and everyone likes to make fun of americans for being dumb...

www.engadget.com...

According to a recent report, human beings are becoming so incredibly stupid that they require cushioned lamppost bases so that when they run into them they don't mess up their idiotic faces. Apparently, a study in the UK found that one in ten people actually managed to hurt themselves by walking into a post while peering down at their mobile phone screen. The mishaps -- called "walking and texting" injuries -- have spurred the charity Living Streets to launch the padded-post-pilot scheme in Brick Lane, London. It seems that if all goes well, there are plans to roll out the idiot-proof system in Birmingam, Manchester, and Stupidton.

someone just pointed out to me that maybe Americans have't needed this yet, because they don't walk anywhere.

Yeah, ha ha. Americans are fat and dumb.

And non-Americans are very original.