The U.S. Census: Beds Are Like, Totally Dangerous or Something
The New York Times has an article today about the U.S. Census 2007 Statistical Abstract of the United States. Big news: We drink a lot of bottle water. More than beer, if you can believe that. The most dangerous consumer item is a bicycle, the second is a bed. Yes, "Bicycles are involved in more accidents than any other consumer product, but beds rank a close second."
In case you were wondering, the Times tells us that this is because nearly everyone uses a bed and fewer people use bicycles. But you knew that. — MEGHANN MARCO(Thanks, Morgen!)
Who Americans Are and What They Do, in Census Data [New York Times]
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Biggest news (not really) to me was the shift from public to private entertainment as technology develops. I'm old enough to remember when a trip to the "movies" meant a huge single-screen theater and you'd better not act up because your parents knew most of the other people in the audience. A far cry from my own kid huddled in the darkened home office, playing Halo with his online "peepz" and sneaking pr0n over the firewall.
Kama Sutra gone awry?
Perhaps they are injured in failed attempts assembling an Ikea bed.
My niece recently broke her arm when she fell out of bed while having 'marital relations'. I guess it wasn't as freakish of an accident as I thought.
I bang my feet in to the legs on my bed, all the time [accidentally of course].
As an uptight bicyclist, I think it's important to note that while bicycles are lumped under "consumer items", the automobile is not. There doesn't appear to be comparable data in this document, but I reckon your chances of getting hurt/killed in a car are still higher.
I think it look at why a bed.... is it for babies -- as in SID syndrome, or for older men -- as in heart attacks while 'frolicking'.... :)
Perhaps I am lacking imagination or something but... how exactly can someone hurt themselves on their bed?