Here is something I remembered after looking up car repair ideas. My favorite Darwin Award did not result in death, but, well, you can guess what some guy lost. Not sure what year this happened - I did not look it up today, but at last look it is still in the classics.

Two guys in the Louisuana swamps go night gigging for bullfrogs. They were doing well and had a nearly full bucket (guessing a 5 gallon one). Then the lights went out on the driver's old Ford F150 pick-up. Older, as in it still used fuses and not breaker switches for the lights. He had no extra fuses with him, so he looked around. (Personally, when a similar outage happened on an old car of mine, I wrapped the dead fuse in aluminum foil for a brief trip). The driver realized that a .22 bullit fit nearly perfectly into the fuse holder. And, it worked, moving the electric current. The two continued their outing. While crossing a bridge, however, the shell exploded sending the bullit flying. The bullit hit the driver in, you guessed it, his groin. In agony the man crashed the truck down the bridge embankment. The crash broke the leg of his friend.

And now for the only in Louusuana part: At the hospital, after hearing about her husband's injuries, the wife asked, "Did they save the frogs?"