# Another Darwin Award Nominee

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-darwin-award-nominee/614950>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 6, 2012, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-darwin-award-nominee/614950 "2012-03-06T18:34:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-darwin-award-nominee/614950/1 "2012-03-06T18:34:07Z")

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[Here](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/srilanka/9123645/Sri-Lankan-Janaka-Basnayake-dies-trying-to-set-record-for-longest-time-buried-alive.html)

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> A Sri Lankan man has died while trying to set a record for the longest time spent buried alive.

I’m not sure he quite understood the ultimate goal of this record.

That said, it’s tragic etc, but why would he not have some form of communication?

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-darwin-award-nominee/614950/2 "2012-03-06T18:50:43Z")

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Saved on burial costs, didn’t he? Smart move there.

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**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-darwin-award-nominee/614950/3 "2012-03-06T19:56:36Z")

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I’m \*\*\*so \*\*\*going to hell for how loud I laughed at that, **runner pat.**

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-darwin-award-nominee/614950/4 "2012-03-06T20:16:19Z")

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> [@runner pat](#):
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> Saved on burial costs, didn’t he? Smart move there.

Yeah, but they dug him up and brought him to a hospital. That’s just inefficient!

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**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-darwin-award-nominee/614950/5 "2012-03-07T04:01:20Z")

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So he is really setting the record.

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**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-darwin-award-nominee/614950/6 "2012-03-08T22:48:06Z")

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Exactly. He was still alive when they unearthed him, so I would say he accomplished his goal. My suspicion is that someone in the hospital was put out that he managed such a feat and smothered him out of jealousy…:0)