25 July 2001 | A Turkish policeman accidentally shot himself dead as he scratched his head with his pistol. The 24-year-old Izmir officer was seen scratching his head several times before accidentally pulling the trigger as he was leaving the police station. Proud Monkey and Matthew Martell; Sabah and ananova.com.

2 July 2001 | A 47-year-old construction worker fell to his death from a water tower in Georgia. He had anchored his safety line to the ladder he was standing on, instead of a stationary object. Greg Weatherford; The Citizen News.

July 2001 | An Israeli woman nearly died when she sprayed pesticide in her mouth to kill a cockroach that had flown in. The poison burned her mouth and left her hospitalized. "I just did not think," the 20-year-old admitted. Nils Middelkoop and Jason; Yediot Aharanot and Sapa-DPA.

21 July 2001, Texas | An intoxicated man who had burned a waitress with his cigarette, pulled a gun as he was being escorted from an El Paso bar. Just then his prosthetic arm fell off, dropping the weapon to the floor. He tried to retrieve the fallen friends, but was arrested by police before he could do himself more harm. Charles Rex; El Paso police report and ananova.com.

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<font color="cyan">Hehee, I like these JT! Keep trawlin' more!</font>

Arhh the darwin awards, great, I'll see if I can dig any up.

Gee does my Just Plain Weird News story count? [img]smile.gif[/img]

I mean they did find it resting on the concrete just under the coin operated Vaccum Cleaner.

I can just see it now...some old farmer taking his wife to the doctors office...stopping to wash his car cuz he is "goin ta town".

"Well I'll be darned! Lookie here at this Eunice. Somebuddy left a perfectly good unit laying here in the car wash."