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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsFor those who think sunbathing on a road is a good idea....
"Police say two teenage girls who fell asleep while sunbathing on a rural Pennsylvania road have been struck by a car."
http://news.yahoo.com/2-teen-girls-sunbathing-pa-road-struck-car-020517573.html
I blame the state though for not putting up "Watch for Sunbathers" warning signs.
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For those who think sunbathing on a road is a good idea.... (Original Post)
Kaleva
Apr 2012
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Scuba
(53,475 posts)1. "And the Darwin award for tanning goes to.."
Bruce Wayne
(692 posts)3. If they ain't dead or rendered sterile, then no award.
Those are the Darwin rules. As long as they remain in the gene pool these girls are a threat.
Denninmi
(6,581 posts)2. Well, that was dumb. What did they think could happen.
Stupid people aside, that is actually a very significant factor in the decline of a lot of native snake species in the northern states. Blue Racers are now very rare here in Michigan. They like to bask on the warm asphalt early in the spring. Then, splot, game over.
davsand
(13,421 posts)4. My dad used to tell us Blue Racers were a mean snake that would actually chase you.
When we were kids we'd scream "Blue Racer" and everybody would take off running...
Laura
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)5. Where else - Beaver, PA