The 2013 Darwin Awards are out

[MiniMe]

http://jdgroover.wordpress.com/2013/08/20/the-2013-darwin-awards-are-out/

Yes, it’s that magical time of year again when the Darwin Awards are bestowed, honoring the least evolved among us.
Here Is The Glorious Winner:
1. When his .38 caliber revolver failed to fire at his intended victim during a hold-up in Long Beach, California would-be robber James Elliot did something that can only inspire wonder. He peered down the barrel and tried the trigger again. This time it worked.
And Now, The Honorable Mentions:
2. The chef at a hotel in Switzerland lost a finger in a meat cutting machine and after a little shopping around, submitted a claim to his insurance company. The company expecting negligence sent out one of its men to have a look for himself. He tried the machine and he also lost a finger. The chef’s claim was approved.
3. A man who shoveled snow for an hour to clear a space for his car during a blizzard in Chicago returned with his vehicle to find a woman had taken the space. Understandably, he shot her.

More at the link

[hobbit709]

1. The last two are not Darwins

#2 is considered a Stupid Human Trick
#3 is just an asshole.

[JHB]

4. And #9 isn't necessarily stupid...

"This is taking too long, and not going the way it's supposed to. Time to bail" may have entered into his thinking.

[NV Whino]

2. Well, of the entire list, only the first is a Darwin

The rest qualify as stupid, but not Darwin.

[jberryhill]

3. It's funny when people die

[Sheldon Cooper]

5. I know, right?

Hi-fucking-larious.

[jberryhill]

6. The third one really captures the essence

Someone pulled into what they might have thought was an open parking space and was shot to death - "Understandably".

Apparently the OP thinks it is "understandable" to kill another human being over a parking space.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

11. You mean it's NOT?

Ooops....

[Hassin Bin Sober]

16. Well, it WAS Chicago. Where our Mayor once went on TV in an attempt to head off viloence and ...

....warned people not to violate the sanctity of the "Bridgeport Chair".

(That's a kitchen chair left in a shoveled out spot)

[Historic NY]

7. Well there is always next year for the runner up's.

[PowerToThePeople]

8. old (2005), snopes...

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/darwin05.asp

[NYC_SKP]

9. "The Glorious Winner" lol.

Here Is The Glorious Winner:

1. When his .38 caliber revolver failed to fire at his intended victim during a hold-up in Long Beach, California would-be robber James Elliot did something that can only inspire wonder. He peered down the barrel and tried the trigger again. This time it worked.

[NYC_SKP]

10. Why did they use the same stories from 2005 and call it 2013???

[freshwest]

15. Because it still made you look. Like most of the canned newz...

That is months or years old. They recycle political stuff for sponsors or their owners o 'manufacture consent' for a contract. Sad...

[tavalon]

13. I am fairly sure

that is the first time I've laughed at gun violence.

[catbyte]

14. Me too