Everyone seems to forget that the Darwin Award does not require death; merely removing yourself from the gene pool. This means self-sterilization is sufficient. It also means defacto disqualification for anyone who has already procreated.
In any case, balloon man was never in the running.
You guys are taking this just a bit too seriously.
Meh, these are the established criteria for a Darwin Award; it's not that complicated.
I think you're missing the point that these guys literally coined the term, or at least made it a household word. Perhaps before you were born. They can decide who's runner up and who's honorable mention, as they please. This was fidonet stuff pre AOL and compuserve, before emails and before their website. The joke is that he was "in the running."
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