Oh you people know who I'm talking about. And I do NOT mean those who might actually know who Darwin is. I mean the people who have probably never heard of Darwin and keep doing stupid stuff. Fortunately, or unfortunately, sometimes they don't live to tell everyone about their stupidity. In the latter case, they won't be reproducing any more of their stupidity, thank heavens!
Two recent cases in mind. First being the guy who did something called base-jumping which I guess is jumping off something, like a cliff, with a parachute. You don't use the airplane to get you to a height to jump. You jump off something that's high enough to get your parachute opened...hopefully.
This latest goof jumped off a cliff, purportedly as an homage to a friend who had just died doing the same thing, when his chute got stuck on the mountain side. He was hanging by his parachute lines, and called 911 to get him down. He was saved, but to what expense?
The second story is about a girl who got lost in some remote area, on her bicycle (?), and was hurt. So did she dial 911? Nope, she TWITTERED! Her many "followers" called in from Chicago to LA to get her help. Now how do you tell the 911 operator in Chicago, how, where, and why this dummy in the middle of nowhere needs help? Does the operator hook up with the LA operator and try to triangulate where this injured person is?
Every day seems to have a head-shaking moment, and this is only Day 17!
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