From my friend down under.....She works for the Govt there... 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 jumper 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 electric 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! It's great to be Australian Excuse me.....How does one open a beer with their eye socket?????
Something to do with firecrackers, IIRC. Some of the other stuff is equally obscure, wasn't hanging with the Aussies often enough when in Simgapore.
I have only suffered one of those mishaps.....and the head injury from the toilet bowl did not require stiches. I did have a black eye from teh toilet roll dispenser I hit on the way down.....