Canvey Island school bans triangle shaped flapjacks, health and safety hazard
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Anyone ever notice that all of the idiotic ideas come from the very people who are intended to make kids smart?
Except this one of course. Triangles are the devil. Haven't you ever seen Sesame Street? There's a guy on there who is obsessed with triangles and he's the closest thing the show has to a drug user. And Yield signs? They have to be up to something.
Except this one of course. Triangles are the devil. Haven't you ever seen Sesame Street? There's a guy on there who is obsessed with triangles and he's the closest thing the show has to a drug user. And Yield signs? They have to be up to something.
Am I the only one who reads this and wonders why they haven't banned all school cafeteria food as a health and safety hazard yet?
I hate BS CYA policies. Much as I hate to lay the blame entirely at the feet of lawyers.... If the lawyers or courts started turning away the idiots then maybe we could have a society of reasonable people.
I hate BS CYA policies. Much as I hate to lay the blame entirely at the feet of lawyers.... If the lawyers or courts started turning away the idiots then maybe we could have a society of reasonable people.
*me upon reading the thread title*
They might as well ban erasers, because I'm sure they've been flung with the intent of injuring someone at one point or another.
They might as well ban erasers, because I'm sure they've been flung with the intent of injuring someone at one point or another.
Took me a minute to realize this.JaceArveduin said:
My first thought was 'who the hell makes them in triangles and why on earth would it hurt to be hit by one?'
Oh words.
You can't make this stuff up! The flapjack is half-baked! Ahhh priceless.
What amused me even more is that lower down:
Yes that would be the issue Captain Obvious, ballistic flapjacks. Reminds me of the time someone threw a buttered roll at my eye....
Yes that does sound like he buttered it first.
But if they're round then they're easier to shallow. What if the children stick the flapjacks in their mouths, my God anything could happen to them then! They could choke... or be poisoned... or get their teeth dirty! XDQuaxar said:
Wow, this bubble-wrapping children business is really accelerating at an alarming rate. During my six years in secondary school, we had-
- A student impale his hand on a steel rod.
- A student throw a chisel at another student's head.
- A student run headfirst into a goalpost earning himself a permanent forehead scar.
- A student shot in the eye with an airsoft gun.
- Multiple fireworks and similar devices set off in the GAA pitch.
- A student falling arse-first through a window (yeah, I don't know what he was doing either).
- God-only knows how many fights, some of which I was even involved in myself.
- All the usual miscellaneous broken bones that you get- or used to get- with schoolkids.
- Oh, and one student branded another student with a soldering iron. -_-
That's about all I can think of now, but that was definitely just a taster of what went on at my school. I only left four years ago. Granted, we had a choice selection of morons in that place but still, it's astounding to see the difference between that school and the ones banning chewy biscuits for being too dangerous.
- A student impale his hand on a steel rod.
- A student throw a chisel at another student's head.
- A student run headfirst into a goalpost earning himself a permanent forehead scar.
- A student shot in the eye with an airsoft gun.
- Multiple fireworks and similar devices set off in the GAA pitch.
- A student falling arse-first through a window (yeah, I don't know what he was doing either).
- God-only knows how many fights, some of which I was even involved in myself.
- All the usual miscellaneous broken bones that you get- or used to get- with schoolkids.
- Oh, and one student branded another student with a soldering iron. -_-
That's about all I can think of now, but that was definitely just a taster of what went on at my school. I only left four years ago. Granted, we had a choice selection of morons in that place but still, it's astounding to see the difference between that school and the ones banning chewy biscuits for being too dangerous.
After all of the stupid health and safety concerns I hear in the states, this doesn't come at too big a surprise for me. Still, the idea of banning a shape of food is pretty ludicrous. At least it's only banned at one school, I still remember a little of the stupid from the nationwide ban of Kinder Eggs in the U.S.
that just sounds incredibly stupid and pointless. some how a triangle flapjack( AKA a granola bar) is aprently a health risk. well by that flawed logic all kinds all kinds of food should be declared a health and safety hazard.
I will try out using said flawed logic.
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All fruit should be banned because if thrown at someones head it could hurt a child and that would be a "safety hazard". even ones that do not hurt much could really annoying and cause a wimpy kid to cry. If a whole group of kid start chasing him and thrown fruits at the kid it could cause emotional. Sure the chance of a mop of kids throw fruit a wimpy kid is very unlikely but if the situation is not considered then it risks the safety of a kid. Infact all children should be warped in bubble wrap too; just the ensure there safety.
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I will try out using said flawed logic.
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All fruit should be banned because if thrown at someones head it could hurt a child and that would be a "safety hazard". even ones that do not hurt much could really annoying and cause a wimpy kid to cry. If a whole group of kid start chasing him and thrown fruits at the kid it could cause emotional. Sure the chance of a mop of kids throw fruit a wimpy kid is very unlikely but if the situation is not considered then it risks the safety of a kid. Infact all children should be warped in bubble wrap too; just the ensure there safety.
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In the US we have gun control, now it seems in Britain they have flapjack control. Also I'd never seen that kind of flapjack before, I thought it was just like our American pancakes.
That was actually local for me. Welcome to the stupidity that is the Maryland public school system -_-ShiningAmber said:
I was about to make an incredibly stupid comment about how I've never seen pancakes in a triangular shape before, and also how the flying fuck do you hurt someone with a piece of grilled dough.
Then I remembered that I'm American, and for some reason we call pancakes "flapjacks" sometimes. Thanks to Google, I now know what we're talking about.
And it's still pretty hilarious. If the kids wanna hurt each other with flapjacks, they're gonna find a way to do it. Changing the shape isn't gonna do jack (ha) shit.
Then I remembered that I'm American, and for some reason we call pancakes "flapjacks" sometimes. Thanks to Google, I now know what we're talking about.
And it's still pretty hilarious. If the kids wanna hurt each other with flapjacks, they're gonna find a way to do it. Changing the shape isn't gonna do jack (ha) shit.
okay story time my escapist children when I was a wee little lad in kindergarten, I got Hit in the Head with a large wooden block letter(it was an L btw) I needed 12 Stitches. did they need to remove said blocks? nope. was there a lawsuit for safety? NOPE.
Stop Coddling children, the world has not gotten any softer since the 80's when I was a kid, if nothing else it has gotten even more fucked up and brutal, so if some kid gets hurt because of a fucking pancake then patch his ass up and send him on to class or home don't make some stupid ass statement to the fact of the thing being a hazard. The only hazard a pancake presents is making you a diabetic if you eat a shit load of them
Stop Coddling children, the world has not gotten any softer since the 80's when I was a kid, if nothing else it has gotten even more fucked up and brutal, so if some kid gets hurt because of a fucking pancake then patch his ass up and send him on to class or home don't make some stupid ass statement to the fact of the thing being a hazard. The only hazard a pancake presents is making you a diabetic if you eat a shit load of them
I heard that while all the teachers were running around, frantically debating how best to control this new menace, one of them tripped and split their head open on the corner of a desk. Once word gets out I fear none of our hardwood furniture will be safe, ever again.
Who would have thought that after two world wars, ongoing nuclear tensions and the trouble in the Middle East, it would be the humble right angle that finally spelled our doom.
Who would have thought that after two world wars, ongoing nuclear tensions and the trouble in the Middle East, it would be the humble right angle that finally spelled our doom.