http://news.yahoo.com/s/cpress/20051206/ca_pr_on_od/oddity_cheesy_plot

Behold the power of cheese!

While funny and stupid, a person can't win a darwin award unless they die through their act or make themselves physically unable to procreate anymore.

They can still be nominated though, right?

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Nominees significantly improve the gene pool by eliminating themselves from the human race in an obviously stupid way. They are self-selected examples of the dangers inherent in a lack of common sense, and all human races, cultures, and socioeconomic groups are eligible to compete. Actual winners must meet the following criteria:

Reproduction (http://www.darwinawards.com/rules/rules1.html)
Out of the gene pool: dead or sterile.
Excellence (http://www.darwinawards.com/rules/rules2.html)
Astounding misapplication of judgment.
Self-Selection (http://www.darwinawards.com/rules/rules3.html)
Cause one's own demise.
Maturity (http://www.darwinawards.com/rules/rules4.html)
Capable of sound judgment.
Veracity (http://www.darwinawards.com/rules/rules5.html)
The event must be true.


http://www.darwinawards.com/rules/

Prison can reduce reproduction, electric chair can cause death.

The prime tenet of the Darwin Awards is that we are celebrating the self-removal of incompetent genetic material from the human race. Therefore, the potential winner must be deceased, or at least be incapable of reproducing. If someone does manage to survive an incredibly stupid feat, then his genes de facto must have something to offer in the way of luck, agility, or stamina. He is therefore not eligible for a Darwin Award (but sometimes the story is too entertaining to pass up, and he earns an Honorable Mention.)

The person is eligible for an honorable mention, and perhaps you should submit the story to the darwinawards.com website. They aren't eligible to be a nominee for the darwin award, however.

Question answered. Thanks, Talern.

I say we give them an Honorable Mention, then.