I live in Cambodia and we’ve talked many of time about creating the “Cambodia Darwin Awards”.
I'm in BKK and I am sure I can give you a run for your money on candidates. :)
How did I miss your post before? I guess I was still on my first coffee. (See #40 at 5:05 AM ET)
Darwin Awards in KH? I always thought that's why Michael Hayes ran The Police Blotter in every issue of the PP Post. Unbelieveable the stuff I've read there, not to mention what I personaly saw when I lived in Phnom Penh.
From a family of 5 riding on a single Honda Dream or Sangyang 85cc moto, to the thief who confidently swipes a moto from Psah Tuol Tom Pong at 12 noon (and is instantly stopped and beaten to death by a crowd of 25 people), Darwin Awards were a daily feature of PP life.
How about the guy who tossed a couple grenades into the front room of a well-known Western-owned guest house, then sat on the sidewalk until the "Flying Tigers" arrived moments later and shot him dead? Or the meth dealers who started an afternoon shootout with the PP Police on Plou Sihanouk by Psah Lucky, the holed-up in a nearby storefront until the police finally tossed a few grenades into the shop and did them in? The FUNCINPEC soldiers selling their M-16s to foreigners for $75 to $100? The midnight AK battles in front of the Allston Hotel on Monivong?
That's just the tip of the iceberg, everyday life in PP when I was there.
Too bad I arrived just after the mayor had declared it illegal to walk around downtown PP with an AK hanging from your shoulder.