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The 2009 Darwin Awards
It should be noted that a fatality is a requirement for a Darwin Award.
Two runners up: DOUBLE DIP (after being rescued once, woman jumps back into swollen creek in attempt to escape police -- or, her mother said, to rescue her moped) and DYING TO GO (looking for place to pee, man vaults highway divider and falls sixty-five feet).
The Winnah: CRUSHING DEBT (two would-be ATM robbers overestimate dynamite needed).
BONUS AWARD: a new winner for 2008: the BALLOON PRIEST, complete with video (man uses mass of party balloons tied to a chair to go for a publicity flight; takes along cell phone and GPS, calls for aid when he becomes lost over the ocean but can't operate the GPS to inform rescuers of where he is).
Two runners up: DOUBLE DIP (after being rescued once, woman jumps back into swollen creek in attempt to escape police -- or, her mother said, to rescue her moped) and DYING TO GO (looking for place to pee, man vaults highway divider and falls sixty-five feet).
The Winnah: CRUSHING DEBT (two would-be ATM robbers overestimate dynamite needed).
BONUS AWARD: a new winner for 2008: the BALLOON PRIEST, complete with video (man uses mass of party balloons tied to a chair to go for a publicity flight; takes along cell phone and GPS, calls for aid when he becomes lost over the ocean but can't operate the GPS to inform rescuers of where he is).