The UK's Biscuit Injury Threat Evaluation
Biscuit cookies may look all harmless and delicious, except they are lethal. According to a report in the Telegraph, almost one-third of interviewed UK adults have been splashed or scalded by hot drinks while dunking or fishing for remnants of a collapsed digestive. Even worse, 28 percent said they have choked on crumbs, ten percent have broken a tooth or filling, and three percent have poked themselves in the eye with a biscuit.
Of the fifteen popular biscuit types tested, Custard Creams were reported the riskiest, with wafers and the Bourbon sandwich cookies not too far behind. Jaffa Cakes tested the safest.
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13 Comments:
The Brits should have practiced more concerning being attacked by a biscuit cookie.
Cleese covered all the fruits, but apparently forgot baked goods.
Scoreboard44 at 9:19AM on 09/09/09
one in ten has broken a tooth? That's amazing. Maybe dentists are secretly behind the biscuit companies (just kidding)
I've chipped a tooth on a nice thick fat-free hard pretzel, and avoid them for that reason
lemonfair at 9:48AM on 09/09/09
What about pointed sticks??!!
bruisedbuddha at 10:50AM on 09/09/09
This is a serious issue here in the UK. Look here http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/sep/09/biscuits-food-safety
masalha at 10:54AM on 09/09/09
I've always been suspicious of Oreos myself. Their motives just seem so...black and white.
criseyde at 11:18AM on 09/09/09
This is as stupid as the McDonald's coffee spilling lady.
"No one told me that tea was hot. Now I've burned my fingers after reaching into my cup of recently boiling liquid. It's all everyone else's fault."
wunami at 11:27AM on 09/09/09
@wunami - I rather expect if one in ten americans burned themselves spilling McDonald's coffee we'd be addressing it.
lemonfair at 11:46AM on 09/09/09
"Three percent have poked themselves in the eye with a biscuit." Seriously?
bearsonawire at 12:02PM on 09/09/09
Masalha,
That article was great along with all of the comments. I love the British sense of humor and their way with words.
Jeremiahc at 1:26PM on 09/09/09
Another reason to eat Jaffa Cakes! Has anyone ever found the apple and blackberry variety? It's on the back of the box...but I've only ever seen chocolate orange.
Kerry Saretsky at 1:40PM on 09/09/09
Those bite-sized konnyaku fruit jelly in a cup used to be my favorite snack, but after killing several kids (it's like jelly but it doesn't melt like jelly since it's konnyaku, so it's a choking hazard), they got pulled from the market. Sad.
But people don't stop eating mochi, even though it kills elders every year (another choking hazard).
hmw0029 at 3:14PM on 09/09/09
maybe all foods should be the consistency of room temperature apple sauce. It would save lives. Wow, save lives? It must be a good idea then!
delilah at 10:27PM on 09/09/09
First, Jaffa Cakes are not...NOT...biscuits. The hint is in the name. Biscuits are buttery and crunchy and left in cupboards for ages, until rock-hard. Then, the magic of tea (or hot chocolate) reawakens them. It's worth a few casualties along the way.
NotAmerican at 10:28AM on 09/11/09