Swiss-Jokes

Research report that merit a trip to the library:

Injuries due to Falling Coconuts, by Peter Barss,
'The Journal of Trauma,' vol. 24, no. 11, 1984, pp. 990-991.

The abstract reads in part:

A 4-year review of trauma admissions to the Provincial Hospital, Alotau, Milne Bay Province, reveals that 2.5% of such admissions were due to being struck by falling coconuts. Since mature coconut palms may have a height of 24 up to 35 meters and an unhusked coconut may weigh 1 to 4 kg, blows to the head of a force exceeding 1 metric ton are possible.'

Excerpted from the mini-Annals of Improbable Research ('mini-AIR') Issue Number 1994-01; May 1994; ISSN 1076-500X"