So, in honor of last week's New York Times declaration that the number of human cases of Avian Flu (that crazy "global threat") is down, here is the Crisisville list of things that kill more people than H5N1. BTW, bird flu sent 59 poor souls to the cosmic cleaners last year.
- * Medical Error (178,000 Americans per year)
- * Masturbation (3,700 Americans per year)
- * Car accidents (45,000 Americans per year)
- * Flesh-eating bacteria (100 Americans per year)
- * Exercise equipment (150 per year)
- * Golfing on the 18th hole (300 per year)
- * Women getting the old cunnilingus (900 per year)
- * Lightning (82 Americans per year)
- * Post-Viagra (11,000 per year)
- * Bad breath (30,000 per year)
- * Yawning while driving (1,400 per year)
- * Kissing (Mono) (7,000 per year)
- * Poisoning (17,000 Americans per year)
- * Pushing too hard while taking a crap (1,200 per year)
- * Radiation Exposure (20,000 per year)
- * Barbecuing (200 Americans per year)
- * Food additives (60,000 per year)
- * Murder (17,000 Americans per year)
- * Falling (20,000 Americans per year)
- * Suicide (2,000,000 per year)
- * Work releated injuries (5,000 Americans per year)
- * Anaphylactic death due to food (125 Americans per year)
- * Terrorism (1,700 per year)
- * Getting it on with a sheep (200 Americans per year)
Yeah, there are sources. But the beauty of a blog is that I don't have to write 'em down. But I'll tell ya if ya ask. Watch your back, where you stick your privates, and how you do your bidness, 'kay?
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