently that Arizona was forced to declare the "sport" a felony. Offenders risk a $100,000 fine and three years in prison. But that doesn’t stop sharpshooters like 27-year-old David, who opened fire on a Saguaro in 1982 and was killed when it fell on him.
He reportedly fired two slugs from a 16-gauge shotgun at a 27-foot cactus, and began to shout, "Timber!" He only had enough time to utter the first syllable before a 23-foot section of the prickly plant fell and crushed him beneath its spiky skin.



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2002 Personal Account
(2002) This one did not make the press, but my colleagues in the hospital all vividly remember this patient. At best, he earns an Honorable Mention, since he did not die, nor did he lose his reproductive capacity.
This young man presented himself to our Emergency Department covered with burns on all of his exposed skin. His hair was singed close to his scalp. What caused these injuries? He had posed himself a question, and become overwhelmed by curiosity.

Needing to discover the answer to his question (revealed soon) he proceeded to shoot a propane tank with a .22 caliber rifle. Having survived the first stage of his stupidity, he gave the propane ten minutes to leak out, and then held a burning lighter and walked slowly towards the hissing propane tank.

The question was: How close do you have to be to the propane tank before it blows up? The answer: fifteen feet.


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(2002, Washington) A couple bought an old, run-down house across the street from my friend's home in Spokane. The house had a steep, chalet-style roof. Two guys decided to repair the holes in the roof of this fixer-upper. We watched one secure a rope to a tree branch near the roof, not paying attention to the position of the tree relative to his own location. It was tied four feet away from the tree trunk.
My friend, an experienced roofer, went outside and told him that it wasn’t a good idea to tie the rope to a tree. The best place to tie the rope to prevent a fall is at the top of the roof. He suggested using the chimney instead. They paid no heed to his warning.

The second guy’s ingenious safety plan was to tie himself to his friend, who was tied to the tree.

Needless to say, on this damp, steep roof with many holes in it, the first guy eventually slipped and fell. He fell about fifteen feet before smacking into the tree trunk, breaking his collarbone, and dislocating his shoulder. He then continued down, hitting the ground, spraining his ankle, and pulling his friend down with him.

Fortunately his friend was on the other side of the roof, and was able to stop his fall by holding onto the chimney and untying himself from his hapless idiot friend. I don't know who was dumber, the guy who fell, or his friend. The next day, they went back to work, this time with the rope tied to the chimney.



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Cmimet per vitin 2001
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Think Before You Leap
2001 Darwin Award Winner
Confirmed True by Darwin
Reference: South Idaho Press


(21 July 2001, Idaho)
When his brakes failed while driving down a steep mountain road, Marco bailed out on his eight passengers and leapt from his Dodge van. Too bad Marco didn't alert the others to the problem before he took flight so precipitously. Another passenger was able to bring the vehicle to a stop a short distance away. Marco struck his head on the pavement and died at the scene. No one else was injured.





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Crystal Daze
2001 Darwin Award Winner
Confirmed True by Darwin
Reference: Discovery (Channel) News


Chihuahua, Mexico is home to two hot caverns containing the largest natural crystals known to man. "Walking into either of these caves is like stepping into a (sweltering) gigantic geode," described one awed observer. Some of the clear selenite crystals are over 20 feet long.

The newly-discovered caverns, 1200 feet below the surface of the earth, carry a curse for those who seek to plunder their riches. A man recently tried to steal one of the magnificent crystals from the roof, and might have succeeded... if he hadn't stood directly beneath it while chopping it free. He was pinned beneath the sparkling stalactite as it heeded the call of gravity, and roasted in the 108 F cave.




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Blown Away
2001 Darwin Award Winner
Confirmed True by Darwin
Reference: CCH Employment Safety & Health Guide Issue 1573,
OSHA Regional News Release, Mississippi Sun Herald


(16 July, 2001, United States)
An assistant plant manager for Blacklidge Emulsions died when he used an acetylene torch to cut a hole in a 10,000 gallon tank of asphalt emulsion. He was attempting to visually survey the amount of emulsion that remained in the tank, but "no safety precautions were taken before the cutting operation began," stated an OSHA representative. "[His] attention was twice called to a warning sign on the side of the structure which stated the contents were combustible. In complete disregard of safety procedures," the erstwhile manager "lit an acetylene torch and began cutting, causing an explosion that blew him 93 feet away.



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