Toothbrushing could be hazardous to your health.

From The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, via The Week:

"About 2,500 people a year are treated in emergency rooms for injuries sustained while using a toothbrush, according to the FDA. Most of the injuries occur when someone is brushing their teeth while walking or running, and falls."

It's probably quite eeeevil of me, but I find that so amusing. Mia, are you listening? I know you're obsessed with keeping your teeth from getting furry, but since you brush your teeth every five minutes, you're at a higher risk for a TRI (Toothbrush-Related Injury) than most people. So it may be a matter of furry teeth and death. Just keep that in mind.

Stupid injuries are more entertaining to me than they should be. For example, I couldn't stop giggling in my 10th grade driver's ed class when my teacher told us about people who walk away from a car accident with nothing but a burn on their forehead. The part that I found funny was how they got the burn ... they were driving with one hand at at the 12:00 position, clutching a cigarette, and hit themselves in the head when the airbag deployed. Hee.

Incidentally, The Week is the best newsmagazine EVER. I adore it -- it's like a Reader's Digest for the news of the week.