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The point is that the site is primarily dedicated to health information from the perspective of infectious disease and yet, out of all the other potentially risky health-endangering activities they elect to single out riding a motorcycle for particular attention. If I cared that much about it I'd probably go the 'strongly worded letter' route, as it is that seemed overly petty so I figured bitch about it humorously with potentially like minded people seemed better.
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Got lost in the very last sentence, "me no English", mind to explain it?
BUT if you ask why they single out motorcycling riding as a dangerous activity over other ones, so to be avoided when travelling, I'd say:
1) Many more people ride bikes (or pretend they can do it when they are abroad on a Greek/Thai island) than people rock climb skycrapers, so it reaches a bigger spectrum of travellers mentioning it.
2) Riding abroad is potentially more difficult: different habits, signs, "wrong drive side" (  ), etc.
3) In case of an accident, riding may be much worse than driving.
4) Being a US site, maybe they think it's good to advice "don't ride abroad" to avoid being sued? Don't know. I was astonished to see that wearing helmet was not mandatory in Florida, but that's a different story.
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Got lost in the very last sentence, "me no English", mind to explain it?
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Sure. 'Strongly worded letter' is probably be a UK specific reference. Take it as meaning 'I'd rather have a discussion with you folks than bother whoever wrote this in a bitchy way.
As to the rest - I agree generally with all your points. But still, I find singling out riding a motorcycle over all other potentially dangerous activities to be slightly ridiculous. I mean, who -regardless of country of origin- isn't aware that doing things you're unfamiliar with in environments you're unfamiliar with is potentially risky?
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Sure. 'Strongly worded letter' is probably be a UK specific reference. Take it as meaning 'I'd rather have a discussion with you folks than bother whoever wrote this in a bitchy way.
As to the rest - I agree generally with all your points. But still, I find singling out riding a motorcycle over all other potentially dangerous activities to be slightly ridiculous. I mean, who -regardless of country of origin- isn't aware that doing things you're unfamiliar with in environments you're unfamiliar with is potentially risky?
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I totally agree with you, it's natural we here especially dislike that approach. But don't forget that the same guy who tried to dry the its dog in the microwave may also read their health/safety site (and may sue them)! We say "common sense is the the least common of senses". 
PS: apologies for comment about the lost minute, I re-read it and it sounds bad, but doesn't mean to be offensive. Written language is quite different to oral, since tone is not there to be heard.
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I totally agree with you, it's natural we here especially dislike that approach. But don't forget that the same guy who tried to dry the its dog in the microwave may also read their health/safety site (and may sue them)! We say "common sense is the the least common of senses".
PS: apologies for comment about the lost minute, I re-read it and it sounds bad, but doesn't mean to be offensive. Written language is quite different to oral, since tone is not there to be heard. |
Wait… you shouldn't dry a dog in a microwave?
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 How does *wookie* have 6 posts above this post 
and his post count is "0"
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Posts in the Bar don't count towards the "Post count".
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Did the article mention yellow snow? 
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Wow thats funny!!! that it is safe to ride a motorcycle in the US I mean. Where it is legal to ride a motorcycle without a saftey helmet in most states ????? 
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Now you make me hesitate: maybe it was that "you shouldn't fry dogs" since it was only meant to boil them? Or hot dogs, I don't recall it. Forget it, I got confused. 
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Maybe they're just thinking of too many celebratory pints after the match?
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I think there have been scientific studies confirming a high risk of being bored to death at a cricket match, so it's probably valid. 
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