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Darwin Awards
#363023 01/07/12 05:29 PM
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This year's winner went out with a real bang.


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Re: Darwin Awards
fredk #363024 01/07/12 05:34 PM
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I have a great deal of skepticism that this actually happened, much less happened this year.

http://www.snopes.com/autos/dream/jato.asp

If you're going to make shit up, at least make shit up that's not 15 years old...

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Re: Darwin Awards
Ken.C #363035 01/07/12 09:23 PM
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Hmm, I didn't think to check snopes. Gotta admit it makes for a good story though.


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Re: Darwin Awards
fredk #363049 01/08/12 02:01 AM
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Sorry, dude. I knew I'd heard that one before...


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Ken.C #363050 01/08/12 02:01 AM
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And the Mythbusters eps they did on that one are great!


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Ken.C #363053 01/08/12 02:45 AM
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As soon as I read the first two sentences of the winner, I guessed which one it was... Yup... JATO. Very old and very false. Thanks for posting anyway.


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Re: Darwin Awards
nickbuol #363119 01/09/12 03:38 AM
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That Mythbusters episode is great, to actually see a car with a rocket mounted on the roof then later on they tried it in the trunk for another Myth IIRC.


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