Life imitating Life: Faux Pas, Numpties and Ouch!

[Mr T.]

Apologies for the French in the title, but there seemed no other way to explain some these more weird and wonderful examples of humanity.

OK, this new section is for photo's of some of the world's more Darwin Award-esque personalities.....you'll see why as you read on.

Feel free to post images with suitable captions or explanations....

First up: "Excuse me doctor, I appear to have a bicycle through my mouth...."



PHUKET, Thailand -- A devotee to the Chinese Shrine of Jui Tui in Phuket, Thailand, has his face pierced by a bicycle and helped by others as he takes part in the annual Vegetarian Festival. Ritual Vegetarianism in Phuket traces it roots back to the early 1800's. The festival begins on the first evening of the ninth lunar month and lasts for nine days. Participants in the festival perform acts of body piercing as a means of shifting evil spirits from individuals onto themselves. (10/20/04 AP photo)

[Mr T.]

"Eh mate! Did you spill your pint on my coat!?"



TAIPEI, Taiwan -- A frame grab from video shows a lion attacking a man who jumped into the animal's enclosure and shouted "Jesus will save you" at the Taipei Zoo. The man, identified only by his surname, Chen, suffered from bite marks on his arms and legs. "He took this dangerous action today because he imagined he heard voices," psychiatrist Teng Hui-wen told reporters, saying his case was still being investigated. (11/03/04 AP photo)

[Mr T.]

"Never felt a thing! It's only a scratch..."



SEOUL, Korea -- The X-ray picture shows a 5-centimeter nail stuck in an unidentified South Korean patient's skull Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004. According to a Seoul hospital, doctors found the nail after the man came to the hospital, complaining about a severe headache. They speculate that the nail stuck in the man's head four years ago in an accident but the man didn't know about it. The nail was removed in a surgery last Saturday. (12/07/04 AP photo)

[Mr T.]

Look! I told you to turn RIGHT!"




DHAKA, Bangladesh -- A Bangladeshi Biman aircraft lies at an angle after it skidded off a rain-soaked runway. The plane, carrying 87 people including five crew, hit a large puddle of water before veering off the runway injuring several people. (10/08/04 AP photo)

[Mr T.]

Ding-dong: "Avon calling....."




WARLINGHAM, Great Britain -- The scene a car smashed into a house. Police said the car smashed into a garden, skimmed the wall of one house, damaging a bay window, and then came crashing into the neighbouring home. An elderly couple were upstairs at the time and were not hurt. The 23-year-old driver of the BMW suffered minor injuries and was taken to hospital, but later released. (09/13/04 AP photo)

[Mr T.]

"Don't worry madam, after your breast reduction procedure, you'll something like this..."




LONDON -- Garry Turner from Lincolnshire, England, who has the world's stretchiest skin, demonstrates his talents to a passer-by on the Millennium Bridge in central London to promote the fiftieth anniversary of the Guinness World Records and the new 2005 edition of the book. (09/09/04 AP photo)

[Mr T.]

"Man in 'World's Longest Bogey' shock...."




MADRAS, India -- C. Manoharan Snake Manu practices with a garden snake by running it through his nose and out his mouth in an attempt to create a Guinness Record. Manu plans to set the record by using a live cobra. (09/02/04 AP photo)

[Mr T.]

"I've heard of 'bread from Heaven', but this ridiculous..."





ISTANBUL, Turkey -- Ilker Yilmaz snorts milk up his nose and squirts it out of his eye in a bid to set a new world record. Yilmaz squirted the milk 2 meters 79.5 centimeters, surpassing the exisitng world record of 2 meters 61 centimeters. Organizers said the record must still be verified. (09/01/04 AP photo)

[Mr T.]

"Mirror, mirror, on the wall.....who's the rankest looking boot of all?"



LUGANO, Switzerland -- The world's most pierced woman, Elaine Davidson from Brazil, a resident in the Scottish city of Edinburgh, poses for a photographer during the 6th Ti-Tattoo Convention. Davidson claims to have upwards of 1,900 piercings, and has an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records. (08/27/04 AP photo)

[Mr T.]

"And they say that there are folks in the world starving....? Nah, can't be..."




BUNOL, Spain -- Unidentified people lie in a river of tomato juice at the end of the "Tomatina" tomato throwing festival in Bunol, eastern Spain. Some 20,000 people turned 132 tons of tomatoes into pulp during the annual festival. (08/25/04 AP photo)