Well, stories don't get much worse than this. A 14-year-old boy in China was killed when his chair exploded, sending chunks of metal into his rectum. The bleeding this caused killed him.
The alleged explosion came from the gas cylinder that was in the base of the chair, the part that allowed the user to adjust the seat up and down. The canister gets compressed when you sit on it, but can it actually create enough energy to make the seat cushion explode like that and kill a man? I doubt it, but this is what people are reporting.

from : http://i.gizmodo.com/5157354/boy-killed-anally-when-office-chair-explodes

so wooden chairs are stll the best?


A video on the Health Minister's suggestion for old folks to stay in JB:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpHMrMxOlj4 Bus Driver Slaps Passenger

A drama unfolded aboard bus 903 last night when a bus driver reportedly slapped a passenger for not paying his fare, but SMRT claims that it was the driver who was attacked.
Mdm Yang, 55, a cleaner, informed Shin Min Daily that she was on board bus 903 on Monday night when she witnessed the incident.
She and about ten other passengers boarded the bus at Woodlands interchange at about 10.20pm.
At around 10.45pm, when the bus reached the bus stop in front of block 206 at Marsiling, the bus driver started shouting at one of the men on the bus, accusing him of not paying the bus fare.
Mdm Yang told Shin Min that the passenger appeared drunk, or groggy and did not respond.
Annoyed at being ignored, the bus driver stopped the bus and walked up to the passenger demanding to know why he did not pay the bus fare.
After some time, the passenger started swearing at the driver. The enraged driver finally slapped the passenger and called the police.Mdm Yang said that the passenger did not react when slapped and continued to sit in a dazed state.'

Held hostage' on bus

After the bus driver made the police report, he wanted the passengers to act as witnesses and refused to let them alight."We told him that it was late. Everyone was cold, and we asked him to let us off the bus but he refused to open the doors," Mdm Yang said.
Mdm Yang also told Shin Min that the driver spoke to her rudely, and asked her in harsh tones not to bother him as he was already in a bad mood.They were only allowed to get off when the police arrived.
As it was already very late, the passengers headed to Johor Bahru had to walk to the Woodlands checkpoint.According to Mdm Yang, many passengers were unhappy at the behaviour of the bus driver, but were simply too tired to complain.

SMRT replies: Passenger hit driver

In response to media queries, SMRT replied that the bus driver wanted to ascertain if the passenger had paid his fare.When the passenger did not respond, the driver explained that he had to get off the bus if he had not paid the fare. The passenger then started to shout vulgarities at the driver and hit him.According to SMRT, the police is investigating the case and the bus driver is receiving treatment for his injuries.

Source : http://motoring.asiaone.com/Motoring/Motorworld/Others/Story/A1Story20090217-122671.html

This is simply appaling...