# This has to be a Darwin Award winner. So incredibly stupid. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 4, 2013, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-has-to-be-a-darwin-award-winner-so-incredibly-stupid/673019 "2013-11-04T01:23:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-has-to-be-a-darwin-award-winner-so-incredibly-stupid/673019/21 "2013-11-04T18:52:07Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Darwin Award winners actually have to die. This guy was stupid for no reason. [Eligibility](http://www.darwinawards.com/rules/) also includes cases where the candidate survives but is rendered unable to contribute further to the gene pool. ETA: got beaten to that one anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-has-to-be-a-darwin-award-winner-so-incredibly-stupid/673019/22 "2013-11-04T18:52:19Z")
> [@Space\_Vegetable](#): > > Seems unfair that he gets no Darwin Award. He may have sterilized himself indirectly: “So how did your first marriage end?” “I set my wife on fire.” “Wuh-” “You see we were at a gas station and I had this great idea for a prank-” “Check please!” > [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Huh. Never knew about the sterility clause. You can’t fool me! There ain’t no Sterility Clause. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-has-to-be-a-darwin-award-winner-so-incredibly-stupid/673019/23 "2013-11-04T18:52:42Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I think the proper and polite response should have been “Put that fucking cigarette out, bitch, or I’ll call the cops on you for reckless endangerment”. Apparently his response was much closer to “go die in a fire” than what I posted. He was also refueling the moving van before returning it, so he gave many fewer fucks than if he had not been exhausted from moving and than if he had been driving our own new car. ---
**Author:** ![PaulParkhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PaulParkhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaulParkhead)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-has-to-be-a-darwin-award-winner-so-incredibly-stupid/673019/24 "2013-11-04T18:58:29Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Huh. Never knew about the sterility clause. They simply need to render themselves incapable of passing on their genes. Most commonly, of course, they do it by dying, but sterility counts. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-has-to-be-a-darwin-award-winner-so-incredibly-stupid/673019/25 "2013-11-04T19:22:19Z")
> [@tellyworth](#): > > A former flight attendant once told me that their standard procedure when someone was smoking in the restroom on a flight was to break in with a fire extinguisher and put it out. For safety. Huh, that’s what Bernard Cumberbatch in _Cabin Pressure_, and the smoker instantly dropped dead of a heart attack. (It’s British comedy, so it has no problem turning dark.) I thought they were pushing the “vaguely plausible” tone of the show, but I guess not! ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-has-to-be-a-darwin-award-winner-so-incredibly-stupid/673019/26 "2013-11-04T19:36:09Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > Just this past week, my husband was fueling up when he smelled smoke - and to his shock, he saw a senior citizen smoking a cigarette while gassing up her car. He got as far as a polite, “Um, excuse me, ma’am…” and she told him to go fuck himself! :eek: His response was something to the effect of ‘I hope you only take yourself out when you cause a fire someday.’ I don’t think you get the moral high-ground to tell anyone else to fuck off when you’re endangering all the people around you! People - what a bunch of bastards! ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-has-to-be-a-darwin-award-winner-so-incredibly-stupid/673019/27 "2013-11-04T21:25:46Z")
> [@Greg\_Charles](#): > > Huh, that’s what Bernard Cumberbatch in _Cabin Pressure_, and the smoker instantly dropped dead of a heart attack. (It’s British comedy, so it has no problem turning dark.) I thought they were pushing the “vaguely plausible” tone of the show, but I guess not! That would be _Benedict_ Cumberbatch, and, having fairly recently listened to this episode, I am pretty sure it was not his character (Martin, the pilot), but one of the cabin crew, Carolyn or Arthur (probably the former) who zapped the guy with the fire extinguisher. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-has-to-be-a-darwin-award-winner-so-incredibly-stupid/673019/28 "2013-11-04T21:38:00Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > He may have sterilized himself indirectly: “So how did your first marriage end?” “I set my wife on fire.” “Wuh-” “You see we were at a gas station and I had this great idea for a prank-” “Check please!” > > You can’t fool me! There ain’t no Sterility Clause. He is Santa’s black sheep half-brother. They don’t talk about him much after the … elf incident. ETA: On a side note, should I be concerned that the sites banner ads decided to pair a thread about a guy burning his wife alive with an asian women dating site? ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-has-to-be-a-darwin-award-winner-so-incredibly-stupid/673019/29 "2013-11-04T21:46:28Z")
> [@Death\_of\_Rats](#): > > He is Santa’s black sheep half-brother. They don’t talk about him much after the … elf incident. > > ETA: On a side note, should I be concerned that the sites banner ads decided to pair a thread about a guy burning his wife alive with an asian women dating site? The Internet Advertising Panopticon understands, perhaps better than even you, that you might be in the market for a replacement wife. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-has-to-be-a-darwin-award-winner-so-incredibly-stupid/673019/30 "2013-11-04T23:05:58Z")
> [@tellyworth](#): > > A former flight attendant once told me that their standard procedure when someone was smoking in the restroom on a flight was to break in with a fire extinguisher and put it out. For safety. When I used to run a school outdoors group we had a strict no smoking policy for the students - I always told them if I saw smoke coming off them I’d assume they were on fire and put them out. If they were lucky it would be with a bucket of water, on a bad day it would be with a [fire rake](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McLeod_(tool)). 😃 ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-has-to-be-a-darwin-award-winner-so-incredibly-stupid/673019/31 "2013-11-04T23:43:45Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > That would be _Benedict_ Cumberbatch, and, having fairly recently listened to this episode, I am pretty sure it was not his character (Martin, the pilot), but one of the cabin crew, Carolyn or Arthur (probably the former) who zapped the guy with the fire extinguisher. martin the pilot told arthur that he should use the fire extinguisher. arthur did so. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-has-to-be-a-darwin-award-winner-so-incredibly-stupid/673019/32 "2013-11-05T01:45:42Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > That would be _Benedict_ Cumberbatch, and, having fairly recently listened to this episode, I am pretty sure it was not his character (Martin, the pilot), but one of the cabin crew, Carolyn or Arthur (probably the former) who zapped the guy with the fire extinguisher. Shoot. I was so focused on getting Cumberbatch right that Benedict got by me. You were right about Arthur. I just listened to it again, and it was Martin’s orders, but Arthur shot the extinguisher. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-has-to-be-a-darwin-award-winner-so-incredibly-stupid/673019/33 "2013-11-05T05:13:05Z")
> [@Nawth\_Chucka](#): > > Yes, you can see she hasn’t caught fire until he does this and it sprays flames on her. That’s attempted murder in my book. I hope wherever they live has enough money to prosecute him fully and not allow any pleas. The video makes no sense at all. Her body language suggests there’s a tiff going on between them and then he gets out a lighter. There is no sign of him trying to light a cigarette. I second the idea that it was deliberate. I hope there’s a video of him resisting arrest. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-has-to-be-a-darwin-award-winner-so-incredibly-stupid/673019/34 "2013-11-05T08:02:06Z")
Sigh And yet HE has a WIFE and I can’t even get a date! ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-has-to-be-a-darwin-award-winner-so-incredibly-stupid/673019/35 "2013-11-05T13:36:23Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > And yet HE has a WIFE (…) Not for long, I suspect. ---
**Author:** ![gracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@gracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gracer)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-has-to-be-a-darwin-award-winner-so-incredibly-stupid/673019/36 "2013-11-05T14:32:28Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > The video makes no sense at all. Her body language suggests there’s a tiff going on between them and then he gets out a lighter. There is no sign of him trying to light a cigarette. > > I second the idea that it was deliberate. I hope there’s a video of him resisting arrest. Not only that, but by taking the pump out he sprays her with petrol. Until he did that, she was fine. So first he’s just stupid and sets fire to the car, but it’s not enough so then he sprays his wife with petrol as she runs away. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-has-to-be-a-darwin-award-winner-so-incredibly-stupid/673019/37 "2013-11-05T14:40:41Z")
He might claim that she was threatening to become a Buddhist, so he was reminding her of Thich Quang Duc. No Baptist jury in Georiga would convict him. ---
**Author:** ![Patch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-has-to-be-a-darwin-award-winner-so-incredibly-stupid/673019/38 "2013-11-05T14:44:02Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > That would be _Benedict_ Cumberbatch, and, having fairly recently listened to this episode, I am pretty sure it was not his character (Martin, the pilot), but one of the cabin crew, Carolyn or Arthur (probably the former) who zapped the guy with the fire extinguisher. Arthur’s eulogy was great. 😃 ARTHUR: Well, goodbye, then. I feel someone should, um, say a few words. Hamilton R Leeman. Born 1943 in … America, probably; died 2008 in the sky – definitely. Non-vegetarian option. I didn’t know you for very long, Mr. Leeman, but I’ll always remember you as … as a shouty man. You loved to shout; shout and smoke – those were your twin passions. And so, i-in a way, I suppose you died doing what you loved: shouting and smoking, and covered in foam. I don’t know if you liked that. You probably didn’t. Still, goodbye! Rest in peace! ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-has-to-be-a-darwin-award-winner-so-incredibly-stupid/673019/39 "2013-11-05T15:54:07Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > He might claim that she was threatening to become a Buddhist, so he was reminding her of Thich Quang Duc. No Baptist jury in Georiga would convict him. If they’re smart they’ll charge him w/ endangering a pickup truck; a Georgia jury will hang him high, depending on where the Confederate flag sticker was placed on the vehicle and whether it was damaged. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-has-to-be-a-darwin-award-winner-so-incredibly-stupid/673019/40 "2013-11-05T17:03:12Z")
The video is just ridiculous: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/syXr2Rvlcrg/hqdefault.jpg "Gas Fight") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syXr2Rvlcrg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-has-to-be-a-darwin-award-winner-so-incredibly-stupid/673019.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-has-to-be-a-darwin-award-winner-so-incredibly-stupid/673019.md?page=3)