Archive for the 'Darwin Award Nominee' Category

News: Man Steals Tank, Destroys Pesky Phone Towers

July 23rd, 2007

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From News.COM.AU:
Tank driver ‘had beef’ with phone towers
FORMER Telstra worker allegedly stole a tank and used it to demolish six mobile phone towers as he led police on a wild two-hour rampage through western Sydney yesterday.
More than 20 police chased the tank but were powerless to stop it, retreating to a safe distance as the […]

Whoops!

June 20th, 2007

 
From Boston.COM:
Naked couple die from S.C. rooftop fall
COLUMBIA, S.C. –Police on Wednesday were investigating how a naked couple fell 50 feet from the roof of a downtown office building to their deaths.
The bodies were found on the road by a passing cabdriver around 5 a.m. Wednesday.
Clothing was discovered on the roof, leading authorities to suspect […]

Russian Ninja Caught

June 18th, 2007

 
From The BBC:
Russian ‘ninja’ arrested in Italy
Italian police have arrested a Russian “ninja” who had been spreading fear across farmlands in the north of the country.
The man, camouflaged in an all black suit, had robbed several farmers and their families at knife point, police say.
Police had been searching for him for several weeks.
Ninjas were trained […]

“Jim Bailey… Was a Thrill Seeker”

May 30th, 2007

Darwin is very unforgiving

News: Drunk Aussie Beats The Crap out of Shark

February 16th, 2007

 
From CNN.COM:
Drunken Australian wrestles shark
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) — A man who caught a 1.3-meter (4-ft.) shark with his bare hands off an Australian beach said on Friday he only tried the feat because he was drunk on vodka.
Phillip Kerkhof was fishing off a jetty at Louth Bay, a town on South Australia state’s Eyre Peninsula […]

The Worst Driver Ever?

January 22nd, 2007

I love the guy at the very end, he’s walking down the street, puts his hand to his chin and thinks “How the hell did that happen?”

News: “Hyphy” Culture provides new batch of Morons for Darwin

December 29th, 2006

 
From MSNBC.COM:
Hip-hop car stunt claims at least two lives
‘Ghost riding the whip’ involves getting out of and dancing on moving car
MODESTO, Calif. - “Ghost riding the whip” — a stunt in which a driver gets out of his car and dances around and on top of the slowly moving vehicle to a thumping hip-hop beat […]

Ever Wonder What Happens if you Smash a Can of WD 40 ?

December 6th, 2006

Morons… They exist for our entertainment. Enjoy.

News: Woman Stays Hidden Behind Book Case for 11 Days Before Family Notices “Odd Smell”

November 29th, 2006

From MSNBC.COM: 
Missing woman found dead behind bookcase
Family thinks she fell over trying to adjust TV plug 11 days before discover
NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. - A woman’s body was found wedged upside-down behind a bookcase in the home she shared with relatives who had spent nearly two weeks looking for her.
A spokesman for the Pasco County […]

Ass Rocket. The Dumbest You-Tube Video Ever Made

November 16th, 2006

We here at Goofyblog have a team of “crack” researchers searching the globe(s) to bring you only the best in Goofy entertainment.
I present to you…
THE DUMBEST YOU-TUBE VIDEO EVER MADE
(Unlimited replay value, it’s like watching a train wreck)

News: Man Injures Himself with Firecracker in his Ass

November 10th, 2006

 
From YahooNews:
Brit burns bum with firecracker
LONDON - A 22-year-old man suffered internal injuries after lighting a small firecracker he had inserted into his buttocks, paramedics said Thursday. The incident took place Sunday, when Britain celebrated Bonfire Night, traditionally marked with fireworks to celebrate the Guy Fawkes’ gunpowder plot to blow up Parliament in the 17th […]

News: New Form of Scrap Metal Discovered in Uganda

October 16th, 2006

From YahooNews: 
Artillery round melted for scrap kills two
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Two people were killed and seven seriously wounded in Uganda when an artillery round blew up as a man tried to melt it down for scrap metal, police said on Saturday.
Police cordoned off the area where the shell was found, searching for other munitions after […]

News: Woman Shows Up Drunk for DWI Hearing

October 3rd, 2006

From YahooNews: 
Ark. woman shows up drunk at DWI hearing
LITTLE ROCK - A Little Rock woman facing her fifth drunken-driving charge in the span of a year — and third in less than a month — showed up to a court appearance drunk Tuesday morning, a court official said.
Susan Marshall, 55, was arrested for contempt of […]

News: Man and Panda Bear Get in Fight. Panda Bear Wins

September 20th, 2006

From YahooNews.COM:
Panda bites man, man bites him back
BEIJING - A drunken Chinese migrant worker jumped into a panda enclosure at the Beijing Zoo, was bitten by the bear and retaliated by chomping down on the animal’s back, state media said Wednesday.
Zhang Xinyan, from the central province of Henan, drank four jugs of beer at a […]