Hey, is that a fire in your eyes for me, or are you just spontaneously combusting?

read more…: Hey, is that a fire in your eyes for me, or are you just spontaneously combusting?

Depending upon whose statistics you believe, there are as many as 300 or as few as 100 cases of spontaneous human combustion on record. As for me, unless you count an inflamed appendix or the time I ordered the ”911 Pasta from Hell” at Shorty’s, I have only had one small brush with spontaneous human combustion.

‘You’ll shoot your eye out,’ and other battle-cries lost to the dangers of Christmas toys past

read more…: ‘You’ll shoot your eye out,’ and other battle-cries lost to the dangers of Christmas toys past

Watching that movie makes me a little nostalgic for all the other reckless and certifiably dangerous toys of my youth. These days everything is so safe, so sanitized. My flammable Christmas morning nightgowns are just a misty memory.

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