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Anything swallowed in excess becomes harmful...frightening!

Ann.

posted by A-and-B on July 31, 2005 at 10:39 PM | link to this | reply

Pastrami may be safer than ham

but ham is a lot easier to spell.:)

posted by jollyjeff on July 31, 2005 at 11:32 AM | link to this | reply

Just as I wrote in the blog description, SincerityAnna ...

these facts are both fun and educational!

posted by Mademoiselle on July 29, 2005 at 6:37 AM | link to this | reply

Madame PO,

Holy cow !!! Most of them are off the wall crazy !

Good thing I keep the kids toothpaste put up high!!!

posted by SincerityAnna on July 29, 2005 at 5:26 AM | link to this | reply

Fortunately, I don't eat sandwichs (of any sort) very often, Whacky46.

So, I guess I'm pretty much "in the clear".

Probability can be a funny thing, however. For instance, the odds of being killed in a fit of "monkey love" vary dramaticly based on gender! Who would have thunk it? (Btw, what I just said will make much more sense in, oh, say, half an hour or so.)

posted by Mademoiselle on July 29, 2005 at 5:21 AM | link to this | reply

I have no idea, Krisles. Sorry.

Not really my field of expertise, I suppose.

posted by Mademoiselle on July 29, 2005 at 5:13 AM | link to this | reply

I think we all know...

the reason for that, Factorfiction.

posted by Mademoiselle on July 29, 2005 at 5:11 AM | link to this | reply

Had never heard that one, SillySoul.

posted by Mademoiselle on July 29, 2005 at 5:10 AM | link to this | reply

Oh, they'll keep coming, Nickie-Fleming...

though, you may soon wish they hadn't!

posted by Mademoiselle on July 29, 2005 at 5:08 AM | link to this | reply

More & more

creepy stuff happening all the time.....

posted by Arachne_Web on July 29, 2005 at 12:25 AM | link to this | reply

Wow!

I guess I'll stick to pastrami on rye. The odds are a bit better.

posted by Whacky on July 28, 2005 at 11:44 PM | link to this | reply

I've actually been present at a party that with a champagne cork incident. the waitress popped it into my friends face, thankfully nothing happened.

posted by Vanidad on July 28, 2005 at 10:39 PM | link to this | reply

Madame_P.O

My Br-in-Law sends it to my every year...love it--thanks. BTW, unrelated, but you can probably answer this for me as you seem to know all... Why, when I got change out of the postal machine today, did I get all these quarters with no silver in them whatsoever but with yeas stamped on them going back to 2000 - but this is the very first time I have ever seen one in my life? I mean, where have they been?? Sorry, but I have just been dyin' to ask someone and you're the first person I've run into...well, so to speak...

posted by Krisles on July 28, 2005 at 8:21 PM | link to this | reply

Factor

Stop trying to figure out the male brain or you'll die young

posted by Lensman on July 28, 2005 at 8:12 PM | link to this | reply

Have you ever noticed that most of the recipients of the Darwin award

are male? I like to send the list out each year to my male friends with a breakdown of male vs. female. Ah, they love...

posted by FactorFiction on July 28, 2005 at 8:04 PM | link to this | reply

Wow really intresting

It reminds me of this old wise tale about a guy that was told if he holds he's gas he'll die and he did, so he dropped and on his tomstone read, where you be let you fart be free, fore that's what killed poor me. lol. ~Silly

posted by SillySoul88 on July 28, 2005 at 3:31 PM | link to this | reply

Interesting facts, Madame P.O.! Keep them coming...

posted by Nickie-Fleming on July 28, 2005 at 11:30 AM | link to this | reply

Thank you, Layla dear!

(I'm assuming you meant that in a good way.) Be warned, however, they'll get progressively darker and more disgusting as we go along.

Oh, and, also, in case anyone was wondering ... the kids did not die from choking on the toothpaste. Fluoride is a poison (and, children under 6 are especially susceptible). Which is why the warning on the tube indicates to only use a pea-sized amount when brushing their teeth. So, parents should keep that in mind.

Ironically enough, when I was in my mid-teens, I used to eat toothpaste regularly (to maintain fresh breath).

posted by Mademoiselle on July 28, 2005 at 9:06 AM | link to this | reply

...W O W...

Some crazy shiz, Madame...

~LB~ xoxo

posted by Anony_Miss on July 28, 2005 at 8:47 AM | link to this | reply

It's cool, muser! Good story, btw.

As to your question, the answer is they were shaking/rattling the machine (to dislodge the can or, in one case, their change) when it tipped over. Those things are not nearly as stable as one might think.

Imagine dying for a Mountain Dew, though? What a pathetic waste of life!

posted by Mademoiselle on July 28, 2005 at 8:08 AM | link to this | reply

I KNOW ABOUT THE 50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER...BUT

WELL,... I DIDN'T REALIZE THE GRIM REAPER WAS SO CREATIVE! I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT THE ONE ABOUT THE DRINK MACHINE STICKS IN MY MIND...I WONDER IF THOSE 13 UNFORTUNATE SOULS WERE REACHING UP INSIDE THE DELIERY TRAY TRYING TO GET THEIR PAID FOR DRINK, OR IF THEY WERE SHAKING, KICKING, PUNCHING IT, ETC TRYING TO GET A FREE DRINK...OR CHANGE. THEY COULD HAVE BEEEN MURDERED, YOU KNOW...I OFTEN THINK THOSE MACHINES ARE NOT INANIMATE!LOL
THANKS FOR READING MY STORY... I WAS EDITING AS YOU WERE READING. I HAVE NO CLUE WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE FORMATTING...SOMETIMES I AM AT A LOSS FOR ..."WORD"

posted by muser on July 28, 2005 at 7:49 AM | link to this | reply

I...don't know what to say...

I agree with the Darwin award comment.

Oh..oh...in China, two boys snuck onto an airplane...hiding where the wheels come up, and one of them froze to death, the other fell and died. It's quite uncharitable...but, Darwin award....

posted by Akyterine on July 28, 2005 at 6:45 AM | link to this | reply

The Darwin Awards are fixed, FactorFiction!

That's why I always go straight to the source.

posted by Mademoiselle on July 28, 2005 at 6:45 AM | link to this | reply

Absolutely, kingmi! Every one of them is 100% real.

And, there's so many more to list, too ... including deaths so absurd they make these sound "run of the mill"!