Dec 24, 2002 18:50
-> 31 Austrlians have died since 1996 by watering their christmas tree while the fairy lights were plugged in.
-> 19 Austrlians have died in the last three yeras by eating christmas decorations they believed were chocolate.
-> Hospiyals reported four broken arms last year after cracker pulling incidents.
-> 101 Austrlians since 1997 have had to have broken parts of plasic toys pulled out of thier feet.
-> 18 Austrlians have had serious burns in 1998 trying to on new clothes with a lit ciggarette in their mouth.
-> A massive 543 Austrlians were addmitted to casualty in the last two years after opening bottles of beer with their teeth or eye socket.
-> 5 Austrlians were injurjured last year in accidents involving out of crontrol scalextric cars.
-> 3 Austrlians die each yeah testing if a 9V battery works on their tongue.
-> 142 Austrlians were injured in 1998 by not removing all the pins from new clothes.
-> 58 Australians are injured each year by using sharp knives instead of screwdrivers.
-> 8 Austrlians cracked their skull in 1997 after falling asleep while throwing up into the toilet