Most spectacular Darwin Award candidate I've seen so far...

[Archae]

Rule #1 at a gas station: Do *NOT* use a lighter to check levels of gasoline! :wow:

http://tinyurl.com/36belx

[Flaxbee]

1. and one of the popular arguments against hydrogen as a fuel is

"but, it's EXPLOSIVE" Well, idiot, so is gasoline. If that had been propane - the entire city block would have been gone.

[Droopy]

2. Jesus Christ! Did that guy survive?

[Archae]

3. I don't know.

If he did, not only was he burned pretty bad, the fall off the top of the truck didn't help.

[Oeditpus Rex]

6. If he didn't

he's not a candidate for a Darwin Award.

So how are the Darwin Awards actually determined?

Nominees significantly improve the gene pool by eliminating themselves from the human race in an obviously stupid way. They are self-selected examples of the dangers inherent in a lack of common sense, and all human races, cultures, and socioeconomic groups are eligible to compete. Actual winners must meet the following criteria:

Reproduction
Out of the gene pool: dead or sterile.
Excellence
Astounding misapplication of judgment.
Self-Selection
Cause one's own demise.
Maturity
Capable of sound judgment.
Veracity
The event must be true.

http://darwinawards.com/rules/



(My emphasis.)

[MonkeyFunk]

7. But if he didn't survive

doesn't that make him eligibile? :shrug:

[Oeditpus Rex]

8. I'd wager that would make him a prime candidate

The Darwin rules are clear, though: Y'gotta die.

[DS1]

9. before you reproduce

at least, according to my subset of rules if that isn't already a rule

[MonkeyFunk]

19. two points:

If he didn't survive, it means he died. Therefore he's eligible. I think your wording was backwards.

Second, one doesn't have to die - he coulda burned his testicles off and still been eligible.

[Connonym]

17. that still seems rather unclear

either the rules were written funny (offering the choice of death OR sterility) or else demise doesn't necessarily mean death (sort of like casualty, you know?)

[madinmaryland]

4. Holy smokes, Batman!

:wow:

[Blue_Tires]

5. holy . fucking . shit .

[DS1]

10. this is why I always feel uncomfortable getting gas during a station refilling

ugh


and, well. kinda nice seeing some dumb motherfucker NOT get away with it for a change.

[DS1]

11. I think he hit the roof

:wow:

[Greyskye]

12. FR is missing a poster

That was just box-of-rocks dumb. :wow:

[SeattleGirl]

13. Oh. My. God.

Holy fuggin' shiite! :wow:

[jmowreader]

14. So, how do you say...

"Hey, y'all, watch this!" in whatever language this guy spoke?

[Archae]

15. Hee hee!

[conscious evolution]

16. Almost saw a teen earn one today

He walked across a busy street in the middle of the block with a cell phone plastered to his ear.An SUV stopped about six from him.
The dumbass didn't even look up.

[Robb]

18. I didn't see the lighter

Coulda been static. :shrug:

[jmowreader]

20. He reached into his pocket just before the explosion