JOTD 2 : Christmas Accidents
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Jeremy Davis wrote: 3 Brits die each year testing if a 9v battery works on their tongue. I don't get that one. When I was younger we often used to stick those 9volt batteries on our tongues. It tasted sour and gave a light buzz, nothing more. So how do people die from it?
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaPaul Watson wrote: "The Labia [cinema]... ...was opened by Princess Labia in May 1949..." Christian Graus wrote: See, I told you it was a nice name for a girl...
Paul Watson wrote: So how do people die from it? By discovering it's a UPS battery just at the last minute. :D
Simon Walton
Sonork: 10024P
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Jeremy Davis wrote: 3 Brits die each year testing if a 9v battery works on their tongue. I don't get that one. When I was younger we often used to stick those 9volt batteries on our tongues. It tasted sour and gave a light buzz, nothing more. So how do people die from it?
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaPaul Watson wrote: "The Labia [cinema]... ...was opened by Princess Labia in May 1949..." Christian Graus wrote: See, I told you it was a nice name for a girl...
Paul Watson wrote: It tasted sour and gave a light buzz, nothing more. So how do people die from it? Maybe leaky batteries ? :confused: I see dumb people
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Jeremy Davis wrote: 3 Brits die each year testing if a 9v battery works on their tongue. I don't get that one. When I was younger we often used to stick those 9volt batteries on our tongues. It tasted sour and gave a light buzz, nothing more. So how do people die from it?
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaPaul Watson wrote: "The Labia [cinema]... ...was opened by Princess Labia in May 1949..." Christian Graus wrote: See, I told you it was a nice name for a girl...
Paul Watson wrote: I don't get that one. Probably because it is a joke and therefore a made up statistic- but you (like the rest of us) have done it so we can see the humour. Michael Fat bottomed girls You make the rockin' world go round -- Queen
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3 Brits die each year testing if a 9v battery works on their tongue.
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31 Brits have died since 1996 by watering their Christmas tree while the Christmas lights were plugged in.
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142 Brits were injured in 1999 by not removing all the pins from new shirts
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58 Brits are injured each year by using sharp knives instead of screwdrivers.
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19 Brits have died in the last 3 years believing that Christmas decorations were chocolate.
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British Hospitals reported 4 broken arms last year after cracker pulling accidents.
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101 people since 1999 have had broken parts of plastic toys pulled out of the soles of their feet.
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18 Brits had serious burns in 2000 trying on a new jumper with a lit cigarette in their mouth.
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A massive 543 Brits were admitted to hospital in the last two years after opening bottles of beer with their teeth.
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5 Brits were injured last year in accidents involving out-of-control Scalextric cars. and finally.........
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In 2000, eight Brits cracked their skull whilst throwing up into the loo RULE BRITANNIA! :-O:-O
I feel like I'm diagonally parked in a parallel universe Jeremy Davis http://www.astad.org
http://www.jvf.co.uk
I'd never heard of "cracker pulling" before -- definitely looks like a British-only (ok, Canadian too) custom that didn't quite make it big in the US... :) _"No one goes to hell because of their sin, but because of rejecting God's method of salvation: His Son's life for yours..."
"It does not take a majority to prevail ... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men." --Samuel Adams_
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Paul Watson wrote: So how do people die from it? By discovering it's a UPS battery just at the last minute. :D
Simon Walton
Sonork: 10024P
Simon Walton wrote: By discovering it's a UPS battery just at the last minute. I shouldn't laugh but LOL, yes you are probably right. Like those idiots who test their car batteries by trying to quickly brush both terminals X|
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaPaul Watson wrote: "The Labia [cinema]... ...was opened by Princess Labia in May 1949..." Christian Graus wrote: See, I told you it was a nice name for a girl...
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Simon Walton wrote: By discovering it's a UPS battery just at the last minute. I shouldn't laugh but LOL, yes you are probably right. Like those idiots who test their car batteries by trying to quickly brush both terminals X|
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaPaul Watson wrote: "The Labia [cinema]... ...was opened by Princess Labia in May 1949..." Christian Graus wrote: See, I told you it was a nice name for a girl...
Hey, I've done that! :-D Marc Help! I'm an AI running around in someone's f*cked up universe simulator.
Sensitivity and ethnic diversity means celebrating difference, not hiding from it. - Christian Graus
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Paul Watson wrote: I don't get that one. Probably because it is a joke and therefore a made up statistic- but you (like the rest of us) have done it so we can see the humour. Michael Fat bottomed girls You make the rockin' world go round -- Queen
Michael P Butler wrote: Probably because it is a joke and therefore a made up statistic- but you (like the rest of us) have done it so we can see the humour. You're probably right, but it only takes a few uA to kill. It's just that our skin is a good insulator. Given the right conditions..... Or perhaps the voltage jolt stopped their hearts??? Anyway I've had a 1MV shock off a vandagraph generator (sp?) and was OK, it just hurt a bit. However a shock off a colour TV tube, now that hurt!!!
I feel like I'm diagonally parked in a parallel universe Jeremy Davis http://www.astad.org
http://www.jvf.co.uk -
Jeremy Davis wrote: 3 Brits die each year testing if a 9v battery works on their tongue. I don't get that one. When I was younger we often used to stick those 9volt batteries on our tongues. It tasted sour and gave a light buzz, nothing more. So how do people die from it?
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaPaul Watson wrote: "The Labia [cinema]... ...was opened by Princess Labia in May 1949..." Christian Graus wrote: See, I told you it was a nice name for a girl...
Maybe since its a fairly small battery they get a shock (sic) and swallow it ? The tigress is here :-D
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Michael P Butler wrote: Probably because it is a joke and therefore a made up statistic- but you (like the rest of us) have done it so we can see the humour. You're probably right, but it only takes a few uA to kill. It's just that our skin is a good insulator. Given the right conditions..... Or perhaps the voltage jolt stopped their hearts??? Anyway I've had a 1MV shock off a vandagraph generator (sp?) and was OK, it just hurt a bit. However a shock off a colour TV tube, now that hurt!!!
I feel like I'm diagonally parked in a parallel universe Jeremy Davis http://www.astad.org
http://www.jvf.co.ukJeremy Davis wrote: but it only takes a few uA to kill. True, but the current has to flow across a path that includes the heart or other vital organ. Two terminals pressed to the tongue provide a perfectly safe path that can't possibly cause a fatality, at least not by direct electric shock. It's possible, I suppose, that someone with problems in the nervous system might die of the sensation in the nerves, but shock would not be the cause of death. Jeremy Davis wrote: However a shock off a colour TV tube, now that hurt!!! Ouch!!! That definitely smarts! Automobile ignition circuits are fun, too! "How many times do I have to flush before you go away?" - Megan Forbes, on Management (12/5/2002)
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3 Brits die each year testing if a 9v battery works on their tongue.
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31 Brits have died since 1996 by watering their Christmas tree while the Christmas lights were plugged in.
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142 Brits were injured in 1999 by not removing all the pins from new shirts
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58 Brits are injured each year by using sharp knives instead of screwdrivers.
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19 Brits have died in the last 3 years believing that Christmas decorations were chocolate.
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British Hospitals reported 4 broken arms last year after cracker pulling accidents.
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101 people since 1999 have had broken parts of plastic toys pulled out of the soles of their feet.
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18 Brits had serious burns in 2000 trying on a new jumper with a lit cigarette in their mouth.
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A massive 543 Brits were admitted to hospital in the last two years after opening bottles of beer with their teeth.
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5 Brits were injured last year in accidents involving out-of-control Scalextric cars. and finally.........
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In 2000, eight Brits cracked their skull whilst throwing up into the loo RULE BRITANNIA! :-O:-O
I feel like I'm diagonally parked in a parallel universe Jeremy Davis http://www.astad.org
http://www.jvf.co.uk
Jeremy Davis wrote: 3 Brits die each year testing if a 9v battery works on their tongue. I've done that, it never did me any harm... :suss: Jeremy Davis wrote: 31 Brits have died since 1996 by watering their Christmas tree while the Christmas lights were plugged in. :omg: Jeremy Davis wrote: 142 Brits were injured in 1999 by not removing all the pins from new shirts :omg: Jeremy Davis wrote: 58 Brits are injured each year by using sharp knives instead of screwdrivers. Make that 59... I took the top of the middle finger on my right hand with a kitchen knife I was using to loosen a screw on the back of a remote. :-O Jeremy Davis wrote: 19 Brits have died in the last 3 years believing that Christmas decorations were chocolate. I know I should laugh, but it is only natural selection at work, so... :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Jeremy Davis wrote: British Hospitals reported 4 broken arms last year after cracker pulling accidents :eek: Jeremy Davis wrote: 101 people since 1999 have had broken parts of plastic toys pulled out of the soles of their feet Understandable I suppose. Jeremy Davis wrote: 18 Brits had serious burns in 2000 trying on a new jumper with a lit cigarette in their mouth Only 18?! I say we start a movement to buy smokers flamable wollen garments for xmas to say thank you for all the crap we have to put up with daily thanks to them. Jeremy Davis wrote: A massive 543 Brits were admitted to hospital in the last two years after opening bottles of beer with their teeth What dick heads, I mean honestly for fecks sake people - get your friend to do it. Sheesh. :rolleyes: Jeremy Davis wrote: 5 Brits were injured last year in accidents involving out-of-control Scalextric cars. Oh my, how would that work? :~ Jeremy Davis wrote: In 2000, eight Brits cracked their skull whilst throwing up into the loo I can't laugh at this one because it is kind of understandable. :((
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