Don’t Move!

The U.K.’s Department of Trade and Industry says the average household is a pretty dangerous place. In a new study of hospital records from last year, government researchers found an 85 percent increase over the year before from injuries severe enough to require hospital admission associated with ...tea cosies. Vegetables were indicted in 13,132 injuries, toilet-roll holders 329, false teeth 933, and 16,662 were hospitalized after losing out to a sofa. “Trouser incidents” climbed to 5,945 injuries, compared to chainsaws at just 1,207. “It seems odd there are so many more accidents involving trousers than chainsaws,” admits Jane Eason of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, “but everyone has trousers and hardly anyone has chainsaws.” (London Times) ...Good thing!