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Sunday, 28. December 2008, 22:27:06

I found this image online and thought to myself...pretty interesting way to present information.

I know this tiny image is hard to see, so simply click on the image itself to go to the gallery page or follow this link.

The information presented is "The number of men in the United States who will die in 2008 as a result of ..." What really threw me was that 5 men are predicted to die from fireworks accidents.

This may be a silly estimate, but it's an even sillier way to go.

OdditiesGot a Sweet Tooth?

Comments

noah counte # 28. December 2008, 23:45

It surprises me that the number is so low.

themugs # 29. December 2008, 01:41

I would imagine it has to be a hell of a lot of fireworks!

Did you notice the other stupid thing to be doing? Diving into shallow water - 47 deaths.

If they did this for women I'll bet neither fireworks or shallow water would be on there at all.

noah counte # 29. December 2008, 02:06

Fixing makeup while driving might be. Or eating cereal...

themugs # 29. December 2008, 04:01

Makeup I can see - cereal though its kind of iffy.

I almost forgot about her!

Tabmartel # 29. December 2008, 17:52

about 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens each year.
A lot of folks just go to bed and that's that, no wakie upie.

10 percent of all human beings ever born are alive at this very moment, I am grateful to be one of them! Cheers to 2009.

Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome. --Isaac Asimov.

julka # 29. December 2008, 19:11

So many dying from just falling down the steps?

Hmmm... Or maybe they meant "falling down the steps"?

themugs # 29. December 2008, 19:27

There are a lot of truly stupid ways to die.

noah counte # 30. December 2008, 02:22

One of my college roommates died falling down the steps of his boat. They never figured out how/why it happened. He was sober at the time.

Shaunak # 31. December 2008, 03:45

Just a thought,

More people die from having foreign objects left behind during surgery, than from shark attacks....
And yet no one runs when the see a doctor approach, no one lynches surgeons, and Spielberg wont make "Docs", "Docs II", "Return of the DOCs".....

themugs # 2. January 2009, 23:20

Doc's, Doc's 2, ... that's hilarious.

What would the sound track feature other than screaming patients?