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could this be true?
Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2001 4:22 pm
by Frank O_ The Mountain
It's safety Week in Britain!! Enjoy & be safe.
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> 3 Brits die each year testing if a 9v battery works on their tongue.
> 142 Brits were injured in 1999 by not removing all pins from new shirts.
> 58 Brits are injured each year by using sharp knives instead of
screwdrivers.
> 31 Brits have died since 1996 by watering their Christmas tree while the
fairy lights were plugged in.
> 19 Brits have died in the last 3 years believing that Christmas decorations
were chocolate.
> British Hospitals reported 4 broken arms last year after cracker pulling
accidents.
> 101 people since 1999 have had to have broken parts of plastic toys pulled
out of the soles of their feet.
> 18 Brits had serious burns in 2000 trying on a new jumper with a lit
> cigarette in their mouth.
> A massive 543 Brits were admitted to A&E in the last two years after
opening bottles of beer with their teeth.
> 5 Brits were injured last year in accidents involving out of control
Scalectrix cars and a hundred TC drivers were injured trying to drive a TC
with Datsun steering!
and finally.........
> In 2000 eight Brits cracked their skull whilst throwing up into the
> toilet!
> Think safe, Be Safe
Anyone have similar for the USA??
Re: could this be true?
Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2001 5:42 pm
by Want1937hd@aol.com
Down south, a large number of rednecks are reported to have died after
uttering these last words, "Hey.....watch this!" Bob TC 4956
<< > Think safe, Be Safe
Anyone have similar for the USA?? >>
Re: could this be true?
Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2001 5:44 pm
by Mark McCombs
I can only add: My environmental Engineer nosy neighbor was peering in my TC
project and said:
"Gee, where is the collision beam in the door?"
"Thats KILN DRIED ASH in there, you know"....... I told him, eh?
Regards,
Mark TC8126
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Subject: [mg-tabc] could this be true?
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> It's safety Week in Britain!! Enjoy & be safe.
> >
> >
> > 3 Brits die each year testing if a 9v battery works on their tongue.
>
> > 142 Brits were injured in 1999 by not removing all pins from new shirts.
>
> > 58 Brits are injured each year by using sharp knives instead of
> screwdrivers.
>
> > 31 Brits have died since 1996 by watering their Christmas tree while the
> fairy lights were plugged in.
>
> > 19 Brits have died in the last 3 years believing that Christmas
decorations
> were chocolate.
>
> > British Hospitals reported 4 broken arms last year after cracker pulling
> accidents.
>
> > 101 people since 1999 have had to have broken parts of plastic toys
pulled
> out of the soles of their feet.
>
> > 18 Brits had serious burns in 2000 trying on a new jumper with a lit
>
> > cigarette in their mouth.
>
> > A massive 543 Brits were admitted to A&E in the last two years after
> opening bottles of beer with their teeth.
>
> > 5 Brits were injured last year in accidents involving out of control
> Scalectrix cars and a hundred TC drivers were injured trying to drive a TC
> with Datsun steering!
>
> and finally.........
>
> > In 2000 eight Brits cracked their skull whilst throwing up into the
> > toilet!
>
> > Think safe, Be Safe
>
> Anyone have similar for the USA??
>
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Re: could this be true?
Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2001 8:11 am
by Frank O_ The Mountain
In a message dated 10/24/01 07:29:23 Pacific Daylight Time, Jackarch2 writes:
<< just what the hell is "cracker pulling"? >>
I have no idea! Maybe someone in the mother country can tell us.....??
Terry
Re: could this be true?
Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2001 9:23 am
by Gene Gillam
I believe these are little firecrackers that are pulled apart (by hand) to make a bang.
Gene Gillam
(Not from the mother country...but wife is...well, from Scotland, anyway)
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Date: 2001/10/24 Wed AM 11:11:34 EDT
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In a message dated 10/24/01 07:29:23 Pacific Daylight Time, Jackarch2 writes:
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I have no idea! Maybe someone in the mother country can tell us.....??
Terry
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Re: could this be true?
Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2001 9:48 am
by DAI
See:
http://www.absolutelycrackers.com/historynew.html
Of course, a little cracker can also mean what our
American cousins refer to as a 'babe'.
Oh dear.
DAI
--- Gene Gillam anngene@bellsouth.net> wrote: > I
believe these are little firecrackers that are
> pulled apart (by hand) to make a bang.
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> Gene Gillam
> (Not from the mother country...but wife is...well,
> from Scotland, anyway)
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> Terry
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Re: could this be true?
Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2001 9:56 am
by Geoff Love
Crackers are decorative paper cylinders approximately two inches in
diameter and about 10
inches long. They come in many different colours and types and contain
a small "explosive"
device which makes a snapping sound like a "cap" pistol, when they are
pulled apart and
they also contain a gift. The crackers are usually used at Xmas and on
Boxing Day, and
quite often on someone's birthday. They are for the excitement and joy
of children and
sometimes adults of a peculiar disposition, and the gifts are very often
some cheap novelty
such as a paper hat which, when worn, can add to the gaiety of the
party, or a small cheap
toy. They are readily available in the US from mail order stores,
especially those
speciallising in British goods. However, if one wants to go upmarket,
and impress guests
or "special" friends, I suggest you order yours from Fortnum and Mason,
Piccadilly,
London, where you can pay upwards of $6000 for one cracker on account of
the value of the
gift. The explosion is still of approximately the same volume,
regrettably.
Geoff Love
Gene Gillam wrote:
> I believe these are little firecrackers that are pulled apart (by hand) to make a bang.
>
> Gene Gillam
> (Not from the mother country...but wife is...well, from Scotland, anyway)
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> From:
taterry@aol.com
> Date: 2001/10/24 Wed AM 11:11:34 EDT
> To:
Jackarch2@aol.com
> CC:
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> Subject: Re: [mg-tabc] could this be true?
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> In a message dated 10/24/01 07:29:23 Pacific Daylight Time, Jackarch2 writes:
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> I have no idea! Maybe someone in the mother country can tell us.....??
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> Terry
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Re: could this be true?
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2001 9:07 pm
by David Lodge
Terry and all,
Cracker pulling is the excruciatingly boring but rigidly enforced activity of
sitting around the Christmas dining table and pulling Christmas crackers,
usually with people one can't abide!
Not a lot of people know that!
David Lodge
taterry@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 10/24/01 07:29:23 Pacific Daylight Time, Jackarch2 writes:
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> I have no idea! Maybe someone in the mother country can tell us.....??
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> Terry
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