"Hole in THe Wall" AKA Open Window!

[Xavier]

Hard to believe, but another year has passed. Once again, it's time to name the Darwin Award nominees and the winner of 2002. The Darwins are awarded every year to the persons who died (or almost died) in the stupidest way. These are named "Darwin Awards" because it is hoped that "Survival of the Fittest" means something. Hopefully these people haven't passed along their stupidity.

Nominee 5: [Bloomberg News Service]: A terrible diet and a room with no ventilation are being blamed for the death of a man who was killed by his own gas. There was no mark on his body and an autopsy showed large amounts of methane gas in his system. His diet had consisted primarily of beans and cabbage (and a couple of other things). It was just the right combination of foods. It appears that the man died in
his sleep from breathing the poisonous cloud that was hanging over his bed. Had he been outside or had his windows been opened, it wouldn't have been fatal. But the man was shut up in his near-airtight bedroom. According to the article, "He was a big man with a huge capacity for creating "this deadly gas." Three of the rescuers got sick and one was hospitalized.

[BamaCracker]

http://www.snopes.com/humor/follies/methane.htm

It's a lie and a long running Internet hoax. In part:


from http://www.snopes.com
Origins: In August 1996 this story was included in a "Darwin Awards" mailing, marking its first appearance on the Internet. No attribution to a specific news source from which this account might have been harvested from was given, but the date of the unfortunate sleeper's demise was pegged as 25 March 1993. The story has since circulated on numerous "dumb deaths" lists, sometimes with a specious "Bloomberg News" tag attached.

[condenseddave]

Originally posted by BamaCracker


It's a lie and a long running Internet hoax.



OH. You're talking about the article...

[James 3528]

That is so old that when I first heard it, I was too young to laugh so I rolled over in my play pen and took a huge yellow dump.

[Xavier]

Am I missing something again? What is the title of this section? Of course it was a "Hoax" but it appears that some missed my point again!

This was intended to be an "analogy" to putting plastic and duct tape on your windows.

It still appears that there are a few posters who do not understand that: "The quality of my performance, sometimes depends on the quality of my audience."

For those who cannot understand my postings, here is the definition of an "analogy:" “A form of logical inference or an instance of it, based on the assumption that if two things are known to be alike in some respects, then they must be alike in other respects”.

[James 3528]

We got the joke and the analogy, Rodney Dangerfield.


You know. During the last supper Jesus said, Hey open a window, it is stuffy in here and something smells around Judas.

[BamaCracker]

Originally posted by Xavier
Am I missing something again? What is the title of this section? Of course it was a "Hoax" but it appears that some missed my point again!

This was intended to be an "analogy" to putting plastic and duct tape on your windows.

It still appears that there are a few posters who do not understand that: "The quality of my performance, sometimes depends on the quality of my audience."

For those who cannot understand my postings, here is the definition of an "analogy:" “A form of logical inference or an instance of it, based on the assumption that if two things are known to be alike in some respects, then they must be alike in other respects”.


This is a long running Internet hoax. This fact alone should tell you that many people believe these things, or it would not continue to circulate. To post it here without pointing out the fallacy of the very concept, much less the lie it represents, implicates the poster as a believer of the lie, or at least a liar himself.

X, you can grasp at the excuse you posted this in the Jokes section if you would like, but the truth is you would love to believe this story is true, to further your cause. The real truth is, one individual would have to fart continously for several weeks to produce methane in quantities enough to displace the oxygen in a single 12 x 12 x 8 room. And that assumes the room is not "almost airtight" so that the oxygen could be pushed out, rather than remain in the room.

If you though, even for a moment, this was funny, then you have misread your audience once again.

[James 3528]

I really think he thought it was a joke.



We must not dampen his attempt at humor.

[BamaCracker]

OOPS! Sorry.

[BamaCracker]

:rolleyes:

[wolfdog]

A prerequisite for Darwin award nomination is that the individual has removed themselves from the gene pool.

Almost and/or near misses only qualify for honorable mention and better luck next time.

[alex_in_fl]

What happens if the Darwin Award winner is one of two identical twins???????????

Ouch.... Teacher, my brain is full can I go home now????