{"id":24545,"date":"2020-09-05T01:09:05","date_gmt":"2020-09-05T00:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=24545"},"modified":"2020-09-05T01:09:05","modified_gmt":"2020-09-05T00:09:05","slug":"michael-richards-ought-to-receive-lifetime-darwin-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=24545","title":{"rendered":"Michael Richards (Ought) To Receive Lifetime Darwin Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 524px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 524\/434;margin: 5px 10px 5px 0px; float: left; display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Michael Richards - Lifetime Darwin Awards nominee, and complete twat\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/richards.png\" alt=\"Michael Richards - Lifetime Darwin Awards nominee, and complete twat\" width=\"524\" height=\"434\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/>Regular readers will know I make occasional reference to the Darwin Awards. <a title=\"The Darwin Awards\" href=\"https:\/\/darwinawards.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">These are actually a semi-official thing<\/a>, and relate to people who are just stupid in the extreme.<\/p>\n<p>My mentions are not official, but the people involved are at least as stupid \u2013 if not more so. The latest is Michael Richards, 41, <a title=\"British tourist makes Pringles last hours to avoid wearing face mask\" href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/travel\/news\/british-tourist-makes-pringles-last-hours-to-avoid-wearing-face-mask\/ar-BB18Ihgj?ocid=msedgntp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">who was on a flight to Tenerife. In this article, he boasts how he avoided having to use a mask on an EasyJet flight<\/a> by making a tube of Pringles last for four hours.<\/p>\n<p>When you read his pathetic bragging, it is clear he did it on purpose. And he comes from Huddersfield, which is in itself a forewarning of the the missing chromosome Richards is subject to.<\/p>\n<p>Richards\u2019 only defence for his stupidity \u2013 which he sees as brilliantly clever \u2013 which has prompted criticism, is to say:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>they&#8217;re sitting at home in the UK in rainy weather and we&#8217;re sunning it up in Tenerife<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I don\u2019t think he understands the situation at all. All of us <strong>could<\/strong> be doing what he is doing. Nothing is physically stopping us, except for one small detail.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We\u2019re<\/strong> not complete wankers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Regular readers will know I make occasional reference to the Darwin Awards. These are actually a semi-official thing, and relate to people who are just stupid in the extreme. My mentions are not official, but the people involved are at least as stupid \u2013 if not more so. 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