Why would you want to be anything else but Australian?!?!
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.
58 - Australians are injured each year by using sharp knives instead of
screwdrivers
31 - Australians have died since 1996 by watering their Christmas tree
whilethe fairy lights were plugged in.
19 - Australians have died in the last 3 years by eating Christmas
decorations they believed were chocolate.
Hospitals reported 4 broken arms last year after cracker pulling
incidents.
101 - Australians since 1997 have had to have broken parts of plastic toys
pulled out of the soles of their feet.
18 - Australians had serious burns in 1998 trying on a new jumper with lit
cigarette in their mouth.
A massive 543 Australians were admitted to casualty in the last two years
after opening bottles of beer with their teeth or eye socket
5 - Australians were injured last year in accidents involving out of
control Scalextric cars.
?.........and finally:
8 - Australians cracked their skull in 1997 after falling asleep (passing
out) while throwing up into the toilet.
YEP! It's great to be Australian!
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