Tuore Venemestari 7, syyskuu 2008, pakinoi aiheesta "Väärään reikään". Amerikkalainen veneilijä on kuulemma alkuvuonna tankannut nelisensataa litraa bensaa vapatelineen reikään bensatankin sijaan. "Tätä tapahtuu usein." "Ymmärrettävää."
Uutiskuva netistä.
Juttu on kuitenkin alunperin hieman vanhempi ja sai kunniamaininnan vuoden 2004 Darvin-palkintojen jaossa:
(11 April 2004, Pompano Beach, Florida) Harry, 44, and Richard, 47, narrowly avoided earning a double Darwin when they accidentally blew up their fishing boat. They had stopped at a gas station to fill up the boat's gas tank. Unfortunately, they put the nozzle into one of the fishing-rod holders instead of into the gas tank, sending fuel throughout the boat. With gasoline sloshing around in the bilge and forming a vapor cloud, the two men drove merrily on, looking forward to a great day of fishing.
They launched the boat, and the boat floated quietly in the calm water--until they pushed the starter on the engine. The spark from the engine instantly ignited the vapor cloud surrounding the men. The force of the blast knocked them both to the deck. The 26-foot boat was engulfed in flames and destroyed, along with part of the nearby dock. Firefighters spent 10 minutes trying to control the blaze.
Harry was treated and released from the emergency room. Richard was transferred to the burn unit, and released the next day. "It certainly was a horrible lesson to learn about boating," said the Pompano Beach Fire-Rescue spokesperson.
Toki tämä uusintajuttukin on likipitäen Darvininsa ansainnut:
Boater in Martin County pumps 100 gallons of gasoline in wrong hole, hazmat responds
By Megan V. Winslow Originally published 12:02 p.m., May 13, 2008
PORT SALERNO — Members of the Martin County Fire Rescue Hazmat team responded to a fuel clean-up Tuesday morning after a boater pumped gasoline into his fishing rod holder instead of his gas tank. The boater pumped about 100 gallons of gasoline at the Finest Kind Marina fuel dock before he noticed the problem, but only about 15 gallons polluted the water, marina employees said. The rest of the gasoline seeped into the boat's bilge tank, witnesses said. The man's fishing boat was towed from the fuel dock to Sandsprit Park so Hazmat officials could secure the fuel, said Jeff Alter, Fire Rescue bureau chief.
Marina employees said it's not uncommon to see boaters pump fuel into fishing rod holders because the holder is often close to the fuel tank hole.
Joku blogaaja toisaalla ihmetteli sitä, että kuinka kauan bensatankin korkkia täytyy vääntää vapatelineeseen, ennen kuin se jää kunnolla kiinni.
