Dispensary Corner 25 Aug 11
August 25, 2011
HEALTH authorities in the UK
have released a list of the
country’s “daftest health and
safety bans,” after a review of the
silly regulations was ordered by
government ministers.
The examples cited include bans
on dodgem cars bumping into
each other at an amusement
park, along with a £500 fine
threatened by a council for
people flying kites, because of the
danger they might hit people.
A school in Merseyside was
cited for banning leather footballs
because they might hurt boys’
feet when they kicked them,
while the Royal British Legion
(similar to Australia’s Legacy)
introduced a ban on pins to
attach remembrance poppies in
case people pricked themselves.
UK Employment Minister Chris
Grayling said “This has to stop.
“These regulations are intended
to save lives, not stop them”.
FORGET Blue September - clean
up crews in Idaho in the USA had
a very blue August after being
forced to deal with a massive
toilet paper spill.
The Lewiston Tribune cited state
environment officials who
confirmed that several massive
rolls of unprocessed toilet paper
had been lodged for some weeks
in the upper Lochsa River.
The paper fell off the back of a
truck, and initial attempts to
remove it had created even more
mess because it began to
disintegrate when handled.
However a crack team managed
to clean it up last week after
lower river flows made the work
more manageable.
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