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Die offiziellen Gewinner des Darwin Awards 2006 stehen fest. Wieder hat es eine beeindruckende Menge von visionären Menschen im Jahr 2006 geschafft, sich durch mutige Maßnahmen selbst aus der Evolution zu entfernen. Aber es kann, wie jedes Jahr, nur einen Sieger geben, wenn es um nicht zu überbietende selbstmörderische Dummheit geht. WiWaSo gratuliert posthum dem jugendlichen Gewinner aus der Kategorie Star Wars:

Like two people, 17 and 20, who imitated Darth Vader and made light sabres from fluorescent light tubes. That's right, they opened up fluoresceent tubes, poured gasoline inside, and lit the end... As one can imagine, a Star Wars sized explosion was not far behind. One died, the other survived to 'fess up to their creative, but stupid, reenactment.

Das Heimwerkermagazin WiWaSo kürt daneben einen echten Sieger der Herzen, nämlich einen Mann, der genau wusste, wo der Hammer hängt:

August brings us a winner from Brazil, who tried to disassemble a Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) by driving back and forth over it with a car. This technique was ineffective, so he escalated to pounding the RPG with a sledgehammer. The second try worked--in a sense. The explosion proved fatal to one man, six cars, and the repair shop wherein the efforts took place.

14 more RPG grenades were found in a car parked nearby. Police believe the ammunition was being scavenged to sell as scrap metal. If it wasn't scrap then, it certainly is now!