(19 July 2010, Washington) Thanks to Skagit Raceway, the town of Sedro-Woolley (pop. 10,000) fills with racing folks. During the American Sprint Car Series, two crew members--smart people with a high degree of mechanical ability--were working at a custom machine shop when they dreamed up an unusual thrill ride. The men put a a 55-gallon barrel in the parking lot, poured in four gallons of methanol, sat on top of the barrel, and lit the bunghole!

("Lit what?"   "Lit the bunghole!" >  define:bunghole)

Apparently they thought the barrel would skid across the parking lot like a rocket, with a tail of flame shooting out, and two rodeo clowns sitting on top waving their caps and wooting! But instead of sliding across the pavement, well, let's just point out that four gallons of methanol in a 55-gallon drum greatly resembles a bomb.

The barrel blew up beneath them with enough force that the end of the barrel landed 120 feet away. The two inspired Sparks* landed in Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, where one man lost his life. The other survived with a sobering lesson on the power of internal combustion.
http://darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin2010-07.html

never trust a clown... ...

verslagen1 wrote on 04/18/11 at 14:03:29:


Solid theory.

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OMG, did anyone check out the #1 darwin awards contender for 2010?!  

Pure Epicness.

...AND, there is a video. I'm not gonna post it cause it might
hurt somebody's feelings or re-spark their elevator phobia but
it's all over the net, just search "Scooter Elevator Fail".

Story goes:

South Korea. A handicapped man, annoyed that an elevator
closed and departed without him, thinks it over (look at his
reflection in the doors) before ramming his wheelchair into the
doors not once, not twice, but three times in all only to plunge
down the now-empty elevator shaft to his death, nice.