...............................CONGRATULATIONS Hintsala ON REACHING 750,000 MOT POINTS !!!...............................

The Darwin Awards are out !!!!


Yes ... it's that magical time of year again when the Darwin Awards are bestowed,
honoring the least evolved among us.

Here is the glorious winner:

1. When his 38 caliber revolver failed to fire at his intended victim during a hold-up in Long Beach , California would-be robber James Elliot did something that can only inspire wonder. He peered down the barrel and tried the trigger again. This time it worked.

And now, the honorable mentions:

2. The chef at a hotel in Switzerland lost a finger in a meat cutting machine and after a little shopping around, submitted a claim to his insurance company. The company expecting negligence sent out one of its men to have a look for himself. He tried the machine and he also lost a finger.. The chef's claim was approved.

3. A man who shoveled snow for an hour to clear a space for his car during a blizzard in Chicago returned with his vehicle to find a woman had taken the space. Understandably, he shot her.

4. After stopping for drinks at an illegal bar, a Zimbabwean bus driver found that the 20 mental patients he was supposed to be transporting from Harare to Bulawayo had escaped. Not wanting to admit his incompetence, the driver went to a nearby bus stop and offered everyone waiting there a free ride. He then delivered the passengers to the mental hospital, telling the staff that the patients were very excitable and prone to bizarre fantasies.. The deception wasn't discovered for 3 days.

5. An American teenager was in the hospital recovering from serious head wounds received from an oncoming train. When asked how he received the injuries, the lad told police that he was simply trying to see how close he could get his head to a moving train before he was hit.

6. A man walked into a Louisiana Circle-K, put a $20 bill on the counter, and asked for change. When the clerk opened the cash drawer, the man pulled a gun and asked for all the cash in the register, which the clerk promptly provided. The man took the cash from the clerk and fled, leaving the $20 bill on the counter. The total amount of cash he got from the drawer... $15. [If someone points a gun at you and gives you money, is a crime committed?]

7. Seems an Arkansas guy wanted some beer pretty badly.. He decided that he'd just throw a cinder block through a liquor store window, grab some booze, and run. So he lifted the cinder block and heaved it over his head at the window. The cinder block bounced back and hit the would-be thief on the head, knocking him unconscious. The liquor store window was made of Plexiglas. The whole event was caught on videotape...

8. As a female shopper exited a New York convenience store, a man grabbed her purse and ran. The clerk called 911 immediately, and the woman was able to give them a detailed description of the snatcher. Within minutes, the police apprehended the snatcher. They put him in the car and drove back to the store. The thief was then taken out of the car and told to stand there for a positive ID. To which he replied, "Yes, officer, that's her. That's the lady I stole the purse from."

9.. The Ann Arbor News crime column reported that a man walked into a Burger King in Ypsilanti , Michigan at 5 A.M., flashed a gun, and demanded cash. The clerk turned him down because he said he couldn't open the cash register without a food order. When the man ordered onion rings, the clerk said they weren't available for breakfast... The man, frustrated, walked away. [*A 5-STAR STUPIDITY AWARD WINNER]

10. When a man attempted to siphon gasoline from a motor home parked on a Seattle street by sucking on a hose, he got much more than he bargained for.. Police arrived at the scene to find a very sick man curled up next to a motor home near spilled sewage. A police spokesman said that the man admitted to trying to steal gasoline, but he plugged his siphon hose into the motor home's sewage tank by mistake. The owner of the vehicle declined to press charges saying that it was the best laugh he'd ever had.

MyOnlineTeam Daily Statistics for 01/30 - Active Members

Active team members report
==========================

                                                     Current          Points
Active member name            Rank      Change       Points        This Period
=========================     =====     ======     ===========     ===========
RT                                1          0     154,487,419         282,751
GeraldRube                        2          0      95,074,324         140,056
judson Somerville MD              3          0      79,998,007         119,497
Coingames                         4          0      66,994,341          82,303
parmesian                         5          0      35,614,560          14,140
NiceMedTexMD                      6          0      33,823,648          36,031
xroule                            7          0      27,143,367          60,102
brown chris                       8          0      24,207,263          13,316
keithhenry                        9          0      20,259,956          12,346
David Autumns                    10          0      19,549,629          35,951
finman                           11          0      16,464,720          19,822
Vuj                              12          0      15,990,750          20,214
nl59056                          13          0      15,683,392             771
Esteban69                        14          0      13,875,568           1,772
Blueprint                        15          0      12,850,656          11,596
dkt                              16          0      12,034,488          36,175
Fanie                            17          0      11,323,057           8,670
darth_vader                      18          0      10,689,183          17,877
Daeloan                          19          0       8,688,721          29,275
PohSoon                          20          0       8,631,680           2,622
frans6nl                         21          0       7,469,246             688
lawrencehardin                   22          0       7,196,279          10,590
Tomwp                            23          0       4,022,114          10,651
smcclarigan                      24          0       3,783,852           5,374
Sunny L. Kae                     25          0       3,057,750               0
pramodp                          26          0       3,055,220          17,917
johng                            27          0       2,949,525             149
Bon Kuhlman                      28          0       2,902,703          17,727
Wunderwuzzi                      29          0       2,466,001           3,507
Jockin                           30          0       2,422,478             273
YellowAV                         31          0       1,984,268           3,303
Jonathon Wright                  32          0       1,976,683           8,211
elpe                             33          0       1,525,261             270
Mechanical                       34          0       1,439,989           4,861
dubhain                          35          0       1,406,482          12,359
newtod                           36          0       1,074,394           1,231
Lanscader                        37          0       1,000,149           4,982
masurg                           38          0         823,122             543
hne12359                         39          0         772,862           1,304
Hintsala                         40          0         751,583           1,062
CCH                              41          0         523,912           1,857
cknotty                          42          0         307,746               0
jan.fratric                      43          0         248,973           1,968
Harry de Swart                   44          0         236,425               0
imdioxin                         45          0         168,390             257
sz2000                           46          0          34,159               0
sm217144                         47          0          33,309               0

Note: Active members are those who earned points in the prior 30 days.

Top Twenty active members returning points today:
01: RT - 282,751 points
02: GeraldRube - 140,056 points
03: judson Somerville MD - 119,497 points
04: Coingames - 82,303 points
05: xroule - 60,102 points
06: dkt - 36,175 points
07: NiceMedTexMD - 36,031 points
08: David Autumns - 35,951 points
09: Daeloan - 29,275 points
10: Vuj - 20,214 points
11: finman - 19,822 points
12: pramodp - 17,917 points
13: darth_vader - 17,877 points
14: Bon Kuhlman - 17,727 points
15: parmesian - 14,140 points
16: brown chris - 13,316 points
17: dubhain - 12,359 points
18: keithhenry - 12,346 points
19: Blueprint - 11,596 points
20: Tomwp - 10,651 points

Total points returned today: 1,054,371
Active members returning points today: 42
Average points per member active today: 25,104.0714

.................................CONGRATULATIONS dkt ON REACHING 12,000,000 MOT POINTS !!!.................................

CONGRATULATIONS to Lanscader on becoming our latest MOT Millionaire!!!!!