More Finger Wagging From The Nanny Staters.

[Gingersnap]

Swab your ears? Survey says you're not alone
Consumer Reports finds many Americans can't resist risky behavior

updated 10:37 a.m. MT, Tues., Feb. 3, 2009

YONKERS, N.Y. - The people at Consumer Reports magazine are at it again, telling us we're doing what we shouldn't.

For example, nearly 3 of every 4 Americans put cotton swabs inside their ears, risking a perforated eardrum, according to the magazine's telephone survey of 1,000 adults. Nearly 4 in 10 often eat raw cookie dough, which could carry salmonella.

Only half the respondents have a carbon monoxide detector at home and 61 percent don't have a rubber mat in the shower. The Yonkers, N.Y.-based magazine said Monday that 13 percent admitted sometimes drinking beer while using power tools.

I've got to say that 13% on the power tool/beer question seems kind of low for my area. :D

Share you hair-raising risky habits with the Lounge. I never wear a bike helmet, I sometimes yank veggies out of the dirt and just eat them, and I routinely use 75 watt bulbs in sockets rated for 60 watts.

Yeah, I live on the edge.

MSNBC

[Constitutionally Speaking]

Raw cookie dough is a delicacy and cleaning my ears is the ONLY thing I regularly use cotton swabs for.

I eat raw veggies right out of the Garden also, and just to add some excitement to life, I often stand on a swivel chair to change light bulbs.

[MrsSmith]

I agree with the raw cookie dough! I use rolling chairs when getting things off high shelves or changing light bulbs. I drive without a seat belt on country roads...and go way over the posted 50 mph. I stand on the top platform of the ladder to reach into the attic or on the roof...and I use an aluminum ladder despite "the danger of electrocution" because fiberglass ladders would guarantee days of recovery every time I had to haul one alone. :D

Oh, and I also use swabs to clean my ears. I can't even imagine actually shoving one in far enough to hit an eardrum!

[FlaGator]

I've got to say that 13% on the power tool/beer question seems kind of low for my area. :D

Share you hair-raising risky habits with the Lounge. I never wear a bike helmet, I sometimes yank veggies out of the dirt and just eat them, and I routinely use 75 watt bulbs in sockets rated for 60 watts.

Yeah, I live on the edge.

MSNBC

Another 70 percent admitted to using power tools while drinking.

[asdf2231]

People shouldn't engage in risky behaivior!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYzsskE5ObA

:D

[Gingersnap]

I also use cotton swabs for the vital ear-cleaning routine. I frequently don't read instructions before assembling/using various items. From time to time, I have considered "out of bounds" to be more of an invitation rather than a serious warning.

I use a wooden cutting board and I shamelessly chop veggies after chicken. I do clean it with bleach but not before I put my entire household at risk for who knows what. Despite being a genetic redhead, I have appeared in daylight without sunscreen. :p

[Troll]

Nearly 4 in 10 often eat raw cookie dough, which could carry salmonella.

Careful there. Not reducing fractions can cause lower math quiz scores. Very risky.

[Gingersnap]

Careful there. Not reducing fractions can cause lower math quiz scores. Very risky.

They're journalists - they already know they can't do math. Otherwise, they'd have a real profession like chemistry. :D

[Celtic Rose]

I happily eat raw cookie dough. In fact, I prefer it to cookies. I use q-tips to clean my ears, and I have been known to take an alcoholic beverage in a jacuzzi ;)

[Gingersnap]

......and I have been known to take an alcoholic beverage in a jacuzzi ;)

OMG! You tawdry risk-inducing, safety-shunning slut! The combination of liquor and water poses an enormous safety hazard not to mention the moral issues. Tell me that you didn't enter the water without a pH test and safety goggles! :eek: