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DEATH BY IDIOCY

Life is full of hidden dangers, and accidents are just waiting
to happen. Despite this, some people go through life
blissfully unaware of the stupidity of their
own actions. This award ceremony salutes
some of the truly idiotic ways in which
people have brought an abrupt end to
their lives. Read it and weep!

What a pane!
This award goes to
the gentleman who threw himself It takes two...
against the window of his Congratulations to the impatient
24th-floor office in an attempt to driver who drove around
prove to a group of visitors that the gates of a railroad crossing
the glass was unbreakable. in a bid to beat an approaching
On his second attempt, he train. He hit an oncoming car
smashed through the glass head-on because the driver
and plunged to his death. coming the other way had
the same idea! The train sped
by unharmed.

Snakebite

The American dream ended for That floored him
one California man who picked
an argument with a rattlesnake. A bungee jumper carefully
When the man stuck his tongue measured his bungee cords
out at the snake, the riled reptile so that they would stop his fall
a few feet (meters) short of
retaliated by sinking its fangs into
the offending item. The poor the ground. Unfortunately,
guy’s tongue and throat swelled he overlooked the fact that
and he choked to death. the cords were made of elastic.
When the man jumped,
the bungee cords stretched and
he hit the floor headfirst.

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