Darwin Awards

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  1. xxBRYTExx

    xxBRYTExx Ancient
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    Describe a time when you witness someone being deserving of a darwin award

    Today at work we had a roof leak. The maintenance guy for the shop decided to fix this issue. His solution; hang a 5 gallon bucket with string to a electrical conduit cable suspended 20 ft above head height in the air directly above a door way.

    So lets break this down:
    5 gallons of water weight = 41.5lbs
    velocity after 20 ft fall = 24.45MPH
    Resulting impact force = 2527.57 lbf roughly 3 times the force of a professional boxers punch

    Oh and if you manage to dodge the bucket that you cant see falling because of its location you then have to dodge the live electrical wires. too bad your now standing in a pool of water.

    Im using the other door when I leave.

    **UPDATE**
    It is now day 17 that the bucket is still hanging there. I think they forgot about it
     
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  2. Jesus in Malibu

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    My friend used duct tape to temporarily cover up a hole in his car tire in the middle of winter about four years ago... I was never in the same car with him since.
     
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  3. xxBRYTExx

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    My friend had zero functionality in his brakes in his car. The E-Brake worked a little. Rode in his car 3 times and only had to jump over about 12 curbs to avoid hitting the car in front of us
     

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