Please be careful this Christmas.

[B00]

As I love you all (!?) I'd like you all to have a Merry but most of all safe, Christmas this year. So with that in mind, please bear these frightening statistics in mind.

1 - Every year at least 3 people are reported with broken arms due to pulling Christmas crackers.

2- In 1999 over 200 people were admitted to hospital after not removing all the pins from new shirts

3- Over the last 10 years 27 people have died testing batteries on their tongue.

4- In 2001 9 people needed hospital treatment due to Scalextric cars.

5- Last year 2 people died eating Christmas decorations they thought were chocolates.

6- Since 1997 26 people have died watering Christmas trees with the the Christmas lights on.

7- In 2002 12 people sustained burns when trying on a new jumper with a cigarette in their mouth.

8- Last year 22 children were admitted to hospital when swallowing wheels from diecast cars.

9- 5 People suffered 3rd degree burns last year when trying to flame torch their Christmas pudding

[puddicat]

Cheery News!!!

[cab]

Nice one Boo. xx
Happy Xmas to you.

[whiskeysheri]

Hi, B00! :) No. 3 kills me every time I read it! :)

[yogasun]

Pardon my ignorance but how can you die from testing a battery on your tongue? Surely the current would be too small ?

[natalie_1982]

No.1 is my favourite :-D

[Squitty]

In number 6 they shouldnt have been wearing the Christmas lights in the first place

[craft1948]

Was it a car battery

[China Doll]

I wondered whichs simple bar stewards were causing the bed crisis, now I know!

[natalie_1982]

Maybe it was a car battery yogasun

[natalie_1982]

Whats a diecast car?

[craft1948]

Where is this 'spot'?

[waterboatman]

Merry Christmas Boo!
Ya just can't legislate for idiots!
That number 3, shockin ain't it!

[legend.isgod]

add to that the much higher incedences of domestic violence.


merry christmas so they say eh ?

[B00]

Glad to see you're cheery over Christmas Legend...!

And same to you knobby, have a good one :-)

[joggerjayne]

It sounds like most of the people in BOO's post needed to be removed from the gene pool for the good of the human race.

Mother nature looks after the species.