Ever think the sure sign you aren't a genius is the fact you're still alive?

In relation to my Otis Redding thread... we could go on for days about the amount of people who died too young that were geniuses.

Actually, I possess a whole lot of characteristics that might qualify as "sure signs."

after some of the idiotic things I have done, I haven't also won the lotto. I have been damn luck a few times, it just seems that my luck only comes immediately follows a disastrous mistake or some very bad luck

For example:

An guy, from Ohio, died in the midst of his “successful” orgasm. But the method used wasn’t too conventional. According to an Ohio officer who was first to arrive at the victim’s house, he found the dead body face down on the couch and naked. When she rolled the body over, there were burn marks around his genitals. After the ambulance arrived, the police inspected the couch more closely and noticed the hole that was made between the cushions. The victim apparently had made the hole with two electric sanders (without the sandpaper of course). So after inserting his penis into the hole and discharging, one of the sanders shorted out, electrocuting him instantly.

Or

A Houston man earned a succinct lesson in gun safety when he played Russian roulette with a .45-caliber semiautomatic pistol. Rashaad, nineteen, was visiting friends when he announced his intention to play the deadly game. He apparently did not realize that a semiautomatic pistol, unlike a revolver, automatically inserts a cartridge into the firing chamber when the gun is cocked. His chance of winning a round of Russian roulette was zero, as he quickly discovered.

Or


Strength and endurance are two of the most important characteristics that can be passed on to improve the species, so physical challenges between males are frequent. In this case, two drinking buddies found themselves on an overpass 40 feet above a busy freeway in downtown Seattle at 2:45 a.m. It turned out to be the perfect place to determine who had more strength and endurance. Whoever could dangle from the overpass the longest would win!

Unfortunately, the winner was too tired from his victory to climb back up, despite help from his 31-year-old friend. The unidentified champion fell smack into the front of a semi-truck barreling down the highway at 60 mph and bounced onto the pavement, where he was hit by a car. The car did not stop. Authorities did not identify the winner of the competition.