If you pick your nose you could gouge the mucous membrane and cause an infection that might lead to a brain blood clot. Several urologists suggest that long bike rides on narrow, pointed seats lead to male impotence. A study of 45 people who were over 75 years old found mortality rates twice as high for those who regularly nap. Every year 22,000 children visit the emergency room owing to shopping-cart accidents. Thousands of people are injured by dishwashers.
Homeowners are less likely to suffer from depression than apartment renters.
It is also written as a resource for toastmasters, speakers, writers, and conversationalists everywhere, who want to season their offerings with pointed wit and humor. It has never been my aim to replace Webster or Oxford dictionaries on library shelves. They are important works and should be there. A person with a loud noise at one end and no sense of social responsibility at the other. Someone who cuts trees down then names streets after them.