Obviously life in Victorian London wasn't all beer and skittles, what with a dose of typhoid, grinding poverty and the risk of bumping into Jack the Ripper being uppermost in the minds of working-class folk.
Airlines make a simple calculation, comparing the loss from flying with an empty seat against the risk of bumping passengers, to whom airlines have to pay $200 or $400, depending on how quickly they can be rebooked.
You can decide not to look at your ex's holiday albums to find out how great his new girlfriend looks in a bikini, but there will always be a risk of bumping into her with a mutual friend in the Topshop changing rooms.
"The ocean is a very big place and therefore a safe place to test autonomous robots - these Wave Gliders move slowly and have a low risk of bumping into other objects," he said.
Several girls in the camps say they choose to limit their latrine use to just once or twice a day to minimize the risk of bumping into men that lurk in front of the public bathrooms.
In this case, however, we also ran the risk of bumping into armed badger death squads and tired, over-zealous cops, desperate to collar known troublemakers for aggravated trespass. .
But on polling day, Ash, a survivor of domestic violence, wasn't just thinking about policies and pledges: They had to consider whether their vote was worth the risk of bumping into their abuser on the way to the polling station.
"I think the older generation of parents remember when females just played netball or did cheerleading or sports with less risk of getting bumps and bruises and black eyes," she added.
Airlines are also supposed to tell passengers at risk of being bumped from overbooked flights how much money they will get if they're involuntarily bumped, but it's not clear how often they do that. .
