Tim Ellsworth

12 Responses to “Idiot of the year?”

1. misawa says:
   September 20th, 2007 at 11:01 am
   

   Suddenly not feeling so stupid anymore. I may not do well on a civics test, but…

2. Verne says:
   September 20th, 2007 at 11:12 am
   

   what a moron!

3. Craig says:
   September 20th, 2007 at 11:42 am
   

   I hate it when that happens.

4. steve b says:
   September 20th, 2007 at 1:29 pm
   

   you ever take thumb tacs and scatter them on your kitchen floor, then roll around on them. Gosh how I hate when that happens.

   What an idiot, I am sure his girlfriend is real impressed to.

5. Tourian says:
   September 20th, 2007 at 1:33 pm
   

   Why are we so fast to call someone an idiot? Let us all wait until all the details come out before ‘judging’ this man. Thanks in advance.

6. Nephos says:
   September 20th, 2007 at 1:43 pm
   

   “Idiot?” If having a pet rattlesnake doesn’t qualify, putting one in your mouth for any possible reason would. Doing it while drunk doesn’t make it any less so.

   “Matt Wilkenson admitted that he made a poor decision, but he’d been drinking and messing around with friends and apparently lost some common sense.

   “It’s actually kind of my own stupid fault,” he told KGW.”

   I’d say that’s enough details. This man deserves a “Darwin” award.

7. Scott Gladin says:
   September 20th, 2007 at 3:00 pm
   

   Ahh, good times.

8. Larry F. says:
   September 20th, 2007 at 5:26 pm
   

   Well the year’s not over yet but this would surely be hard to top!

9. j razz says:
   September 20th, 2007 at 6:12 pm
   

   I think this tops it.

   j razz

10. Scott Gladin says:
    September 20th, 2007 at 6:30 pm
    

    I’d say what j razz posted tops it as well. Ouch.

11. Cineaste says:
    September 20th, 2007 at 6:40 pm
    

    Boy, that’s really stupid. They both deserve Darwin Awards.

12. The Zoner says:
    September 21st, 2007 at 11:41 am
    

    I think this tops them both:

    BOSTON (AP) - An MIT student with what police feared was a fake
    bomb attached to her chest was arrested at gunpoint Friday at Logan
    International Airport and later claimed it was artwork, officials
    said.
    Star Simpson, 19, had a computer circuit board and wiring in
    plain view over a black hooded sweat shirt she was wearing, said
    State Police Maj. Scott Pare, the commanding officer at the
    airport.
    “She said that it was a piece of art and she wanted to stand
    out on career day,” Pare said at a news conference. “She claims
    that it was just art, and that she was proud of the art and she
    wanted to display it.”
    Simpson was charged with disturbing the peace and possessing a
    hoax device, and was to be arraigned in East Boston District Court
    later Friday.
    “I’m shocked and appalled that somebody would wear this type of
    device to an airport,” Pare said.
    Simpson was “extremely lucky she followed the instructions or
    deadly force would have been used,” Pare said. “She’s lucky to be
    in a cell as opposed to the morgue.”