THOMPSON, MANITOBA, CANADA. Telephone relay company night watchman
Edward Baker, 31, was killed early Christmas morning by excessive
microwave radiation exposure. He was apparently attempting to keep
warm next to a telecommunications feed-horn. Baker had been
suspended on a safety violation once last year, according to Northern
Manitoba Signal Relay spokesperson Tanya Cooke. She noted that Baker's
earlier infraction was for defeating a safety shut-off switch and
entering a restricted maintenance catwalk in order to stand in front
of the microwave dish. He had told coworkers that it was the only way
he could stay warm during his twelve-hour shift at the station, where
winter temperatures often dip to forty below zero. Microwaves can
heat water molecules within human tissue in the same way that they heat
food in microwave ovens. For his Christmas shift, Baker reportedly
brought a twelve pack of beer and a plastic lawn chair, which he
positioned directly in line with the strongest microwave beam. Baker
had not been told about a tenfold boost in microwave power planned that
night to handle the anticipated increase in holiday long-distance
calling traffic. Baker's body was discovered by the daytime watchman,
John Burns, who was greeted by an odor he mistook for a Christmas roast
he thought Baker must have prepared as a surprise. Burns also reported
to NMSR company officials that Baker's unfinished beers had exploded
2007-09-09 01:42:29 · 16 answers · asked by Jim Jnr M 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
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2007-09-09 01:43:22 · update #1
thats great amazing
2007-09-09 03:58:02 · answer #1 · answered by Conan 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We don't win many awards in Canada!! I would like to thank all the little people who voted for Canada as the award to remember!! People you are right it was a terrible tragedy all those poor beers having to be taken out on a stretcher!! Services will be held at the Manitoba rec. center BYOB !! It will be a celebration of there life eh!!
2007-09-09 07:34:51 · answer #2 · answered by Polar Molar 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Excellent, there are a raft of books on The Darwin Awards and many of the things that people have done to take themselves out of the gene pool have been hysterically funny.
Though the guy didn't die, he decided it would be a good idea to tie helium balloons on to the lawn chair he was sitting on and see how far he could go, he did go up and up, luckily survived and had tried it before, strange people aren't they!!
2007-09-09 03:27:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
OMG!! What a stupid thing to do!! Not trying to out do yours {which I can't}but when I was working in the operating room a guy came in with a broken penis !! Apparently he was drinking with some buddies and he decided to pull it out and started wanking he than stuck it in some guys face and the guy grabbed it and snapped it causing serious damage !! He should have gotten an award !! What is it about men and their penis's that they have to do such stupid things???
2016-05-20 03:25:02 · answer #4 · answered by dee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow! He deserved to have been last year's top Darwin Award(er).
Don't know if he was or not though.
Leaves pause for thought as to who can top it ( sorry about that) , this year.
2007-09-09 02:50:37 · answer #5 · answered by Christine H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ha ha what a waste of beer. It's no good when it is warm.
:-)))
2007-09-09 03:14:22 · answer #6 · answered by Teejay 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What a waste of beer!!
2007-09-09 02:55:55 · answer #7 · answered by malcolm g 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Incredible.Didn't have time to finish his beer.
2007-09-09 02:01:07 · answer #8 · answered by taxed till i die,and then some. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Waste of good beer, and how stupid can you get?
2007-09-09 03:23:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a funny ol' world!!
2007-09-09 06:12:09 · answer #10 · answered by . 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋