Message-ID: <12676585.1075858931306.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 08:42:43 -0700 (PDT) From: 40enron@enron.com To: albrecht.becky@enron.com, brian.veazey@enron.com, gladwin.michael@enron.com Subject: FW: Darwin Awards Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-From: Paul T Lucci/DEN/ECT@ENRON X-To: Becky Albrecht , donbratcher@msn.com, Joey_Brewer@leathercenter.com, Dvywvy@aol.com, john.d.williamson@us.arthurandersen.com, FLucci6521@aol.com, annikakaye@yahoo.com, Kirotate@aol.com, Kmcop@cs.com, Randy Lasater , webb@cisaustin.org, Scott, Susan M. , Sinbadla69@aol.com, Sweatercow@aol.com, oscar urbizo , Veazey, Brian , Michael Gladwin X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \SSCOTT5 (Non-Privileged)\Scott, Susan M.\Inbox X-Origin: Scott-S X-FileName: SSCOTT5 (Non-Privileged).pst ----- Forwarded by Paul T Lucci/NA/Enron on 08/16/2001 09:41 AM ----- =09Mark Whitt Sent by: Mark Whitt 08/16/2001 08:22 AM =09 To: Paul T Lucc= i/NA/Enron@Enron, Tyrell Harrison/NA/Enron@Enron, Charles Varnell/Enron@Enr= onXGate cc: Barry Tycholiz/Enron@EnronXGate Subject: FW: Darwin Awards=09 These are awsome! ----- Forwarded by Mark Whitt/NA/Enron on 08/16/2001 08:22 AM ----- =09"Appling, Mike" 08/15/2001 04:30 PM =09 To: "A= lan Millis (E-mail)" , "Arthur Carpentier= (E-mail)" , "Brett Treadwell (E-mail)" , "Brian Cannell (E-mail)" , "Brian O'Leary (E-mail)" , "Charles = Norris (E-mail)" , "Chris Ferrazi (E-mail= )" , "David Zaozirny (E-mail)" , "'Dean Patry' (E-mail)" , "'Diane Appling (E-mail)" , "Dwayne Hyzak (E-mail)= " , "George Appling (E-mail)" , "Jeff Thomas (E-mail)" , "Jeff = Todes (E-mail)" , "Jerry Jernigan (E-mail)" , "Jes Morris (E-mail)" , "J= ohn Carr (E-mail)" , "Kelly Boston (E-mail)" , "Kevin Baros (E-mail)" , "Kregg L= unsford (E-mail)" , "Kristi Bishop (E-= mail)" , "Leslie cell (E-mail 2)" , "Mark Whitt (E-mail)" , "Piet= er Smit (E-mail)" , "Shannon Martin (E-mail)" , "Steven Jernigan (E-mail)" , "Steven Wolf (E-mail)" , "Wade Pursell (E-m= ail)" , "Wade Sanders (E-mail)" , "William evans (E-mail)" cc: Subject: FW: Darwin = Awards=09 -----Original Message----- From: Boase, Allan=20 Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 7:47 AM To: Appling, Mike; Brown, Nancy; Cook, Fred; Exley, Melisa; Giraldo, Melissa; Josephs, Bob; Leahy, Steve; Loria, Lori; McAfee, Larry; Medeles, Ismael; Orjuela, Natalie; Peyton, Mickie; Snear, Clay; Venezia, Charles Subject: FW: Darwin Awards - Subject: FW: Darwin Awards > Subject: Darwin Awards > Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 22:22:51 EDT > They have finally been released! > #11 In September in Detroit, a 41-year-old man got stuck and > drowned in two feet of water after squeezing head first through an > 18-inch wide sewergrate to retrieve his car keys. > #10 In October, a 49-year-old San Francisco stockbroker, who "totally > zoned when he ran," according to his wife, accidentally jogged off a > 100-foot high cliff on his daily run. > #9 Buston, NC: A man died on a beach when an 8-foot-deep hole he had > dug into the sand caved in as he sat inside it. Beach goers said Daniel > Jones 21, dug the hole for fun, or protection from the wind, and had > been > sitting in a beach chair at the bottom Thursday afternoon when it > collapsed,burying him beneath 5 feet of sand. People on the beach, on > the > outer banks, used their hands and shovels, trying to claw their way to > Jones, a resident of Woodbridge, VA but could not reach him. It took > rescue > workers using heavy equipment almost an hour to free him while about > 200 > people looked on. Jones was pronounced dead at the hospital. > #8 In February, Santiago Alvarado, 24 was killed in Lornpoc, Ca as he > fell face-first through the ceiling of a bicycle shop he was > burglarizing. > Death was caused when the long flashlight he had placed in his mouth > (to > keep his hands free) rammed into the base of his skull as he hit th= e > floor. > #7 According to police in Dahlonega, GA, ROTC cadet Nick Berrena, 20 > was stabbed to death in January by fellow cadet Jeffrey Hoffman, 23 who > was > trying to prove that a knife could not penetrate the flack vest Berrena > was > wearing. > #6 Sylvester Briddell, Jr., 26 was killed in February in Selbyville, > DE, as he won a bet with friends who said he would not put a revolver > loaded > with four bullets into his mouth and pull the trigger. > #5 In February, according to police in Windsor, Ontario, Daniel > Kolta,27, and Randy Taylor, 33, died in a head-on collision, earning a > tie > in the game of chicken they were playing with their snowmobiles. > #4 Taos, NM, A woman went to a poison control center after eating > three birth-control vaginal inserts. Her English was so bad she had to > draw > a picture describing how she believed she had poisoned herself. A > translator arrived shortly thereafter and confirmed doctor's > suspicions. Marie Valishnokov thought the inserts were somekind of cand= y > or > gum, being unable to read the foil wrappers. After the third one, she > realized something was wrong with her throat and mouth began to fill > with > sour-tasting foam. She ran for the Poison Control Center, only a few > blocks > away where doctors were able to flush the foam from her mouth, throat > and > stomach with no ill effects. > #3 La Grange, Ga, attorney Antonio Mendoza was released from a trauma > center after having a cell phone removed from his rectum. "My dog > drags the thing all over the house," he said later. "He must have > dragged it > into the shower. I slipped on the tile tripped against the dog and sat > down > right on the thing," The extraction took more than three hours du= e to > the > fact that the cover to Mr. Mendoza's phone had opened during insertion. > He > was a real trooper during the entire episode, said Dr. Dennis Crobe > "Tony > just cracked jokes and really seemed to be enjoying himself. Three > times > during the extraction his phone rang and each time, he made jokes about > it > that just had us rolling on the floor. By the time we finished, we > really > did expect to find an answering machine in there." > #2 Bremererton, WA, Christopher Coulter and his wife, Emily were > engaging in bondage games when Christopher suggested spreading peanut > butter > on his genitals and letting Rudy, their Irish Setter, lick them clean. > Sadly, Rudy lost control and began tearing at Christopher's penis and > testicles. Rudy refused to obey commands and a panicked Emily threw a > Half-gallon bottle of perfume at the dog. The bottle broke, covering > the dog > and Christopher with perfume. Startled, Rudy leaped back, tearing away > the > penis. While trying to get her unconscious husband in the car to take > him to > the hospital, > Emily fell twice, injuring her wrists and ankle. Christopher's penis > was in a Styrofoam ice cooler. "Chris is just plain lucky, "said the > surgeon, who spent eight hours reattaching the penis. "Believe it or > not, the > perfume turned out to be very fortuitous. The high alcohol content, > which > must have been excruciatingly painful, helped sterilize the wound= . > Also, > aside from it being removed, the damage caused by the dog's teet= h to > the> penis per se is minimal. It's really a very stringy piece of flesh. Mr. > Coulter stands an excellent chance of regaining the use of that limb > because > of this." > Washington Animal Control has no plans to seize Rudy. > > AND THE WINNER!!! > #1 Paderborn, Germany - Overzealous zookeeper Friedrich Riesfeldt fed > his constipated elephant Stefan 22 doses of animal laxative and more > than a > bushel of berries, figs and prunes before the plugged-up pachyderm > finally > let fly and suffocated the keeper under 200 pounds of poop! > Investigators > say ill-fated Friedrich, 46 was attempting to give the ailing elephant > an > olive-oil enema when the relieved beast unloaded on him like a dump > truck > full of mud. "The sheer force of the elephant's unexpected defecation > knocked Mr. Riesfeldt to the ground, where he struck his head on a ock > and > lay unconscious as the elephant continued to evacuate his bowels on top > of > him > >