Yes, it's again that magical time of the year 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 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 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.
>> 4. After stopping for drinks at an illegal bar, a Zimbabwean bus
>> driver found that the 20 mental patients he was supposed to be
>> transporting from Harare to Bulawayo had escaped. Not wanting to admit
>> his incompetence, the driver went to a nearby bus stop and offered
>> everyone waiting there a free ride. He then delivered the passengers to
>> the mental hospital, telling the staff that the patients were very
>> excitable and prone to bizarre fantasies. The deception wasn't
>> discovered for 3 days.
>> 5. An American teenager was in the hospital recovering from
>> serious head wounds received from an oncoming train. When asked how he
>> received
>> the wounds, he said he was trying to see how close he could get his
>> head
>> to a moving train before he was hit.
>> 6. A man walked into a Louisiana Circle-K, put a $20 bill on the
>> counter, and asked for change. When the clerk opened the cash drawer,
>> the man pulled a gun and asked for all the cash in the register, which
>> the clerk promptly provided. The man took the cash from the clerk and
>> fled, leaving the $20 bill on the counter. The total amount of cash he
>> got from the drawer: $15.
>> (If someone points a gun at you and gives you money, is a crime
>> committed?)
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