A 20-year analysis of the Darwin Award

[aps1080]

Thought this might give people a bit of a laugh

A 20-year analysis of the Darwin Award reveals 90% are male

DARWIN WINNERS OF NOTE 

• The terrorist who unthinkingly opened his own letter bomb on its return after he posted it with insufficient stamps.
• The construction worker who was demolishing a car park by tearing down its supports as workers watched from their office window, taking bets on what his plan was to remove the final support over a number of days. He didn’t have one - and was crushed by the concrete platform.
• The thief attempting to purloin a steel cable from a lift shaft - and unbolted it while standing in the lift which then plummeted to the ground, killing him.
• The man who stole a ride home by hitching a shopping trolley to the back of a train, only to be dragged two miles to his death before it was able to stop. 

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2870374/Darwin-Awards-winners-overwhelmingly-male-ana...

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[polksaladallie]

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@aps1080 wrote:

Thought this might give people a bit of a laugh

A 20-year analysis of the Darwin Award reveals 90% are male

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90% are male

What can I say that won't cause trouble?

[aps1080]

Expected ??????

Which is why males are born at a slightly higher ratio to females
to account for the higher death rate when younger.

The whole thing is a good joke.

[polksaladallie]

They have a higher death rate from the time they are tadpoles, and right though their lives.

[***super_nova***]

I had a neighbor who was a builder; he offered to cut off a branch from my tree about 6 m up.  He climbed up the ladder, sat on the branch and started to saw it between where he sat and the trunk!  Could not understand why I was screaming at him insisting he cuts it standing on the ladder.  Called me a hysterical woman when he came back down. 

And to think he build houses ...........................