Hey, CapK!...just got back. My niece happened to show me this yesterday. From
http://DarwinAwards.com, which "celebrates" acts of utter stupidity which lead to self-demise:
Thirst for Death
2001 Darwin Award Nominee
Confirmed True by Darwin
(18 January 2001, New Zealand) The west coast of New Zealand
is threaded with narrow, windy roads that climb and descend the
hills at improbable angles. A Christchurch driver with little
patience for those dangerous curves was preparing a hot cup of
tea in her car when she learned one last lesson about respect for
the road.
Nothing, but nothing, could keep her from her afternoon tea that
day. Well all right, one thing could keep her from her tea. Karma.
While she was trying to brew a cuppa, her car plunged over a
precipice and into a creek. The woman was found dead three
days later, still holding a box of teabags, with a mug wedged
against the steering wheel and a thermos of hot water beneath
her feet.
There were no brake marks on the road.
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