Originally Posted by
Old Bloke:
“A letter in the BBC Focus magazine this month places the blame on 'Elf and Safety. Normally, Darwin's theory of evolution ensures that the weakest and most stupid of a species will not survive, but with all the protection to people who,as they say, have to be told not to eat oven cleaner, such types pass their genes down to the next generation, ensuring that the line of stupiidty continues.
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Haha, slightly OT, but I heard once - quite possibly on QI - about the Darwin Awards, about people who are honoured for dying in such a stupid way that they are "taking themselves out of the gene pool, improving the human race."
Oh, there's a website that puts it much better than me.
"A Chronicle of Enterprising Demises
Honoring those who improve the species...by
accidentally removing themselves from it! "