Here's one for the Darwin Awards...

[denorios]

Or it would have been, had he not survived.

BBC News: Man broke back in first flight on £300 eBay paragliderThe headline doesn't tell the whole story. This guy bought a paraglider off eBay, and then decided to fly in it, with no instructor, no lessons, no preparation other than watching a few clips on YouTube. And then tethered the thing to his

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[khallandra]

The world is full of morons. Speaking of morons, they were putting a fence up in the middle of our main street because a pedestrian got hit by a car. There was a temporary orange plastic fence that an idiot tried to jump, tripped over and nearly got hit by a car. *facepalm*

[imaginary_iby]

I actually have a few of those Darwin Awards books - they're always good for a laugh.

And yes - *facepalm* indeed.