Tombstoning in Cornwall
There’s a website that sets out to “… salute the improvement of the human genome by honoring those who accidentally kill themselves in really stupid ways.”:
Darwin Awards
I was wondering whether these chaps might be candidates:
BBC NEWS | England | Devon | Bodyboard ace hurt ‘tombstoning’
August 14th, 2005 at 9:17 am
The Cornishman (West Cornwall paper) reported teenagers jumping from Penzance pier into the wake left by passing ship’s propellers- those crazy guys…
August 14th, 2005 at 1:26 pm
Those hardcore Penzance teens always have to go one better!
August 22nd, 2005 at 1:04 am
Hmm… rather reminiscent of the Oxford students that jump off a 25 foot bridge into a shallow river every May Day usually resulting in multiple and sometimes very serious injuries. It would seem that you just can’t protect people from themselves.
I wonder… are you one of those bloggers who appreciates comments from random strangers?
August 22nd, 2005 at 1:14 pm
Certainly do! It was one of the interesting things about setting up this blog - to see what people might think, etc.
In any case, leaving comments at least lets us know that a few people are having a browse!
I was reminded of the Oxford students as well, it was quite nasty again this year wasn’t it?