{"id":269,"date":"2007-01-05T06:19:46","date_gmt":"2007-01-05T14:19:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montaraventures.com\/blog\/?p=269"},"modified":"2007-01-13T20:41:25","modified_gmt":"2007-01-14T04:41:25","slug":"darwin-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/2007\/01\/05\/darwin-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Darwin Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/darwinawards.com\/i\/charles_pencil.118.gif\"><br \/>\n<br \/>\nAn internet old-timer, the <a href=\"https:\/\/darwinawards.com\/darwin\/darwin2006.html\">Darwin Awards<\/a> has a long and esteemed history. For some, probably not their cup of tea. But for others, a fascinating and often hilarious look at how people remove themselves from the gene pool.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nFinalists from this year include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Star Wars &#8211; Fight with light sabres made from petroleum laden fluorescent light tubes\n<li>Hammer of Doom &#8211; Ordinance deconstruction with a hammer (blogged about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montaraventures.com\/blog\/?p=87\">here last year<\/a>)\n<li>High on Life &#8211; Oxygen displacement in a helium balloon\n<li>Snake in the Grass &#8211; A case of mistaken identity\n<li>Flyswatter &#8211; 40mm shell used for insect extermination\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click the <a href=\"https:\/\/darwinawards.com\/darwin\/darwin2006.html\">Darwin Awards link<\/a> to see the 2006 winners and finalists. Clearly disease and war aren&#8217;t the only things controlling population growth, our own lack of common sense and good judgment seems to contribute mightily to the cause! Browse prior years too, they&#8217;re generally entertaining (and also a source of some of the myths tested on the tv show <a href=\"https:\/\/dsc.discovery.com\/fansites\/mythbusters\/mythbusters.html\">MythBusters<\/a>.)<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<small><br \/>\nIf you liked this entry, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digg.com\/submit?url=https:\/\/www.montaraventures.com\/blog\/?p=269&#038;phase=2\">Digg It!<\/a><br \/>\n3 days until OSU plays for the national championship<br \/>\nOhio State\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 2006 record: <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/ncaaf\/teams\/oob;_ylt=ApiRDtt7p8MTZpktFXDiDqUcvrYF\">12-0<\/a> Next up: Florida 1\/8\/2007<br \/>\nTune: <a href=\"https:\/\/phobos.apple.com\/WebObjects\/MZStore.woa\/wa\/viewAlbum?playlistId=168228707&#038;s=143441&#038;i=168230485\">Come on in my Kitchen<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crookedstill.com\/\">Crooked Still<\/a><br \/>\nTechnorati Tags: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/darwin+awards\" rel=\"tag\">Darwin Awards<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/2006\" rel=\"tag\">2006<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/winners\" rel=\"tag\">Winners<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/mike+harding+blog\">Mike Harding Blog<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An internet old-timer, the Darwin Awards has a long and esteemed history. For some, probably not their cup of tea. But for others, a fascinating and often hilarious look at how people remove themselves from the gene pool. Finalists from this year include: Star Wars &#8211; Fight with light sabres made from petroleum laden fluorescent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}