Dispensary Corner 28 May 2012
May 28, 2012
CELEBRATIONS deemed dangerous.
Revellers in the English county
of Burnham-on-Sea have been
dampened by a wet blanket
thrown over their plans by the
Somerset County Council who
have banned bunting for the
Queen’s Jubilee celebrations due
to health and safety concerns.
The county planned to string
plastic flags between shops and
lamp posts, but has since been
told it cannot, because stress
testing has not been conducted
on each pole and shop.
ALCOHOL kills brain cells.
A new poster-boy for anti-binge
drinking has emerged in Canada,
after he was found napping on
active train tracks after a big night
on the beers.
The man, whose identity has
not yet been made public, was
reportedly spotted asleep on the
tracks by the driver of a 26
carriage freight train hurtling
towards him.
The driver immediately sounded
the emergency horn and threw on
the train’s brakes, however to his
dismay the train was not able to
stop before it hit the sleeping man.
The train ground to a halt
however only after 25 carriages
had passed over the man, with
the 26th right on top of him.
Convinced that he was dead,
railway workers approached the
26th carriage with trepidation,
but were shocked when the man
woke up, reached for his beer
beside him then stood up
brushed himself off and walked
away into the night.
“I don’t know how you
wouldn’t wake up even being
that passed out drunk, how you
wouldn’t wake up from that train
rumbling over top of you with
the brakes screeching,” said
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Sgt. Dave Dubnyk.
The man was later located by
police and popped into gaol,
however charges have so far not
been laid.
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