Via Tiny Frog. Is a comment here really needed? Poor, poor child.
Showing posts with label Darwin Award. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Darwin Award. Show all posts
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Seriously?!?
Wow, this was pretty dumb. Can we say Darwin Award winner?
Snake collector Matt Wilkinson of Portland grabbed a 20-inch rattler from the highway near Maupin, and three weeks later, to impress his ex-girlfriend, he stuck the serpent in his mouth.
He was soon near death with a swollen tongue that blocked his throat. Trauma doctors at the Oregon Health and Science University saved his life.
"You can assume alcohol was involved," he said. Actually, not just beer. It was something he called a "mixture of stupid stuff."
Photo by Flickr user gwarcita used under a Creative Commons license.
ht JL
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