Hero or Darwin Award?

[malta blue]

A woman at my office just ran in between two cars to avoid an accident. :wow:

From what I have gathered, the car she had exited (I am not sure if she had parked it or if there was someone else in it) popped into gear and rolled toward another car. To avoid a collision, she placed her body between the two cars, managing to get pinned between them.

She just left in an ambulance.

The owner of the car that she "saved" is distraught since someone was injured.

So is she a hero? Or was this just not too bright?

You decide.....

[bicentennial_baby]

1. I'm gonna vote "not too bright"

:wtf:

[malta blue]

2. my thoughts exactly...

:wtf:

If the car was heading towards a baby...but another car :shrug:

I do feel bad that she was injured though....

[Dr. Strange]

6. I don't know...

sounds like something Lee Mercer would have done.

[bicentennial_baby]

8. Lee Mercer would have stopped the car with his mind

Duh... :eyes:

[madinmaryland]

3. She could have been up for the Darwin Award.

:wow:

What an idiot!

[malta blue]

10. Maybe I should inquire as to how to nominate her....

:wow:

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

4. Well, we wouldn't want to get a scratched bumper.

If somebody wants to jump in front of my car to save it from getting cosmetic damage, more power to them.

[malta blue]

9. ...

:spray:

[Midlodemocrat]

5. Wow. She is very, very lucky.

Hope she's not hurt too badly. I wouldn't have done that unless the car was heading towards one of my kids.

[malta blue]

7. A kid - yes. Another car - no way am I jumping in the

middle.

Her thighs were pinned between the bumpers.

[Midlodemocrat]

11. Jeebus. I hope she didn't crush her femoral artery.

Cuz that would be really bad.

[malta blue]

12. The ambulance left at regular speed - no lights

or sirens out of the parking lot (now I don't know what they did once they left).

Yikes - the femeral artery - that sounds serious....



Hopefully she is okay. Her supervisor followed in another car.

I am sure there will be more information later or tomorrow.

[Oeditpus Rex]

13. Can't be a Darwin Award

So how are the Darwin Awards actually determined?

Nominees significantly improve the gene pool by eliminating themselves from the human race in an obviously stupid way. They are self-selected examples of the dangers inherent in a lack of common sense, and all human races, cultures, and socioeconomic groups are eligible to compete. Actual winners must meet the following criteria:

Reproduction
Out of the gene pool: dead or sterile.

Excellence
Astounding misapplication of judgment.

Self-Selection
Cause one's own demise.

Maturity
Capable of sound judgment.

Veracity
The event must be true.



http://darwinawards.com/rules/



She's not dead, Jim.

:P

[malta blue]

15. :P

Oh well....

[Oeditpus Rex]

20. Having said that

(Shit. Now I'm toast.)



...I wouldn't chalk this up as stupidity or something. I'd imagine she reacted without thinking, and I just can't judge anyone's brainpan on a nanosecond's impulse. :shrug:

[Initech]

17. "Astounding misapplication of judgment."

She certainly met that requirement. :evilgrin:

[malta blue]

19. Damn skippy!

She sure did!

[Taverner]

14. Stupid

Cars crunch in accidents, and the drivers walk away.

People crunch in accidents, and they become organ donors.

[malta blue]

16. well said

:applause::applause:

I am still astonished that it would even enter someone's mind to do that....

[lost-in-nj]

18. it sounds crazy but

your mind plays strange tricks when you are in a situation like that.....

It wasn't a car but we were out side lunging my horse and he was getting a little to excited for my comfort... he was being lunged by another person since I was in the learning stages, well he got loose and the rope was long enough that stupid lost picked it up thinking she could stop this huge and strong animal.... all I got were rope burns on BOTH of my hands because the rope just slipped through them. I couldn't stop him... DUH
anyway what I am trying to say is I think the adrenaline affects your thinking when a situation comes up like that.... you think you can stop a car or a horse, but yeah in reality we can't... you don't think realistically ..

I hope she is ok....

lost

[malta blue]

21. I hope she is okay too. I hope no one thinks

I posted this without hoping she is okay. I just found it so unbelievable!

As for you, lost, I'm glad you learned your lesson about how to stop the horse....and I hope your hands healed nicely :hug:

[Jamastiene]

26. Of course, we all hope she's ok.

It's just such a strange accident. She'll never live it down, poor woman.

[malta blue]

27. According to some at the office, she's not the sharpest

knife in the drawer to begin with....

I really do feel bad - and you are soooo right. She will never live this down.

This is worse than barfing at the company holiday party....

[Jamastiene]

30. Oh, yeah.

Even her female friends at quilting parties will want her to sit next to them as a "pin" cushion. She's got a long way to go. :P

[malta blue]

32. ...

:spray:

The pin cushion.... :rofl:

[Jamastiene]

34. Not to mention bowling night.

She's going to have to wear a big cardboard sign that clearly states not to roll the bowling balls at her. :P

[malta blue]

35. omg

you must cease and desist now...

I am at work and people keep looking at me because I just busted out laughing twice in one minute....

:rofl:

[Jamastiene]

41. They say laughter is the best medicine.

Maybe you should try a few of these lines on her to give her a good laugh and to help her recover quicker. She might appreciate humor. I sure hope she does for her sake. She's going to get a lot of it. :P

[lost-in-nj]

oh Malta no

I know you want her to be ok.....

I was just trying to give some idea of where your mind can go in situations like that...

I'll bet its kind of a shock to you to.....
and yes very unbelievable....

thank you my hands are OK.... there is this silver cream that is a miracle


lost

[malta blue]

36. thanks lost....

:hug:

[Jamastiene]

22. Darwin Award and possibly a huge pat on the back from the

auto insurance companies. She just set a bad bad precedent for the rest of us. Now, ALL of the auto insurance companies will expect us to make at least the same "effort" and put ourselves in at least as much physical pain to avoid accidents or up our premiums and refuse to pay for damage done if we don't. *gulp* :wtf: was she thinking?

[malta blue]

23. well, at least

she's got health insurance *I think*

:hide:

Do you think the health insurance will cover it? Or will she be deemed a "risk taker" and never get health insurance again?

Hmmmmm

[Jamastiene]

28. I hadn't even thought of that angle to the story.

Wow, that's a good question. So, the money she saves on her car insurance will have to now go to the higher cost of her health insurance. Hmm, I guess things have a way of working out sometimes. At least she'll break even that way, maybe. :P

[malta blue]

33. I wonder what will happen with that....nt

[DS1]

24. DAMMIT! This does not qualify for Darwin Award

unless she pancaked her uterus, which is unlikely.

[malta blue]

25. Are you mad at me or at her?

:hide:

[DS1]

29. Not mad, there's qualifications for it to be a "Darwin" award

otherwise it's just a dumbshit award.

She wins the dumbshit award, btw

[malta blue]

31. LOL

:rofl:

[Arkansas Granny]

37. Trying to stop a car with your body is not bright in my books.

[malta blue]

38. Ah yes - Arkansas Granny weighs in with

her words of infinite wisdom...

I believe you are correct :)

[krispos42]

39. Does she try to stop chainsaws with her bare hands, too? n/t

[malta blue]

40. Not sure I want to find out..... eom