Some interesting stats from Down Under

lilminx

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I hope none of you Aussies get mad at me; I just thought that this was incredibly funny.

--------- From the Australian Bureau of Statistics ---------

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.

31 Australians have died since 1996 by watering their Christ-
mas tree while the lights were plugged in.

19 Australians have died in the last 3 years by eating
Christmas decorations they believed were chocolate.

A massive 543 Australians were admitted to casualty in the
last two years after opening bottles of beer with their teeth
or eye socket. [Eye socket! I would pay to see this one.]

8 Australians cracked their skull in 1997 after falling asleep
(passing out) while throwing up into the toilet.
 
wow i'm glad i'm canadian.


lol lilminx you make them sound like a coutry full of idiots, which from those i've met i'd say it's untrue
 
I agree with you, Fly. I'm sure that there are far dumber things that Americans and Canadians have done as well...
 
I believe Australia averages about 4 handgun deaths every year. America averages about one overy 45 minutes. Thats impressive.

I think Australia also has somewhere in the neighborhood of half of all the shark attacks in the world in the last decade, yikes.
 
Damn, I thought Minx was going to get descriptive about something else......
 
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