First living winner?

[ketch]

Cut this out of a note I received about this years nominees and winners of the Darwin. Have to wonder about admitting to the facts. Thought it was worth sharing.

 

Finally, THE WINNER!!!: [Arkansas Democrat Gazette]:

 

 

 

Two local men were injured when their pickup truck left the road and

 

struck a tree near Cotton Patch on State Highway 38 early Monday. Woodruff

 

County deputy Dovey Snyder reported the accident shortly after midnight

 

Monday. Thurston Poole, 33, of Des Arc, and Billy Ray Wallis, 38, of Little

 

Rock, were returning to Des Arc after a frog giggling trip on an overcast

 

Sunday night when Poole's pickup truck headlights malfunctioned. The two

 

men concluded that the headlight fuse on the older model truck had burned

 

out. As a replacement fuse was not available, Wallis noticed that the .22

 

caliber bullet from his pistol fit perfectly into the fuse box next to the

 

steering wheel column. Upon inserting the bullet the headlights again began

 

to operate properly, and the two men proceeded on eastbound toward the

 

White River Bridge. After traveling approximately 20 miles, and just before

 

crossing the river, the bullet apparently overheated, discharged, and

 

struck Poole in the testicles.

 

 

 

The vehicle swerved sharply right, exiting the pavement, and striking a

 

tree. Poole suffered only minor cuts and abrasions from the accident, but

 

will require extensive surgery to repair the damage to his testicles, which

 

will never operate as intended. Wallis sustained a broken clavicle and was

 

treated and released. "Thank God we weren't on that bridge when Thurston

 

shot his balls off, or we might both be dead", stated Wallis. "I've been a

 

trooper for 10 years in this part of the world, but this is a first for me.

 

I can't believe that those two would admit how this accident happened,"

 

said Snyder. Upon being notified of the wreck, Lavinia (Poole's wife) asked

 

how many frogs the boys had caught and did anyone get them from the truck?

 

 

 

 

 

(Though Poole and Wallis did not die as a result of their misadventure

 

as normally required by Darwin Award Official Rules, it can be argued that

 

Poole DID, in fact, effectively remove himself from the gene pool.

 

[gregm]

i beleive there was a living winner a while back of a golfer who, on a bet, stuck his testicles in an automatic golf ball washing device.

[jja]

Sounds like an urban legend .. in fact I think this story was on the discovery show "myth busters"

[ChrisT]

funny how you don't see any females on the winner's list

[Dru]

They make up almost all the Darwin award winners. Should be the Urban Legend awards.

[chirp]

Frog giggling? That sounds like fun, what do they use feathers? or just tell em' silly amphibian jokes?