Do not go out like this!

So, life is short enough - that I certainly do not want you to die in any way that is - well dumb.

On the news websites they periodically have articles about someone that dies, well rather stupidly.

Here is one:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/01/18/balcony.death.ap/index.html

The essence of the article is that a woman wanted to demonstrate to a friend something that she could still do. Apparently, that was do a handstand on a balcony. She then proceeded to fall to her death on a patio below.

So, kiddo, I would ask one thing of you - please think before you do anything. I like to think that you are intelligent for your current age of 21 months old - and would hope that you remain more intelligent than average on in to the future. But even smart people do some pretty stupid things. So, think before you do anything - especially anything that can remotely involve loss of life - especially your own life.

Because I can imagine being devastated at your death should it come before my death. But death by stupidity.... I do not even want to go there.

Do not think that this is a fluke. This is merely the first reported stupid death since I have started this blog. There are websites out there - that exist solely for documenting the various and particularly stupid ways we choose to die.

Here is one such site: http://www.darwinawards.com/

But people do various stupid things on a daily basis - taking far too large a risk to get through a traffice light for a time savings of seconds, walking on streets in New Jersey, etc.

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