Bread Related Injuries on the Increase

A JOURNALIST reporting for a Devon paper nearly ended up in hospital after cutting his lip on a baguette.
Dave Shepherd, who writes for the Tiverton based Mid-Devon Gazette, was unaware of the danger his lunch posed.
The lethal baguette had been bought from Sara’s Dairy, a bakery which operates close to the Gazette newsroom and is popular with the staff there.
However, the dairy may soon get a reputation for selling dangerous items as Shepherd had a bleeding lip for over 15 minutes. Tissues were quickly handed to him and blood didn’t stain clothes or cause major disruption in the office.
Whilst colleagues were able to laugh at how somebody could injure theirselves with a piece of bread, Shepherd was not joking and said: “I’m glad somebody can find the funny side in it.”
The bleeding stopped shortly afterwards and the day continued as normal. Dave did not let this put him off lunch and he has been described as brave for finishing it.

Family Holiday Ends in Casualty

It was a nightmare holiday in Majorca, dad was sick and I had blood pouring from my knee!” During the summer of 1994 James Tegerdine’s family of four went to Majorca for a weeks holiday but as soon as they left the house, trouble began. “The car broke down in Dartford Tunnel so we had to get a train and we missed the flight.” It didn’t get any better when they had got to the island and were relaxing in the sun beside the pool “I was running around the pool and then I fell over gashing my knee and had to have butterfly stitches!” However that was not the end to a traumatic holiday as the family were back in hospital again when James’ dad Pete was throwing up due to food poisoning – “I think it must have been a dodgy fish because he spent five of the seven days we were there in the hospital.” The holiday to Majorca just kept on getting better for James when he was playing with a ball which bounced into the road, “I was only six so I didn’t really know about it but I was a victim of a hit and run when a scooter knocked me over,” he explained (maybe it had something to do with the Spanish driving on the opposite side of the road?). Since Majorca James has been to Cyprus, the USA and the Caribbean but says nothing has been more eventful then the Spanish island. “Since that holiday, I’ve never been on Spanish soil again!”