Pat wrote:
"Jack Campin - bogus address" wrote

| Some guy ... tried to bungee jump *upwards* by anchoring his feet
| and attaching his bungee cord to a crane hook. The crane pulled
| upwards, when the tension got as high as possible he let go the foot
| anchor... the crane block was several hundred pounds of solid steel.

It's good to know there's at least one person dumber than me.

"WAS" is the operative word, I think - the Darwin Award is
given posthumously. (For the recipient's considerateness in
removing himself from the human gene pool!)