It's already Essie Award time again!

 

Seems like we've awarded more Essies than usual lately. Could the world be getting dumber?

 

Stupidity is often fatal, so this Essie is another posthumous award. And the winner is Edward Archbold, 32, of West Palm Beach, Florida. Edward went out a winner, though -- he vied against 29 other contestants in a live roach and worm eating contest, and he won. He died shortly thereafter.

 

And what was he willing to eat those disgusting things for? His grand prize was a python. No word yet on the official cause of death, but it really doesn't matter -- Edward still deserves this Essie!

 

"Winner of roach-eating contest dies." The Dallas Morning News; October 9, 2012; p. 6A.