Like Falling into the Tiger's Mouth ...

Believe it or not--and I don't know why you wouldn't, since I don't have any reason to lie to you (yet)--but, despite the title of this post, it does not actually have anything to do with my HILARIOUS essay Fowl Play, about feeding chickens to tigers, which you can find here among other places. Just, you know, as an FYI ...

No, it is about another piece of literature all together, one which is even funnier, if that is at all possible. (I may be biased, but I'm not sure that it is. Seriously.) It's about the Olympic Health Handbook, distributed as part of the Olympics, which apparently just happened. In China. Who knew? Anyway, some friends brought one back from said event (was it on TV at all? I didn't notice), and--while I haven't had a chance to look at it yet--they did pass on this little nugget of wisdom about electric safety. To wit:

With the popularity of electrical appliances, electricity safely has become an important issue. Accidental electric shock is like falling into the tiger’s mouth. You need skill to escape.

How true that is. I mean, when I think of electric shock, I definitely think of falling into a tiger's mouth. Let's see: frizzy hair and mild tingling, shredded flesh and massive blood loss. Yeah, that's pretty much the same thing ...