Almost a Darwin Award

[Skybird]

http://www.welt.de/vermischtes/weltg...-Sandloch.html

A 23-years old German tourist at the beach of Teneriffa (a German protectorate in Spain ) felt bored and started to dig holes into the sand. Two of them, almost 2 meters deep. The holes collapsed and buried him. His girlfriend called bystanding tourists for help and so they got him out just in time before he could report "game over".

A close miss is a miss nevertheless. Sorry, dude, no Darwin for you.

Nominated for special recognition of a stupid parrallel action, are the authorities of Teneriffa, who said that they spend 20.000 euros for sending a police patrol there that helped the bathing tourists to dig the Darwin contender out.

Here is good advice, fellas: if you want to talk real big money, better dig your holes in the Sahara, quicksand preferred.

I would not be surprised to see this discipline as a competition event in the next season of "Big Brother".