Add these to the road toll and you may feel safer in the cupboard under the stairs until mid-January A couple of tips of my own - This year is still not the year to tell the wife's family what you really think of them In your drunken merriment, don't fumble about in trouser pockets while you're taking a whizz New skateboards and bikes are for kids. PS2 action games are not for those with creaky wrists - "which one's the mother ship ?" Everybody back here in one piece please, Merry Christmas and good holidays ====================================================== 31 Brits have died since 1996 by watering their Christmas tree while the fairy lights were plugged in. 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. 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 Scalextric cars. and finally......... in 2000 eight Brits cracked their skull whilst throwing up into the toilet! -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body