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I'm intrigued and baffled by meanSpleen's quote--

Meanspleen says ~~~ Shark attacks are extremely rare. People are more likely to be injured by a hamster or killed by lightning than by a shark.~~~

A hampster? I get the lightning, but how exactly does one become injured by a hampster? The only ways I can think of involve either an enormous amount of hampsters or sheer stupidity the likes of which has never been seen on this earth.

The amount of hampster related deaths has been on the rise since the early 50's If you look at this Graph you can see a steady rise in the ammount of injuries.

http://home.apex.net/~acrunk/hampster.gif

As you can tell from the graph Hampster related injuries skyrocketed in the 50's when they were first introduced into homes as household pets. When PETA was founded in 1961 they convienced more than 13 states to ban Tame Hampsters. After that the injury rate subsided until 1971 when the Bans were lifted. Since then the injury rate hasn't declined. Chances for Hampster attacks rise when combined with Gay men, a match and an Anus.. you figure it out.


More than 67% of all injuries inflicted by hamspers turn out to be fatal.

*ROFL* Nice chart. 50,000 hampster related injuries, 67% fatal... population of the US is projected at 281,421,906.... So assuming that chart is just for the US alone.... about one in every 8000 people in the US will die as the result of a hampster. :P

I added some more :)

Actually, in meanSpleen's case, the hamster injuries come from mass amounts of them being thrown around an inclosed space. You can slip on one and fall, causing injury as one possible outcome. Never trust a man who tosses hamsters :)

What if it were a short person vs really really big hamster?

Well... all the hamster-related injuries I've heard of have been inflicted upon electronic equipment, rather than people. I hear hamsters have a tendency to get into the TFP server and jam it up from time to time.

Ask Richard Gere...Oh wait, that's gerbils!

you can slip on them

Charts = increased credibility. ;-)

Most of the hamster related fatalities are a result of improper insertion....uh, I hear...uh, I gotta go.

Umm, cough cough, I'm not gonna say anything it. Just read this - http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp..._shark_quest_1

That will explain EVERYTHING you ever wanted to know aboot ANYTHING :D

Eh hem! If you all would direct your arrention this way for a moment, it is spelled hamster! NOT hamPster! That is all...