Lung cancer (Bryson)
May 1st, 2008 | Published in Health, Quotes | 1 Comment
[According to statistics,] you are five times more likely to contract lung cancer from your pet parakeet than you are from secondary smoke.
—Bill Bryson, I’m a Stranger Here Myself (Broadway Books: 1999), p. 88.
September 6th, 2011 at 7:04 am (#)
Please recheck your statistics. I enjoy the humor in this book; however, as a nonsmoking parakeet owner, I rechecked your quote (above). There is NO association between pet birds in the house and lung cancer in the residents.