On 4/06/2015 5:22 PM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> On 4-6-2015 7:40, Stephen wrote:
>> On 04/06/2015 06:00, Sherry K. Shaw wrote:
>>> Jim Henderson wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Wow, very glad nobody was hurt.  That could have obviously been very
>>>> bad
>>>> indeed....
>>>>
>>>
>>> Indeed.  It could easily have turned very ugly.  It was only after the
>>> whole thing was over that it began to acquire a certain, well, hilarious
>>> quality.
>>>
>>> Sadly, the lawn mower may never recover.  The tree's OK, though.
>>>
>>
>> But the rope. The Rope!
>> How is the washing line? :-)
>
> Had to be amputated obviously ;-)
>
>>
>> It is a lesson in mechanics when these things get out of control.
>> Frightening, very very frightening.
>>
>
> Absolutely!
>
>

I don't know the statistics but lawn mowers are just slightly less 
frightening than chain saws while also being a whole lot more common and 
more often used.  Probably the highest total frequency of injury * 
severity of injury of any non-weapon device in human history.

Well except cars of course.

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