h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I have just been listening to the 5:00am news and hear that British teachers are up in arms with new Elf and safety rulings, which forbid 'running in the playground' and the need to wear goggles when using blu-tack!

You couldn't make it up!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1194055/Pupils-wear-goggles-handle-Blu-Tack-health-safety-reaches-ridiculous-new-heights.html

It makes you wonder what these kids are going to grow up like. They're not allowed to do anything without being pampered and wrapped up in all sorts of protection. It's 'elf and safety gone bezerk if you ask me.

>> You couldn't make it up! <<

It's the Daily Mail, so they probably did make it up.

RF

all because of the sneeze and sue society we have become

All this rubbish is caused by the "No win no fee" suing society we have brought upon ourselves.Local authorities just can't afford to pay massive amounts of damages,because little Jimmy blue-tacked his eyes together or little Katie fell over whilst running to kick her pal in the shins.Soon, my grandchildren will be going to school in padded latex suits,crash helmets and eye protectors.

I watched a program on tv a few year back and that lord Hanson was speaking about the sue society, he told the reporter that the building they were in, was currently having 2000 lawsuits against it and one was for $ 2 million by a cleaner who "slipped" on a wet floor "she was" cleaning.
He said that in England(at the time of the program) a babies first words are mama/dada, in America it's "sue!"
now we have it!!!!

When I was doing my teacher training course, I once tried to tell off a seven year old - "If you don't stop that, you'll be in trouble!"

He replied, "What are you going to do about it? If you touch me, I'll get my dad to sue you!"

I admit, it *is* getting ridiculous. Goggles for blu-tak? their eyes, it's the carpet that needs protecting, that stuff does NOT come out of carpets!! (as I discovered when a young Cheeky Monkey found my supply...)