What ho! Dunkers...
The British people love their biscuits.
Yet biscuits also have a darker side to them...
...and by that we don't mean a plain chocolate coating...
According to The Biscuit Injury Threat Evaluation (or B.I.T.E.)...
...more than half of all Britons - thats around 25,000,000 - have been INJURED whilst enjoying biscuits!
500 of them have even landed up in hospital!
Injuries range from being scalded by the hot tea or coffee whilst 'dunking'...
....to breaking a tooth while eating biscuits.
Going to the hospital emergency room for a "biscuit injury" has got to be embarrassing......
And apparently the deadliest biscuit of them all...
Going to the hospital emergency room for a "biscuit injury" has got to be embarrassing......
And apparently the deadliest biscuit of them all...
...is the custard cream.
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| Exhibit A |
These biscuits were found to be the 'worst offenders'...
....in a table of 15 generic types of biscuit whose potential dangers were calculated by The Biscuit Injury Threat Evaluation.
Custard creams get a risk rating of 5.63..
Custard creams get a risk rating of 5.63..
compared to 1.16 for Jaffa cakes..
(which was to be the safest biscuit of all).
Research company Mindlab International was commissioned by Rocky, a chocolate biscuit bar, to conduct the research.
Research company Mindlab International was commissioned by Rocky, a chocolate biscuit bar, to conduct the research.
Mindlab International director Dr. David Lewis said: "We tested the physical properties of 15 popular types of biscuits, along with aspects of their consumption such as 'dunkability' and crumb dispersal."
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| Neville tried the High Carb diet for two months before he died |
(Ps. If there are any vacancies......this is exactly the sort of job I require)
It found almost a third of adults said they had been splashed or scalded by hot drinks while dunking or trying to fish the remnants of a collapsed biscuit from the tea or coffee cup.
The BITE also revealed 28 per cent had choked on crumbs while one in 10 had broken a tooth or filling biting a biscuit.
BITE also found some odd biscuit injuries reported:
The BITE also revealed 28 per cent had choked on crumbs while one in 10 had broken a tooth or filling biting a biscuit.
BITE also found some odd biscuit injuries reported:
3% had:
"poked themselves in the eye with a biscuit"
7% had:
"been bitten by a pet or 'other wild animal' whilst trying to get to their biscuit".
(I wonder if "other wild animal" includes husbands?)
Have you ever injured yourself with a food item?
(Please supply photo)
Tallyho!
Best Wishes - Lord Noel & Lady Jacqueline
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