Meet the absentminded terrorist who opens a mail bomb returned to him for insufficient postage. Marvel at the thief who steals electrical wires without shutting off the current. Gape at the would-be pilot who flies his lawnchair suspended from helium balloons into air traffic lanes. And learn from the man who peers into a gasoline can using a cigarette lighter. All four contend for Darwin Awards when their choices culminate in magnificent misadventures.
These tales of trial and awe-inspiring error--verified by the author and endorsed by website readers--illustrate the ongoing saga of survival of the fittest in all its selective glory. Including new material never before seen, as well as favorite award winners from years past, The Darwin Awards vividly portrays the finest examples of evolution in action.
...ContinuaVery entertaining, but gruesome too. People are stupid and stupid people die in stupid ways, most likely because they did something stupid.
My absolute favorite story is on page 222. The one where the couple have sex on a mountain and get hit by lighting (through the ass).
The girl is killed and the condom fuses the flesh of the two together, Ouch! The male throws up when he realizes he is stuck to a dead body by his penis. Then he passes out. He is rudely awakened by a bear eating the face of his girlfriend, then the bear bites his head and he struggles to fight the bear off, while being naked and stuck by his penis to his dead girlfriend.
The bear goes away and the male drags himself and his unwanted cargo to the side of a road and collapses.
The duo are discovered the next morning by a camp of Girl guides. Surprise!
When his penis is finally un-fused to his girlfriend, witnesses said it resembled a piece of cauliflower.
His gene pool fried up with the lightning.
Hilarious camp stories for sure.
...ContinuaWhy buy the book when you can see the same ones on the darwin awards website?
I was amazed while reading this....just how stupid some people are...or were.
