[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 )

[precedence]

As I understand it, a person must remove themselves from the gene pool before being nominated for the award - unable to pass along their stupidity to another generation.