nimbus 0 #1 July 9, 2001 more damned statistics!From the Australian Bureau of Statistics.* 3 people die each year testing if a 9V battery works on their tongue.* 142 people were injured in 1998 by not removing all the pins from new shirts.* 58 people are injured each year by using sharp knives instead of screwdrivers.* 31 people have died since 1996 by watering their Christmas tree while the fairy lights were plugged in.* 19 people have died in the last 3 years by eating Christmas decorations they believed were chocolate.* Hospitals reported 4 broken arms last year after cracker pulling incidents.* 101 people since 1997 have had to have broken parts of plastic toys pulled out of the soles of their feet.* 18 people had serious burns in 1998 trying on a new jumper with a lit cigarette in their mouth.* A massive 543 people were admitted to casualty in the last two years after opening bottles of beer with their teeth or eye socket.* 5 people were injured last year in accidents involving out of controlScalextric carsAnd Finally:* 8 people cracked their skull in 1997 after falling asleep (passing out) while throwing up into the toilet. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harro 0 #3 July 9, 2001 Hence the Australian invention, the padded toliet seat!Freemind, freesky, freebeer, freefly, freesex Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harro 0 #4 July 9, 2001 as in fire cracker!!Freemind, freesky, freebeer, freefly, freesex Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nimbus 0 #5 July 9, 2001 evil christmas crackers! pull the little cardboard bit, cracker goes pop! plastic toy falls out with silly paper hat... maybe cracker pops too loud, or maybe it's a fight over the plastic toys or a different colour hat, or people fall backwards from pulling crackers too hard... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymedic 0 #6 July 9, 2001 we are just as bad over here in the states. Trust me I have sene it all!!!!!!!!!!!!Marc Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites