April 19, 2000

8:24 AM

Does everyone know about the Darwin Awards? (These are the awards given to people who most improve the human race... by departing early...)

The most commonly cited one is the story of the guy who mounted a rocket on his Chevy Impala, and flew it into a canyon wall... well, as with most good stories, it's based on an actual event. [ Reserve an hour or more, and bring diapers. ]
posted by baylink (4 comments total)

Assuming that explanation itself is not also completely made up.
posted by faisal at 10:16 AM on April 19, 2000

"Does everyone know about the Darwin Awards?"

Yes.
posted by EngineBeak at 10:29 AM on April 19, 2000

Thanks, Beak; we appreciated that.
posted by baylink at 11:33 AM on April 19, 2000

Natural selection among humans is a good, good thing. I wish some of the idiots who live in my neighborhood would eliminate themselves from the gene pool. . .
posted by alienation at 11:13 AM on April 23, 2000