Sunday, January 13, 2008

2007 Darwin Awards

Yay! The 2007 Darwin Awards have been released.

For those keeping score at home, the Darwin awards are "[n]amed in honor of Charles Darwin, the father of evolution, [to] commemorate those who improve our gene pool by removing themselves from it." Note that improving the gene pool doesn't necessarily involve dying; simply rendering yourself sterile is enough to qualify.

My favorite this year? "The Enema Within":

The [awardee] couldn't imbibe alcohol by mouth due to a painful throat ailment, so he elected to receive his favourite beverage via enema. And tonight, Michael was in for one hell of a party. Two 1.5 litre bottles of sherry, more than 100 fluid ounces, right up the old address!
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In order to qualify for a Darwin Award, a person must remove himself from the gene pool via an "astounding application of misjudgement." Three litres of sherry up the butt can only be described as astounding.

Be careful out there!

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