You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off![Official Darwin Awards - 2009]

The Telegraph [UK] ^ | 02 Jan 2010 | Richard Alleyne, Science Correspondent

[Slings and Arrows]

Two Belgian bankrobbers have been named the Darwin Award winners of the year after killing themselves while trying to crack open a cash machine.

[Slings and Arrows]

Anybody else thinking of The Producers?

[al baby]

I liked Thunderbolt and lightfoot the best

[Petronski]

“Think you used enough dynamite there, Butch?”

[Slings and Arrows]

Whatever the state of the economy, Mr Darwin is definitely not unemployed.

[LiberConservative]

I believe in Darwin ... but only when it comes to the award named in his honor.

[Temple Owl]

ping

[nesnah]

I’m hungry. I’m in the mood for pork....cooked in a pit in the back yard. I have a shovel....lots of alcohol. Yeah, I’ll do that.....

[Slings and Arrows]

If Woodcock was in there, he’s DOA.

[JoeProBono]

Two awkward and unfortunate bank robbers were killed on Saturday while trying to steal money from the bank in the Belgian town of Dinant. In an attempt to rob the ATM, they used too much dynamite, and blew up the ATM along with half of the bank.

[Telepathic Intruder]

I heard of this one Darwin Award winner once. He was exploring Africa and was attacked by tsetse flies. So he jumped into a river and was eaten by piranha instead.

Also, I heard this one story about someone who wanted to try out his bullet proof vest, so he asked his friend to stab him with a knife. nuff said.

[Slings and Arrows]

What a pity. They could have had great careers as jihadis.

[edcoil]

Any story that starts: “Here, hold my beer, watch this” generally gets into our Darwin award category.

[Slings and Arrows]

The primary source:

http://www.darwinawards.com/

[Robert A Cook PE]

A question then: If it occurred Saturday, then is this the first 2010 Darloser Award, or a meritorious 2009 Darloser Award nominated in their abstenia of mind?

[GGpaX4DumpedTea]

“I heard of this one Darwin Award winner once. He was exploring Africa and was attacked by tsetse flies. So he jumped into a river and was eaten by piranha instead.”

Sounds more like South America - you sure the river wasn’t the Amazon? Either that or the piranha were really crocs.

[JohnD9207]

Ben Nelson should have been a runner up by killing his career by selling out for 30 pieces of silver.

[Slings and Arrows]

The bungled bank robbery happened on 9/26/09.

[centurion316]

I heard of this one Darwin Award winner once. He was exploring Africa and was attacked by tsetse flies. So he jumped into a river and was eaten by piranha instead.

Very doubtful. Piranha are found in the waters of the Amazon basin, on the continent of South America.

[handy old one]

the best chlorine in the gene pool to be used is the one that is most effective at the total elimination of the life source you are trying to kill....

[Richard Kimball]

Helluva jump.