
The Quotation: TRUE DARWIN AWARD CANDIDATES IMAGINE THAT THEY LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE TIGERS DON’T BITE SHARKS ARE AS CUDDLY AS STUFFED ANIMALS AND PEOPLE CAN FLY IN THEIR MINDS STEERING A MOTORCYCLE WITH THEIR FEET JUST MAKES SENSE
The author’s name and the title of the work: WENDYNORTHCUTTDARWINAWARDS
The defined words: WHITNEY (A. Highest mount in the continental U.S.); EDIFICE (B. Large, imposing structure); NESSIE (C. Nickname for a fabled monster);
DAWDLE (D. Practice work avoidance);
YESMAN (E. Smithers on “The Simpsons, ” e.g. [2 wds.]); NEBRASKA (F. State-named Springsteen album); ORDEAL (G. Crossing a bridge, to a gephyrophobe); RASPUTIN (H. Faith-healer title role for Alan Rickman); TASSEL (I. Pollen-bearing part of a cornstalk); HORNET (J. N.B.A. player in the Big Easy); CONDOR (K. Four-under-par hole in golf); UNREADY (L. Epithet for King Ethelred); TWOTIMING (M. Duplicitous in love [hyph.]); THICKSET (N. Stocky, stout, compact); DANIEL (O. Old Testament interpreter of writing on a wall); AGHAST (P.

Q. Like “Lolita” or “The Good Earth, ” by Alfred Knopf; WISTFUL (R. Dreamily melancholy); IDEALISM (S. Noble-minded motivation); NIFTY (T. Swell, keen, smart); AFTERSHAVE (U. Chrome, Allure or Hai Karate, e.g.); WITHER (V. Be cut down to size, as by a glare); ANGST (W. Generalized dread); RUMPLED (X. Suffering from iron deficiency?);
DRACHMA (Y. Six obols, in ancient times); SATIRE (Z. Many a Jonathan Swift work)
Previously unfamiliar with The Darwin Awards, I now think I know a few candidates!
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Charles Darwin - Beliver???
by DenverKingComments on the human eye -
To suppose that the eye, with all its inimitable contrivances for adjusting the focus to different distances, for admitting different amounts of light, and for the correction of spherical and chromatic aberration, could have been formed by natural selection seems, I freely confess, absurd in the highest possible degree.
(Darwin 1872)
This is the one question that stumped Darwin until his death. I have heard claims that he converted to Christianity on his death bed. Has anybody else heard these claims? Any sources of truth for the conversion.??