[precedence]

Not to be nit-picky, but only dead people are eligible for the Darwin Award, so his mom wouldn't qualify.

[PreciousLiberty]

"Not to be nit-picky, but only dead people are eligible for the Darwin Award, so his mom wouldn't qualify."

I'll go ahead and pick a nit by pointing out that you don't have to die to receive a Darwin Award, you just need to lose your ability to reproduce.

The story from the site that comes to mind is the one about the kid who tried to throw a M-80 firecracker out the window of his car to impress his girlfried...except the window was actually rolled up, and the M-80 bounced off and landed in his lap. Makes me wince just thinking about it...

[geezerwheezer]

Who said they had to be dead to be nominated? You are changing the rules and who gave you the right to do that. I nominated both the perp and his mother because neither of them seems to have had any smarts at all, and one gave birth to the other, therefore they both qualify for the award. (see rulebook sec.C, para.143, pgs. 764-867: "a parent of a nominee for the annual Darwin award is eligible for nomination if it can be shown that through the parent's neglect and/or stupidity, the original nominee (i.e.:their child) earned the right to be nominated." It is my opinion this lady qualifies too. :0 )