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Tag Archives: Darwin-Awards

On Doing Darwin Proud

I read a few days ago about a Darwin Award winner — he was eaten by bears at a beer festival. Because, yes, everyone wants to get drunk in the bear cage in a zoo. The story I read this morning has a happier ending. A fourteen year-old North Carolina boy put his XBox 360Continue reading “On Doing Darwin Proud”

Posted byAllynAugust 24, 2007Posted inVideo GamesTags:Darwin-Awards, Video GamesLeave a comment on On Doing Darwin Proud

On a Darwin Award Winner

I’ve written before about Darwin Award nominees. Today, let’s discuss a Darwin Award winner. Would you climb into a lion cage, proclaiming that God will protect you? No, neither would I. But for one man in Kiev his faith in God’s protection earned him a Darwin Award when a lionness knocked him down and rippedContinue reading “On a Darwin Award Winner”

Posted byAllynJune 6, 2006Posted inAtheismTags:Darwin-Awards, News1 Comment on On a Darwin Award Winner

On Darwin Award Nominees

Is it wrong to wish a Darwin Award on an unsuspecting boob? I think not… Yesterday, for reasons that pass beyond all understanding, the company decided that strip stores should be open regular hours. Never mind that it was the Fourth of July, that every American has a patriotic duty to blow up a smallContinue reading “On Darwin Award Nominees”

Posted byAllynJuly 5, 2005Posted inGeneralTags:Darwin-Awards3 Comments on On Darwin Award Nominees
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