I think I found this year's Darwin Award Winner

moe.ron · #1 08-31-2009, 10:02 PM

This guy is an early favorite

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Ariz. bar patron refuses a ride, dies in accident
The Associated Press

A 21-year-old man who refused a ride and tussled with a cab driver who tried to stop him from driving was dead a few minutes later after rolling his sport utility vehicle.

Witnesses told police that Caleb Schmidt was drinking late Friday into Saturday morning at a north Phoenix bar. They say they pleaded with him not to get behind the wheel early Saturday morning.

Police say Schmidt even tussled with a cabbie who tried to block him.

As he drove off, witnesses say Schmidt immediately lost control.

The SUV did a 180-degree-turn, struck a concrete median and hit a tree.

The vehicle rolled onto Schmidt, who had fallen out of an open door. Schmidt died in the accident.

Schmidt's blood alcohol content could not be determined at the time.

http://www.wtopnews.com/?nid=104&sid=1752043

KSUViolet06 · #2 08-31-2009, 10:43 PM

The truck ROLLED OVER him? Wow.

Don't drink and drive, peeps.

court4short · #3 08-31-2009, 10:55 PM

Instant karma, shall we say? It's sad..but drunk driving is SO....ugh, I can't even find the words. I hate it.

tcsparky · #4 09-01-2009, 06:09 AM

I think I have the runner-up. I don't know if this was in the local paper, but I was present, and know these facts are true.

I took my new Jeep in to the dealership to have lug locks put on. While I was waiting in the lounge, two policemen came in and someone from the Service Department met them. Here is the conversation:

P: Where is it?
CS: In the car, in the service bay.
P: Why is it in the service bay?
CS: We had already started working on it when he found it.
P: We need to see this right away.

All three leave. While I am sitting there trying to figure out what I had overheard (guns, a body, a body part!?!?!), my service rep came back and got me. On the way to my Jeep I noticed LOTS of policemen all around and asked him what the deal was.

Apparently someone had dropped off their car in the night service area (you lock your car, fill out the form, then put the keys and the form in the night deposit box) the night before.

He forgot to remove the 2 lbs of heroin before dropping off his car!!!

ASTalumna06 · #5 09-01-2009, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by tcsparky

I think I have the runner-up. I don't know if this was in the local paper, but I was present, and know these facts are true.

I took my new Jeep in to the dealership to have lug locks put on. While I was waiting in the lounge, two policemen came in and someone from the Service Department met them. Here is the conversation:

P: Where is it?
CS: In the car, in the service bay.
P: Why is it in the service bay?
CS: We had already started working on it when he found it.
P: We need to see this right away.

All three leave. While I am sitting there trying to figure out what I had overheard (guns, a body, a body part!?!?!), my service rep came back and got me. On the way to my Jeep I noticed LOTS of policemen all around and asked him what the deal was.

Apparently someone had dropped off their car in the night service area (you lock your car, fill out the form, then put the keys and the form in the night deposit box) the night before.

He forgot to remove the 2 lbs of heroin before dropping off his car!!!

Funny story... but you have to die to earn a Darwin Award

DaemonSeid · #6 09-07-2009, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

Funny story... but you have to die to earn a Darwin Award

if they LIVE they do however get honorable mention.....LOL

tcsparky · #7 09-07-2009, 09:18 AM

Maybe I should keep an eye on the local paper to see if the guy he owed money to for the heroin finds him and addresses the problem!

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Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

if they LIVE they do however get honorable mention.....LOL

MidwayManiac · #8 09-07-2009, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

Funny story... but you have to die to earn a Darwin Award

I believe you can also get a full-fledged Darwin Award if you live but are injured such that you can't reproduce.

Psi U MC Vito · #9 09-07-2009, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by MidwayManiac

I believe you can also get a full-fledged Darwin Award if you live but are injured such that you can't reproduce.

Yup. You get a Darwin award for doing something so stupid you are taken out of the gene pool somehow. Death and castration are the most common obviously.

ASTalumna06 · #10 09-07-2009, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by MidwayManiac

I believe you can also get a full-fledged Darwin Award if you live but are injured such that you can't reproduce.

Seriously?? That's amazing! haha

ETA: Would you have to ALMOST die in order to get an Honorable Mention?

pbear19 · #11 09-07-2009, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by tcsparky

I think I have the runner-up. I don't know if this was in the local paper, but I was present, and know these facts are true.

I took my new Jeep in to the dealership to have lug locks put on. While I was waiting in the lounge, two policemen came in and someone from the Service Department met them. Here is the conversation:

P: Where is it?
CS: In the car, in the service bay.
P: Why is it in the service bay?
CS: We had already started working on it when he found it.
P: We need to see this right away.

All three leave. While I am sitting there trying to figure out what I had overheard (guns, a body, a body part!?!?!), my service rep came back and got me. On the way to my Jeep I noticed LOTS of policemen all around and asked him what the deal was.

Apparently someone had dropped off their car in the night service area (you lock your car, fill out the form, then put the keys and the form in the night deposit box) the night before.

He forgot to remove the 2 lbs of heroin before dropping off his car!!!

OT, but this reminds me of the time that I drove a vehicle with 33 pounds of cocaine packed in the doors.

Several years ago an idiot rented a truck in State A and his rental contract said he wouldn't leave the state. He later tried to make a U-turn in the grass median of a major interstate in State B. It had been raining quite a bit, so he got stuck in the mud in the median and the truck was towed. I worked in risk management for the rental company so we picked up the vehicle from the impound and refused to give it back to the guy who rented it, because he wasn't allowed to be out of state. I drove it for a good 10-15 miles on the interstate myself, bringing it back to the office.

The guy who rented it showed up later that day to claim his personal belongings, which I had gathered and itemized for him as per our procedure. He claimed that I missed his "wallet," so I took him out to the truck so he could "look for it." He opened up every door, said he must have been mistaken, and left. Then I shipped it down to a local body shop because it was badly out of alignment from getting stuck in the mud. I can only imagine how pissed he was when he showed up at our office in the middle of the night to break into the vehicle and it wasn't there! The next day the police got a tip, showed up at the body shop, and found 33 pounds of cocaine packed in the doors.

pbear19 · #12 09-21-2009, 11:11 PM

Huh. How about this one?

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According to witnesses, Looney was demonstrating how to use the different safety mechanisms on several guns to his girlfriend. The witnesses said Looney would put the guns to his head, and before pulling the trigger, would ask her if she thought the gun would go off. With the first two guns, the safety mechanisms worked. The third gun fired.

http://www.ksdk.com/news/local/story...185501&catid=3