http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/ Engadget Comments for Wii blamed for ridiculous increase in British hospital visits http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/
Abusive husbands and wives rejoice ;-)]]>Dec 23rd 2008 11:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/Dec 23rd 2008 12:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/Dec 23rd 2008 12:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/
My husband and I were playing Wii Sports and he "accidentaly" hit me

*sob*]]>Dec 23rd 2008 12:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/Dec 23rd 2008 1:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/
I hate her...]]>Dec 23rd 2008 4:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/Dec 23rd 2008 4:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/
http://www.shop4tech.com/photos/item-7115-1-500.jpg]]>Dec 23rd 2008 6:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/Dec 25th 2008 7:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/Dec 23rd 2008 11:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/
It's probably a Doctor just trying to be hip and happening with the young folks. 10 a week is hardly anything when you think of the number of Wiis in the country and overactive children.]]>Dec 23rd 2008 11:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/Dec 23rd 2008 11:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/Dec 23rd 2008 11:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/
that would make sense seeing as american's also find roundabouts so hard they they just don't implement them.

]]>Dec 23rd 2008 11:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/
Or maybe leave the less dexterous hand to perform the simple forward-backward movements of gearchanging, allowing the right hand to steer more accurately...

Anywho, it doesn't matter so long as the driver is closer to the centre of the road]]>Dec 23rd 2008 12:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/Dec 23rd 2008 12:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/
no fine correct me, i have no problem with that..

im actually one of those people who believe what i see on the simpsons :D

]]>Dec 23rd 2008 12:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=logan+airport&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=35.90509,79.101563&ie=UTF8&ll=42.421069,-71.003898&spn=0.002043,0.004828&t=h&z=18]]>Dec 23rd 2008 12:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/
They're proposing moving the trucks over this year and the cars over next]]>Dec 23rd 2008 12:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/content/image_galleries/wiltshire_live_search_gallery.shtml?15

Its insane!!!]]>Dec 23rd 2008 12:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/"Or maybe leave the less dexterous hand to perform the simple forward-backward movements... allowing the right hand to steer more accurately..."

You ARE talking about DRIVING, right?]]>Dec 23rd 2008 12:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/Dec 23rd 2008 1:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/
Driving on the left is a sign of miltary strength and general lack of hippies.]]>Dec 23rd 2008 1:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/
See www.ems.psu.edu/~fraser/Bad/BadCoriolis.html]]>Dec 23rd 2008 1:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/Dec 23rd 2008 1:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/4th, and 3rd->2nd (instead of 4th), and then I was all good.

What I cannot get used to, however, is that horrifying Wii-knee. WTF, Nintendo??]]>Dec 23rd 2008 2:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/History seems to suggest that the practice of keeping left has more to do with using the right hand to whip animals pulling carts than impromptu swashbuckling.

Re: roundabouts
These are fairly common in any densely-inhabited part of the US, we just call them "traffic circles" -- the main reason for their exclusion here is more consistent use of right-angle intersections. Some cities look like cartesian graph paper, and have addresses to match:

Re: left-handedness
Close. The figure is more like 93% right-handed.

Trivia:
The largest left-hand-drive nation in the world by territory size is Australia. The largest by population is India.
LHD-RHD nation borders often involve little more than a sign instructing you to switch over to the other side of the road, but sometimes elaborate side-switching bridges are used.
Turning right on a red light in a LHD country is a good way to get your ass killed.
]]>Dec 23rd 2008 2:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/
Navigating it at rush hour with lots of others who don't understand how it works can be an issue however....]]>Dec 23rd 2008 3:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/
I actually can't drive well with my right hand. I also can't ride a bike one handed with my right. So if I lived in a country with RHD I'd be pretty out of luck.]]>Dec 23rd 2008 3:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/]]>Dec 23rd 2008 6:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/
But isn't turning left in a RHD country just the same?

Also, traffic circles aren't the same as roundabouts.]]>Dec 25th 2008 11:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/
Think of the children!!!]]>Dec 23rd 2008 11:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/Dec 23rd 2008 12:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/Dec 23rd 2008 12:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/Dec 23rd 2008 2:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/http://users.telenet.be/worldstandards/driving%20on%20the%20left.htm

blah blah blah

man, you pom's and americans know how to whinge dont you :P

anyone would think America was colonised by the British at some point!]]>Dec 23rd 2008 5:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/

]]>Dec 23rd 2008 11:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/Dec 23rd 2008 11:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/Dec 23rd 2008 12:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/Dec 23rd 2008 12:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/Dec 23rd 2008 2:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/No, I think if a nerd was calling a sex line they would be asking what they have to roll on a D20 to remove their bra.]]>Dec 23rd 2008 2:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/
a 21 most likely, many nerds would never be able to take it off.]]>Dec 23rd 2008 3:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/
I would imagine Americans are getting just as many Wii related injuries per capita. ]]>Dec 23rd 2008 11:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/Dec 23rd 2008 11:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/]]>Dec 23rd 2008 11:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/Dec 23rd 2008 12:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/
And you had your revolution over some tea taxes, naturally provoking a war when a load of tea was dumped into the sea in protest.

If there's one thing that gets brits riled up, its the abuse of tea.]]>Dec 23rd 2008 2:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/Dec 23rd 2008 11:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/Dec 23rd 2008 12:40PM