Watch those trousersâthey can kill!
I found this very funny but also a little troubling; if about 0.008%1 of Britons canât cope with even a simple and common article of clothing without doing themselves an injury, then the country is in desperate trouble. This quote really made me laugh:
According to Rospa, trousers are responsible for more accidents than any other garment: âIn the UK around 3,695 people attend hospital every year as a result of an accident with trousers,â says spokeswoman Karen Blanchette. Among the incidents she recounts are âaccidentally tripping because of a wide-flared trouserâ and âputting your trousers on too quickly, losing your balance, and falling overâ.
I know that people complain about the ânanny stateâ, but I hadnât considered until now that it might be meant quite this literally.
[via 2lmc spool]
1 Assuming that only people over 16 are stupid enough be unable to get their trousers on safely, the population of the UK over 16 is about 47 million. Iâm also assuming that the numbers arenât made up by a few people who repeatedly trip over their trousers. Perhaps this is a foolish assumption.
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Wallace and Grommit make a lot more sense, now... and i suppose i should not admit this, but i've tripped on my slacks while walking, and snagged my toe on the inseam while dressing a few times, and i'm not even british...----- Did you hear James Naughtie corpse after reading an item on this on the Today program on R4? I think it was the phrase "trouser related mishaps" that did for him.
by ThoughtBadger @ 21/02/2004 2:02 am • Permalink •
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stacy: I does bring the âex-NASAâ trousers to mind doesnât it? Iâm sorry to hear that youâve also had trouser troublesâit would serve me right after being so smug about this if I pulled a muscle while putting mine on. Poetic justice and all thatâ¦
ThoughtBadger: I didnât hear it, but someone else told me about itâIâm sorry I missed it. Itâs usually Charlotte Green who corpses. Sheâs such a giggler, and I think Jim and John probably make faces at her though the glass.
by bsag @ 21/02/2004 6:02 pm • Permalink •
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Killer Klothes From but she's a girl...: I found this entry rather entertaing, as well as the parent article in The Guardian. I loved this phrase: Testicles hang in the scrotum to keep cool. Doesn't it roll off the tongue? The phrase...
by Wezblog @ 21/02/2004 8:03 pm • Permalink •
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