Our next "Darwin Award" honorable mention...

[brooklynite]

from MSNBC:

Cops: Man playing real-life 'Frogger' hit by SUV

CLEMSON, S.C. — A man has been hospitalized after police in South Carolina say he was hit by an SUV while playing a real-life version of the video game "Frogger."

Authorities said the 23-year-old man was taken to a hospital in Anderson after he was struck at around 9 p.m. Monday.

In the "Frogger" arcade game, players move frogs through traffic on a busy road and through a hazard-filled river. Before he was hit, police say the man had been discussing the game with his friends.

Chief Jimmy Dixon says the man yelled "go" and darted into oncoming traffic in the four-lane highway.

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1. "Do Not Attempt. Closed Course. Professional Driver."

There was a time when I thought those disclaimers were kind of dumb. However, the American Nitwits have shown that no disclaimer is too stupid, too obvious or too simple-minded.

Disclaimer: Do not attempt to be snarky at the expense of incredibly stupid people unless you've had years of training on the internets.

[cbdo2007]

2. Maybe he should have chosen a video game that he was a little better at...

before delving into his real-life game fantasy. Maybe Pong or Pitfall.

[somone]

3. Other item same page - Police: Man stole video game from boy's casket

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40839787/ns/us_news-weird_news/

PITTSBURGH — State police are trying to find a man who they say stole a hand-held video game system and accessories from the casket of a teen who had been killed in a traffic accident on Christmas Day. Police say 38-year-old Jody Lynn Bennett grabbed the items from the casket of 17-year-old Bradley McCombs during a viewing Monday night at a Montgomery Township funeral home, about 65 miles northeast of Pittsburgh.

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4. It's not like young Bradley was going to need it

An old, old joke:

Mr. Gotbucks, knowing the end of his life was near, summoned his lawyer, his doctor and his minister to his bedside at the hospital. He told them that all his affairs were in order, his estate pretty much settled, but his preoccupation with the afterlife led him to wonder whether you couldn't take it with you after all. He handed each of them an envelope, and told them that each envelope contained $100,000 in cash. His final wish was to have them throw their envelopes into his casket just as it was about to be sealed and interred.

A week or so later, Mr. Gotbucks died and his funeral was held. At the service, just as the casket was to be sealed and lowered into the ground, the lawyer, the doctor and the minister tossed their envelopes in. Later, reminiscing about the old gentlemen at a local tavern, the minister looked at his companions and said he had a little confession to make: His envelope had been $5,000 light. He had appropriated some of the cash to pay for some much-needed renovation work at the orphanage his church ran. The doctor, likewise, had a confession. He had taken $10,000 to give to the local research center, which was on the verge of a breakthrough in the treatment of some dread disease.

The lawyer looked at the other two and declared that he was shocked by their behavior, no matter how noble the cause. "I want you both to know that my envelope contained my personal check in the full amount of $100,000."

[guitar man]

5. "Hold my beer

...and watch this shit!! " :rofl: