LOVE STRUCK -- Confirmed Darwin Award Nominee
"...just don't do it in the street and frighten the horses."
(March 2002, England) As Kim, 32, and Paul, 40, left the pub,
they noticed that a streetlight was burned out, creating an
attractive pool of darkness on the road. Unable to rein in
their passion, they began to consummate their relationship
on the asphalt outside the pub.
Witnesses said the couple was lying right on the white line,
kissing and cuddling. The passionate pair were warned of the
danger of their chosen coital position not once, not twice,
but 3 times -- by a car driver, a bus driver, and a pedestrian.
An off-duty paramedic honked three times and shouted, "You want
to get up, or otherwise youâll be run over." The man simply said
"Cheers, mate," and the paramedic heard a female voice laughing.
A bus driver swerved to avoid them, and drove past with wheels
on the curb. A concerned pedestrian shouted to warn them that
another bus was headed their way.
Despite these disruptions, Kim and Paul continued, oblivious to
the approach of a small, single-decker Nipper bus. The bus driver
mistook the undulating shape for a bag of rubbish in the poorly
lit street, and was unable to stop in time.
There was a dull thud...
Kim and Paul were struck and killed at midnight. Paramedics
found Kim lying on her back with her jumper pulled up, and Paul
between her legs with his trousers pulled down.
The only downside to this timely removal of lunacy from the
gene pool is the fate of the bus driver. Despite the couple's
own actions, and a police investigator's statement that "one
can expect a pedestrian walking or running in the road, but
to expect a driver to anticipate a pedestrian lying in the road
is out of the ordinary" -- a judge felt that "his driving fell
below the standard one would reasonably expect of a prudent,
competent driver."
The bus driver was fined for careless driving and his license
was revoked for six months. Fortunately, his employers consider
him an excellent employee, and plan to give him other duties
for six months. Relatives of the victims said they were glad
the driver had kept his job.
Reference: The Sun Online, Daily Sport (UK), Sheffield Star,
www.sundaytimes.co.za, www.yorkshiretv.com, Yorkshire Post
VOTE: http://www.DarwinAwards.com/darwin/darwin2003-04.html
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"...just don't do it in the street and frighten the horses."
(March 2002, England) As Kim, 32, and Paul, 40, left the pub,
they noticed that a streetlight was burned out, creating an
attractive pool of darkness on the road. Unable to rein in
their passion, they began to consummate their relationship
on the asphalt outside the pub.
Witnesses said the couple was lying right on the white line,
kissing and cuddling. The passionate pair were warned of the
danger of their chosen coital position not once, not twice,
but 3 times -- by a car driver, a bus driver, and a pedestrian.
An off-duty paramedic honked three times and shouted, "You want
to get up, or otherwise youâll be run over." The man simply said
"Cheers, mate," and the paramedic heard a female voice laughing.
A bus driver swerved to avoid them, and drove past with wheels
on the curb. A concerned pedestrian shouted to warn them that
another bus was headed their way.
Despite these disruptions, Kim and Paul continued, oblivious to
the approach of a small, single-decker Nipper bus. The bus driver
mistook the undulating shape for a bag of rubbish in the poorly
lit street, and was unable to stop in time.
There was a dull thud...
Kim and Paul were struck and killed at midnight. Paramedics
found Kim lying on her back with her jumper pulled up, and Paul
between her legs with his trousers pulled down.
The only downside to this timely removal of lunacy from the
gene pool is the fate of the bus driver. Despite the couple's
own actions, and a police investigator's statement that "one
can expect a pedestrian walking or running in the road, but
to expect a driver to anticipate a pedestrian lying in the road
is out of the ordinary" -- a judge felt that "his driving fell
below the standard one would reasonably expect of a prudent,
competent driver."
The bus driver was fined for careless driving and his license
was revoked for six months. Fortunately, his employers consider
him an excellent employee, and plan to give him other duties
for six months. Relatives of the victims said they were glad
the driver had kept his job.
Reference: The Sun Online, Daily Sport (UK), Sheffield Star,
www.sundaytimes.co.za, www.yorkshiretv.com, Yorkshire Post
VOTE: http://www.DarwinAwards.com/darwin/darwin2003-04.html
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