Darwin Awards contestant

For those of you who are unfamiliar with the Darwin Awards, they are awarded to those whose greatest service to society was removing themselves from the gene pool. Some of the most random, comical and sometimes disturbing incidents resulting in a person's own death - which they were responsible for - can be found here.

I bring this up because this morning I think I found a finalist for this year: a woman attempting a handstand on the railing of a second-floor balcony. She didn't make it. I just can't believe that the thought of "hmm, me upside down 20 feet above the ground...this can't result well" never entered her mind.

Granted this woman isn't close to being in the same league as the man who tried to clean an oil-tanker or my all-time favorite JATO truck "incident", but she did do our civilization a great service and for that she should be at least considered for a Darwin Award.

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