Darwin Awards Candidate: Running a generator indoors...

WarAdvocat · Post by **WarAdvocat** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 8:14 am

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/ ... -headlines

Well, they're taking the ultimate nap. Jesus will be their alarm clock I guess.

Warlock · Post by **Warlock** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 8:19 am

Flabby Chick · Post by **Flabby Chick** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 8:21 am

That's quite sad.

whuppinboy · Post by **whuppinboy** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 8:25 am

not so much sad as it is stupid. sleeping in the same room as a generator????? c'mon!

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 8:31 am

Brilliant.

roid · Post by **roid** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 8:40 am

this one seems to kill quite a few.

Beowulf · Post by **Beowulf** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 11:58 am

Again, only in Florida. Forget the middle-east, can we just nuke the southeast already?

Flabby Chick · Post by **Flabby Chick** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 12:15 pm

whuppinboy wrote:not so much sad as it is stupid. sleeping in the same room as a generator????? c'mon!

There is stupid and there is, if you dig deep down. Stupid.

A lack of education and a need for warmth contributed to those deaths. Don't be so smug sunshine. Bad call, bad call.

A guy who kills himself playing russian roulette has the chance to be nominated for a Darwin award. Not these guys.

whuppinboy · Post by **whuppinboy** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 12:28 pm

sorry Flabby, gonna disagree w/ya on this one. ANYONE, no matter how poorly educated should know that sleeping in the same room as a gas powered generator is insane. if you're cold, huddle up with each other, not the generator. and the people they were staying with should have known better as well. they didn't even realize they were dead for almost a day?????? what is that about?

WarAdvocat · Post by **WarAdvocat** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 1:07 pm

Not everyone in Florida is utterly clueless and stupid... Florida just gets a (partially deserved) bad reputation. The thing is, all the idiots are imported from other States. Maybe we should just euthanize 'em before they pollute my home.

Flabby Chick wrote:A lack of education and a need for warmth contributed to those deaths. Don't be so smug sunshine. Bad call, bad call.

#1 It was in Florida... Rarely, if ever is there a need for Warmth.

#2 Widespread announcements were made in the various media during the hurricane season last year, at the beginning of hurricane season THIS year due to the deaths LAST year, and also during the days leading up to Katrina's landfall.

#3 It is common knowledge that running a gasoline engine in your enclosed garage will KILL YOU. Whether it be an automobile or a generator...

#4 THEREFORE, It was stupidity, not a lack of education. They removed themselves from the gene pool due to a lack of ability to think. Not a lack of education.

#5 The people who let these poor idiots sleep in the garage should be indicted for MANSLAUGHTER. Their negligent idiocy should not pass unpunished.

#6 Given the fact that blatant stupidity, a lack of common sense a failure to survive the consequences of same are the key issues here, a Darwin Award Candidacy is fairly appropriate. The only thing missing is an arrogant, utterly mistaken expectation of survival despite taking part in blatantly contra-survival behaviors. Instead, these people belong in the "clueless" group.

Samuel Dravis · Post by **Samuel Dravis** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 8:03 pm

Just note that this probably did *not* remove them from the gene pool - they likely already had several kids since they were so old... :p

No offense to the geezers over 18 here.

Phoenix Red · Post by **Phoenix Red** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 9:24 pm

Honestly, why is this news. This sort of thing makes me so angry.

Write about the turbulent political climates surrounding the globe? The incoming hurricane? Some technological developement? ANYTHING relevant to the reader?

No, we'll write about the accidental death of two people, and how it made other people very sad. Knowing this happened helped me out a lot.

roid · Post by **roid** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 10:21 pm

i guess it does encourage the disemination of information to stop this kindof thing from happening more. other ppl who may not have thought 2x about it may now know better.

it's obviously not obvious to EVERYONE, coz these ppl died.

Defender · Post by **Defender** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 6:42 am

Flabby Chick wrote:
whuppinboy wrote:not so much sad as it is stupid. sleeping in the same room as a generator????? c'mon!
There is stupid and there is, if you dig deep down. Stupid.

A lack of education and a need for warmth contributed to those deaths. Don't be so smug sunshine. Bad call, bad call.

A guy who kills himself playing russian roulette has the chance to be nominated for a Darwin award. Not these guys.

x2
I'd hardly qualify them for a Darwin.
It might have been dumb, but not Darwinian IMO.

JMEaT · Post by **JMEaT** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 9:16 am

Don't generators have warning on them about running them in enclosed spaces?

WarAdvocat · Post by **WarAdvocat** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:07 am

Darwin Awards Rules

Apparently Carbon Monoxide poisoning doesn't count...

HOWEVER, in light of the massive public information campaign both during and following last year's Hurricane Season, as well as the continuing warnings with the onset of this year's Hurricane Season and the increasing frequency of warnings as Katrina approached...

These people deserve an Honorable mention, for being THAT clueless.