Success should be rewarded!
My “Idiots who drowned in the Gene Pool” has been one of my most successful and appreciated – so I’ve decided to revive it! Starting with my first “Idiots” post, I’m going to re-post all the previous editions, and sprinkle in new ones as well. Hope you enjoy!
To kick it off, here’s a re-post of the very first one…
-(31 August 1995, Egypt) Six people drowned Monday while trying to rescue a chicken that had fallen into a well in southern Egypt. An 18 year old farmer was the first to descend into the 60-foot well. He drowned, apparently after an undercurrent in the water pulled him down, police said his sister and two brothers, none of whom could swim well, went in one by one to help him, but also drowned. Two elderly farmers then came to help. But they apparently were pulled by the same undercurrent. The bodies of the six were later pulled out of the well in the village of Nazlat Imara, 240 miles south of Cairo. The chicken was also pulled out. It survived…
Thomas Rydder 