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Nye Bevan

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15. Reminds me of the Russian dude who died after winning a vodka-drinking contest.

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Mon Oct 8, 2012, 11:13 PM

Oct 2012

Yes, all deaths are sad. But in this kind of case there are some small crumbs of comfort in the gene that makes people want to do this stuff being eliminated from the gene pool.

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Winner dies after roach-eating contest in South Florida [View all] Baitball Blogger Oct 2012 OP

A python? A python? Fer crissakes you can just go west of Miami or Lauderdale and catch one 2on2u Oct 2012 #1

Darwin wins. Lex Oct 2012 #2

+1 hrmjustin Oct 2012 #3

Indeed malaise Oct 2012 #5

Someone dying over eating cockroaches is not funny. Zalatix Oct 2012 #9

LOL. Now THAT is funny. Lex Oct 2012 #13

Only if this idiot did not procreate SpartanDem Oct 2012 #12

He won't anymore Lex Oct 2012 #14

Allergic reaction jsr Oct 2012 #4

If they find toxins in his system, it's possible the idiots who sponsored the contests picked those Baitball Blogger Oct 2012 #7

+1,000 for choosing investigative thinking instead of making insensitive Darwin jokes. Zalatix Oct 2012 #11

One Could Make A Darwin Joke But It Would Be In Bad Taste. DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2012 #6

Beat ya to it. Lex Oct 2012 #8

I thought the roaches were in bad taste itsrobert Oct 2012 #10

Reminds me of the Russian dude who died after winning a vodka-drinking contest. Nye Bevan Oct 2012 #15