Saturday, February 01, 2003

The astronauts on January 16, 2003 before boarding the shuttle. 10:35:10 AM     |

Safety First Everyone knows they're supposed to wear a seatbelt, right?  That's not news to anyone, correct?  Then how can someone possibly die in an auto accident nowadays from being thrown from their vehicle (in this case, the redneck was flung from his truck -- and how do I know he was a redneck?  Because it happened on "Blue Earth County Rd. 11 around 3 a.m." on a Wednesday.  Jeff Foxworthy would testify in court to his redneckedness)?  But then that sort of thing happens all the time.  What makes this story worth mentioning is that this particular hillbilly had been pulled over nine days before and given a ticket for not wearing a seat belt.  Luckily this genius will not be passing his DNA along to anymore unfortunate youngsters.  You can read all about it here.  Chances are Mr. Bergerson is now in line to receive a Darwin Award.  If you've never heard of these awards, they are to "commemorate those who improve our gene pool by removing themselves from it."  I'm not a member of the committee that chooses these winners, but I feel it's a safe bet that he'll be appearing on that site shortly. My favorite Darwin Award story is the following: Count Your Chickens  1995 Darwin Awards Runner-Up Confirmed True by Darwin (31 August 1995, Egypt) Six people drowned Monday while trying to rescue a chicken that had fallen into a well in southern Egypt. An 18 year old farmer was the first to descend into the 60-foot well. He drowned, apparently after an undercurrent in the water pulled him down, police said his sister and two brothers, none of whom could swim well, went in one by one to help him, but also drowned. Two elderly farmers then came to help. But they apparently were pulled by the same undercurrent. The bodies of the six were later pulled out of the well in the village of Nazlat Imara, 240 miles south of Cairo. The chicken was also pulled out. It survived. DarwinAwards.com © 1994 - 2002 Reference: AP Cairo Egypt 9:15:34 AM     |

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