How close has darwin come to claiming you?

[brainhulk]

I've had a couple close calls, but the scariest was probably when I flew off a wave runner in a very high traffic area. Hearing about the dude that got killed sticking his body out of the car and looking back @ some stupid stuff I've done, makes me just want to stay home and play video games.

 

[SlitheryDee]

Darwin had me at hello.

Edit: Ok serious answer.

I once rode in the passenger seat of a buick lesabre while the driver was inhaling the contents of a canned air duster. He passed out while driving, crossed the median, and ran full-speed into a semi that was stopped at a red light across the street. The hood of the car went partially under the trailer and somehow stuck before the passenger section could crash into it. All I remember is waking up to the nonstop blaring of the horn and seeing the deflated passenger airbag in front of me. The horn was blaring because my companion was still unconscious and was somehow depressing the horn switch with his forehead despite his own airbag being in the way.

I can definitely see how that could have gone much worse. It definitely would have been a genuine Darwin award by anyone's definition too. Jeezzuz I was fucking stupid back then.

 

[meltdown75]

i should have died 3 times, minimum.

 

[kranky]

Fell asleep driving, wrecked car.
A guy came into work with a 18" knife to try to kill his ex-wife, walked right past me on his way in.

 

[Arcadio]

Just once, when I stood at the edge of a waterfall just to impress some friends while at a school trip.

 

[mrCide]

Hmm, stupid maneuvering and road rage on the highway lost control going 75, managed to regain it without spinning (thanks awd+new tires).

The other one I can think of is running across this same highway (turnpike in south fl) near a less busy area and completely unlit area around 11pm. Car I was in broke down and someone came to pick us up in the other direction. So the guys say go! I run across the highway in pitch dark looking into oncoming traffic running as fast as I can. It get's even more stupid though, I failed to realize was the center median/block thing about knee level that I ran into as fast as I could run, doing a somersault over it and busting my knee caps. I managed to pick myself off the middle of the highway and continue limping/running to the other side before traffic came in.

Several things could have gone wrong there.

 

[techforums]

Dumbest thing I did was playing with a epi pen and yeah getting injected. It was by far the most intense adrenaline rush I ever had but the doctor told me that I was lucky to be alive.

 

[her209]

Dumbest thing I've ever did was race my friend in high school. Reached speeds of 120+ MPH. On the off ramp, tried to take it at 60 MPH, and failed. The back tire hit the curb and caused the car to do a 360 at least once. Somehow didn't end up flipping over, but did end up punching a hole in my muffler.

 

[Greenman]

Darwin never has, and never will, claim anyone.

 

[SandEagle]

Driving ~ 150 mph on the 401 close to concrete barriers
Getting shot at for yelling at a couple kids for stealing cherries

 

[Numenorean]

Never, because I'm not a dumbass.

 

[DeadByDawn]

I've probably had a lot of close calls. When you look back at them all I'm a pretty lucky person I guess.

I've almost been shot a few times, almost blown up, ran over, traffic accidents , carbon monoxide, appendix burst, several close calls with trees falling etc.

 

[her209]

I've probably had a lot of close calls. When you look back at them all I'm a pretty lucky person I guess.

I've almost been shot a few times, almost blown up, ran over, traffic accidents , carbon monoxide, appendix burst, several close calls with trees falling etc.

You wouldn't be posting here if you weren't lucky, amirite?

:awe:

 

[irishScott]

About the closest was when I decided to drive quickly on wet, windy, hilly back-roads with no shoulder in Pennsylvania. Was just doing it for the shit of it and for the most part pulled it off well, :awe: but there was this one overly damp near 90 degree right turn that I decided to take too fast. Skidded sideways with a partial fish-tail into the other lane at about 40 mph, barely missed skimming the fence on the opposite side of the road. If there had been any oncoming traffic at that point I'd have been screwed.

 

[Train]

took 520 volts across my hand, jumped about 5 feet in the air, luckily that broke the connection. My hand was numb for a week.

 

[Gigantopithecus]

Darwin claimed my career.

 

[DesiPower]

I feel like a contender everytime I smoke

 

[Sentrosi2121]

Impressing my first girlfriend when I turned 16. Just got my license and thought that I could take this S-turn at 50mph with my mom's 85 Chevy Celebrity CL. Lost control of it going into the second turn and saw nothing but a chain link fence and one of those concrete embankment things on the side of the road. Somehow managed to stop about 3" shy of slamming into the cement block.

Oh, and we weren't wearing seatbelts either.

 

[Possessed Freak]

took 520 volts across my hand, jumped about 5 feet in the air, luckily that broke the connection. My hand was numb for a week.

Got me beat. Had 220 run across me, installing a dryer line. My friend was helping install it. Scared him pretty good.

Almost fell out of the top of a tree when I was little. I used to climb to the tip tops all the time. Once I just lost my focus and grip. Caught a lucky branch about a foot from where I was. That brought me back towards the trunk where I just grabbed on. Didn't freak me out at the time, but then again I was probably 8 years old.

After watching ET, I tried to fly on my bike. I wasn't successful by just pedaling so I put my arms out to help. That ended... poorly.

 

[Cookie]

When I was young (maybe 12) I got in a van with a stranger with promises of *candy. 3 blocks later a friend saw me in his van and waved as we drove by. Suddenly he had something else he needed to do and dropped me off. It may or may not have been a close call, I'll never know. At the time I thought nothing of it. In a small town at that age you don't hear of such horrors. But now I look back and think 'how stupid'.

* it was drugs not Candy.

 

[D1gger]

Darwin never has, and never will, claim anyone.

Ohh literal Greenman. /O&A

 

[D1gger]

Only time I actually thought I might make a Darwin Award list was when I had to move a forklift in our upper parking lot. It belonged to the business next door that we rent space to and it was blocking my truck so I couldn't leave. Nobody was around, so I just jumped in and backed it away from my truck. I then hit the brakes and nothing happened. I was picking up speed down a slight hill and at the end of the hill was a 20 foot verticle drop to our lower work storage yard. I was just contemplating jumping out, when the forklift wheels hit the concrete wheel stop at the edge, and it actually did stop.

I found out that they had left the forklift in the way, because the brakes had failed, and they were back in the shop getting the mechanic to come take a look at it.

 

[highland145]

Most involved alcohol and were way too stupid and embarrising to put out here for OT the scorn and laughter that will ensue.

 

[Imp]

Shot a gap that was only just big enough to shoot on a freeway doing 110 kph-ish. If I hit the car behind me, I would have PITT myself and probably hit the 50 year old steel median. Think I was subconsciously trying to impress the girl with me in the car...

 

[Train]

Darwin never has, and never will, claim anyone.

Would be hella ironic if you get killed by some texting teenager named Darwin. (either first or last name)