Darwin Awards. - Page 4

**scoundrel** · June 30th, 2018, 04:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wildtig2013

What the fuck kind of sentence is that for the girlfriend?

That's a slap on the wrist and a walk in the park.

Bet she will serve 30 days the first year and then disappear never to be seen or heard of again!!

Probably not clever enough to think of leaving the state.

**rlg118** · August 15th, 2018, 07:42 AM

Larry Walters of Los Angeles is one of the few to contend for the Darwin Awards and live to tell the tale. "I have fulfilled my 20-year dream," said Walters, a former truck driver for a company that makes TV commercials. "I'm staying on the ground. I've proved the thing works."

Larry's boyhood dream was to fly. But fate conspired to keep him from his dream. He joined the Air Force, but poor eyesight disqualified him from flying. After he was discharged from the military, he sat in his backyard watching jets fly overhead.

He hatched his scheme while sitting outside in his "extremely comfortable" Sears lawn chair. He purchased 45 weather balloons from an Army-Navy surplus store, tied them to his tethered lawn chair (dubbed the Inspiration I) and filled the four-foot diameter balloons with helium. Then, armed with some sandwiches, Miller Lite, and a pellet gun, he strapped himself into his lawn chair. He figured he would shoot a few of the balloons when it was time to descend.

Larry planned to sever the anchor and lazily float to a height of about 30 feet above the backyard, where he would enjoy a few hours of flight before coming back down. But things didn't work out quite as Larry planned.

When his friends cut the cord anchoring the lawn chair to his Jeep, he did not float lazily up to 30 feet. Instead he streaked into the LA sky as if shot from a cannon, pulled by the lift of 45 helium balloons, holding 33 cubic feet of helium each.

He didn't level off at 100 feet, nor did he level off at 1000 feet. He leveled off at 16,000 feet.

At that height he felt he couldn't risk shooting any of the balloons, lest he unbalance the load and really find himself in trouble. So he stayed there, drifting cold and frightened with his beer and sandwiches, for more than 14 hours. He crossed the primary approach corridor of LAX, where startled TWA and Delta pilots radioed in reports about a guy in a lawn chair with a gun.

Eventually he gathered the nerve to shoot a few balloons, and slowly descended. The hanging tethers tangled and caught in a power line, blacking out a Long Beach neighborhood for 20 minutes. Larry climbed to safety, where he was arrested by waiting members of the LAPD. As he was led away in handcuffs, a reporter dispatched to cover the daring rescue asked him why he had done it. Larry replied nonchalantly, "A man can't just sit around."

**Djezva** · November 24th, 2020, 10:22 AM

good candidates

volva · November 26th, 2020, 07:19 AM

One of my favourites.

Demonstrating the "unbreakable" glass on the 24th floor, unfortunately
held in an entirely breakable window frame!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Garry_Hoy

**Djezva** · April 16th, 2021, 08:25 PM

**Mal Hombre** · May 15th, 2023, 09:29 AM

**KissArmy** · June 1st, 2023, 01:17 PM

This kid...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...preserver.html

August 15th, 2018, 07:42 AM	#32
rlg118 Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Land o' Lake-Effect Posts: 5,348 Thanks: 5,911 Thanked 113,434 Times in 5,360 Posts	Larry Walters of Los Angeles is one of the few to contend for the Darwin Awards and live to tell the tale. "I have fulfilled my 20-year dream," said Walters, a former truck driver for a company that makes TV commercials. "I'm staying on the ground. I've proved the thing works." Larry's boyhood dream was to fly. But fate conspired to keep him from his dream. He joined the Air Force, but poor eyesight disqualified him from flying. After he was discharged from the military, he sat in his backyard watching jets fly overhead. He hatched his scheme while sitting outside in his "extremely comfortable" Sears lawn chair. He purchased 45 weather balloons from an Army-Navy surplus store, tied them to his tethered lawn chair (dubbed the Inspiration I) and filled the four-foot diameter balloons with helium. Then, armed with some sandwiches, Miller Lite, and a pellet gun, he strapped himself into his lawn chair. He figured he would shoot a few of the balloons when it was time to descend. Larry planned to sever the anchor and lazily float to a height of about 30 feet above the backyard, where he would enjoy a few hours of flight before coming back down. But things didn't work out quite as Larry planned. When his friends cut the cord anchoring the lawn chair to his Jeep, he did not float lazily up to 30 feet. Instead he streaked into the LA sky as if shot from a cannon, pulled by the lift of 45 helium balloons, holding 33 cubic feet of helium each. He didn't level off at 100 feet, nor did he level off at 1000 feet. He leveled off at 16,000 feet. At that height he felt he couldn't risk shooting any of the balloons, lest he unbalance the load and really find himself in trouble. So he stayed there, drifting cold and frightened with his beer and sandwiches, for more than 14 hours. He crossed the primary approach corridor of LAX, where startled TWA and Delta pilots radioed in reports about a guy in a lawn chair with a gun. Eventually he gathered the nerve to shoot a few balloons, and slowly descended. The hanging tethers tangled and caught in a power line, blacking out a Long Beach neighborhood for 20 minutes. Larry climbed to safety, where he was arrested by waiting members of the LAPD. As he was led away in handcuffs, a reporter dispatched to cover the daring rescue asked him why he had done it. Larry replied nonchalantly, "A man can't just sit around." __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Last edited by rlg118; August 16th, 2018 at 05:18 AM..

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November 24th, 2020, 10:22 AM	#33
Djezva Vintage Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 8,145 Thanks: 21,542 Thanked 172,394 Times in 8,184 Posts	good candidates

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volva Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 42 Thanks: 7,596 Thanked 544 Times in 42 Posts	One of my favourites. Demonstrating the "unbreakable" glass on the 24th floor, unfortunately held in an entirely breakable window frame! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Garry_Hoy

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