"The perfect stocking stuffer: A severed foot" (RIP Mitch Hedberg)

Thule is recalling a number of its popular hitch-mount bike racks. Why? Because they can amputate your fingers or hand.

We are recalling these racks because a pinch point exists between the bike arm bracket and the upright assembly which has the potential of causing severe personal injury, including laceration or amputations to the user’s fingertips or hand.

From our unscientific non-laboratory tests, we feel you'd have to work pretty hard at that, but still. Nothing ruins a ride quite like losing a hand in the parking lot.

(Which argues strongly against driving your car in order to ride your bike. Be a true hero, and earn your turns!)

This also reminds us of an old joke, tasteless in this context: Q. Where do the Swedes keep their armies? A. Up their sleevies!