Those of you who frequent this blog will be, by now, well familiar with the work of Simon B., he whose imaginative emulation of the machines from Bobbledy title Benji McBean’s Amazing Machines is unending and ever-awesome.
Check out his latest contrivance (picking up on the current Under the Sea theme), The Thresher-Thudding, Hammerhead-Hitting, Silvertip-Splitting System.
While we appreciate Simon’s efforts to rid the seas of one of its chief predators, we feel it important to spend a few minutes in defense of the shark, and, in particular, to dispelling certain myths about the problems they cause.
For example:
In 1996, toilets injured 43,000 Americans a year. Sharks injured 13.
Further:
In 1996, buckets and pails injured almost 11,000 Americans. Sharks injured 13.
If you are not yet convinced:
In 1996, 2600 Americans were injured by room fresheners. Sharks injured 13.
Pretty compelling stuff, if you ask me. Although, we have no idea what has happened in the shark vs. toilet matchup since 1996. Perhaps there was a general shark pacifism movement afoot that year. Or maybe the factories were in the midst of producing truly lethal air fresheners. We may never know.
But perhaps Simon does?