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Mountain Biking Takes Another Victim
"Michael Dart" wrote in message ... In , Michael Paul typed: "Kamus of Kadizhar" wrote in message news On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 21:09:29 +0000, Michael Paul wrote: Not to be outdone, those "extreme" hikers are also likely to fall victim to the unforseen......... And for the truly bizzare, didn't Atkins die from slipping on a sidewalk? Yeesh, I think I'll cut my feet off.... --Kamus for odds on the bizarre, check out the full story he http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/f...z1c22odds.html but excerpts: Chances of dying from a mountain lion attack in California 1 in 32 million Chance of dying from contact with hot tap water 1 in 5,005,564 Chance of dying from a car accident: 1 in 18,585 Chance of dying in an airplane accident: 1 in 354,319 Chance of dying from parts falling off an airplane: 1 in 10,000,000 Odds of dying from shaving 6,585 to 1 Odds of getting hemorrhoids: 25 to 1 Odds of being on plane with a drunken pilot: 117 to 1 (Am I the only one distrubed by this one?) Odds of writing a New York Times best seller: 220 to 1 Odds of catching a ball at a major league ballgame: 563 to 1 Odds of becoming president: 10 million to 1 and the grandaddy of them all.............Odds of a meteor landing on your house 182,138,880,000,000 to 1 Michael Damn...life is still 100% fatal. Not true. Is everybody that ever lived dead? Are you dead? Steve. |
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Mountain Biking Takes Another Victim
"spademan o---[) *" wrote in message ... "Michael Dart" wrote in message ... In , Michael Paul typed: "Kamus of Kadizhar" wrote in message news On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 21:09:29 +0000, Michael Paul wrote: Not to be outdone, those "extreme" hikers are also likely to fall victim to the unforseen......... And for the truly bizzare, didn't Atkins die from slipping on a sidewalk? Yeesh, I think I'll cut my feet off.... --Kamus for odds on the bizarre, check out the full story he http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/f...z1c22odds.html but excerpts: Chances of dying from a mountain lion attack in California 1 in 32 million Chance of dying from contact with hot tap water 1 in 5,005,564 Chance of dying from a car accident: 1 in 18,585 Chance of dying in an airplane accident: 1 in 354,319 Chance of dying from parts falling off an airplane: 1 in 10,000,000 Odds of dying from shaving 6,585 to 1 Odds of getting hemorrhoids: 25 to 1 Odds of being on plane with a drunken pilot: 117 to 1 (Am I the only one distrubed by this one?) Odds of writing a New York Times best seller: 220 to 1 Odds of catching a ball at a major league ballgame: 563 to 1 Odds of becoming president: 10 million to 1 and the grandaddy of them all.............Odds of a meteor landing on your house 182,138,880,000,000 to 1 Michael Damn...life is still 100% fatal. Not true. Is everybody that ever lived dead? Are you dead? Not yet! Dave |
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Mountain Biking Takes Another Victim
Odds of dying from shaving 6,585 to 1
It's sobering to think that if you shave once a day for 18 years it will kill you. Andy Chequer alrighty |
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Mountain Biking Takes Another Victim
Andy Chequer wrote:
Odds of dying from shaving 6,585 to 1 It's sobering to think that if you shave once a day for 18 years it will kill you. That's why I grow beards from time to time. Bill "cheating the devil" S. |
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Mountain Biking Takes Another Victim
"Andy Chequer" m wrote in
: Odds of dying from shaving 6,585 to 1 It's sobering to think that if you shave once a day for 18 years it will kill you. Andy Chequer alrighty Just injure you actually. That one surprised me so much I looked it up in the article and it's not a death sentance. -- - Joel C. |
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