WTF, 121 little kiddies living near a battery plant in China are suffering from high levels of lead in their blood .In laymen terms lead poisoning. Hmm, I say that is a tad better than them dying from contaminated milk. But lets face it China isn’t winning over the public with their health and safety standards. [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘health and safety’
August 22, 2009
Shiver Me Timbers But Only If It’s Safe
Nanny State issued a health and safety alert for all pirates participating in the annual walk-the-plank competition. The World Walking the Plank championship, which has been running for 12 years, was thrown into jeopardy after the council asked organizers to prove the sea water was clean enough to jump into, before allowing them to go [...]
July 30, 2009
The Long And The Short Of It
Good morning Nanny State what you got for us today? Say what? You are no longer allowed to swim the length of the council pool for health and safety reasons. Damn, you’re good. Swimmers at the Dagenham Swimming Pool in Essex have been told they must now swim the width (not the length) of the [...]
June 30, 2009
Slippery When Wet
Latest Nanny State victims are the little kiddies at St Sidwells Primary school, Exeter, Devon. Sorry kids, no swimming goggles for you. Yep, unless your eyes blow up like a beachball from chemicals in the pool you will just have to do without. OK, want to hear the health and safety reasons for this one? [...]
June 29, 2009
Wake Up Nannyville and Smell Nothing!
Good morning Nannyville, I guess there will be no coffee or tea then? The latest group to fall victim to the UK’s Nanny State health and safety policies is the Eye Library’s coffee morning group in Eye (no people, it is a place!) . The pensioners have been told they can no longer meet once [...]
June 18, 2009
This Would Never Happen To Batman
Damn, you know when your life is going down hill is when you get evicted from your cave . Hmm, for 16 years Hilaire Purbrick has been living in a 7ft cave in East Sussex but after the fire brigade had a little squizzy they concluded that there wasn’t enough fire exits for it to [...]
