Christmas Cheer!!

**Pedro_The_Swift** · 22nd December 2004, 08:18 AM

A little Christmas cheer for all from the Australian Bureau of Statistics

*31 Australians have died since 1996 by watering their Christmas tree while the fairy lights were plugged in.

*19 Australians 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 Australians since 1997 have had to have broken parts of plastic toys pulled out of the soles of their feet

*18 Australians had serious burns in 1998 trying on a new pullover with a lit cigarette in their mouth.

*A massive 543 Australians were admitted to casualty in the last two years after opening bottles of beer with their teeth or eye socket.

*5 Australians were injured last year in accidents involving out of control scalextric cars.

*3 Australians die each year testing if a 9V battery works on their tongue.

*142 Australians were injured in 1998 by not removing all the pins from new shirts.

*58 Australians are injured each year by using sharp knives instead of screwdrivers.

and finally:

*8 Australians cracked their skull in 1997 after falling asleep (passing out) while throwing up into the toilet.

YEP! its great to be Australian!

**incisor** · 22nd December 2004, 08:44 AM

what a quality piece of aussie christmas cheer!

you have to much time on your hands pedro [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif[/img]

**Pedro_The_Swift** · 22nd December 2004, 08:47 AM

yea lifes a bitch huh,,,
I just think of it as a proper chrissy holiday.
Reality cuts in around the 10th of Jan.

**Redback** · 22nd December 2004, 08:49 AM

It would be much better/higher with beer. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif[/img] :roll:

**VladTepes** · 22nd December 2004, 12:37 PM

So Pedro - which ones were YOU :?: [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif[/img]

**Pedro_The_Swift** · 22nd December 2004, 03:27 PM

having an electrical background, I dont water lights,, or test batteries that way.
drinking XXXX out of cans means no missing teeth or ripped out eyeballs,,
not smoking and living in QLD cuts out the smoke /jumper thing,,
mmm whats left,,
yep,, the rest all sound like a Good chrismas day to me!!!

**one_iota** · 22nd December 2004, 03:34 PM

These are the harbingers of reality

The mortal danger lies in being jolly with a bunch of relatives who you haven't seen in some time and for whom getting together over copious quantities of cheer is regarded as a good time but results in angst and the list above.

baaaa humbug :wink:

Seriously OH&S.

Stay cool 8)

**DEFENDERZOOK** · 22nd December 2004, 05:41 PM

how does testing 9volt batteries on your tongue kill you?

and is there another way of testing them when you dont have your workshop with you?

**Ace** · 22nd December 2004, 06:19 PM

Those scaletrix cars can be a reak bugger, i used to play with them as a kid, if i had more room here i would play with them now. Matt

**one_iota** · 22nd December 2004, 06:47 PM

Ace,

Beware the stray LEGO block in the dark under bare foot when the nocturnal soft fall of foot on rug between bed and loo is crippled 8O (it is usually the red square one that gets you).

Children are before you.

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