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    Posted: 25 Sep 13 at 7:02am
At the very least, it is inland. Considerably so. See the (terrible) chart on page 4 of this RoSPA report- the shorter the bar, the riskier the activity, and it is a log scale.

Safer even than rowing.

Windsurfing is safer, surely inland kite surfing is almost non-existent in the UK?

Raw data tables, which include coastal fatalities, are here
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More people drown horse riding than sailing.
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coconuts are more ferocious than great white sharks. 
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That is only with thw assistance of gravity. Try having a Great White fall on you out of a tree.
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Originally posted by iitick

That is only with thw assistance of gravity. Try having a Great White fall on you out of a tree.


Not if they're thrown at you. Who in their right mind is going to thrown a great white at you? I suspect that their tails flipping around would stop you picking it up, either that or they would bite you. Very dangerous that, is it in the stats?
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Originally posted by maxibuddah

Originally posted by iitick

That is only with thw assistance of gravity. Try having a Great White fall on you out of a tree.


Not if they're thrown at you. Who in their right mind is going to thrown a great white at you? I suspect that their tails flipping around would stop you picking it up, either that or they would bite you. Very dangerous that, is it in the stats?

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I believe that more people are killed by spoons than by guns in the UK.
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Does it say if the spoons are thrown?

I'm starting to lean towards government intervention and a countrywide ban on throwing things. As usual though they won't think it through properly. There will be loopholes of course, such as tossing. The countryside will be full of weekend t**sers before you know it. And the Daily Express will be in uproar
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Sailing can be dangerous. I have had to lock myself in the starters hut when OOD.........
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