tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post8516529068780813892..comments2024-03-29T10:48:06.521+00:00Comments on Nanny Knows Best: RiskKen Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13568488818950912374noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-30441998591749957652010-07-02T18:31:18.194+01:002010-07-02T18:31:18.194+01:00What could be better to go with the picture of ‘Bi...What could be better to go with the picture of ‘Big Bird’? – One of a Rhea!<br /><br />Daily Telegraph – 02-07-01 http://tinyurl.com/349o4jd<br /><br />//A rare South American bird which had been living happily in the English countryside has died after the RSPCA made a bungled attempt to rescue it./ - /We recaptured it in a very controlled way and caused it the minimum amount of distress// <br /><br />(Apart, that is, for the fact that it died)<br /><br />The printed newspaper item includes the following verbal extrusion by ‘an RSPCA spokesman’ - all in “Quotation marks”<br /><br />“We do not know what the cause of death was and we will not be holding a post mortem It could have been suffering from some sort of illness before it was rescued by us. We certainly followed all our procedures by the book”<br /><br />Nanny doing a ‘Risk Assessment’ and getting it wrong? [Tick]<br /><br />Nanny declining to find out what really happened? [Tick]<br /><br />Nanny happy that ‘the rules’ were followed? [Tick]<br /><br />RSPCA apparently believes that animals weighing 90lb (40kg)are a danger to traffic if loose on the road.<br /><br />I hope they send teams to the New Forest, Wales, and the Lake District to 'cull' the ponies, sheep and cattle.Uncle Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-57560933271347694732010-07-02T15:38:58.551+01:002010-07-02T15:38:58.551+01:00I have had a few knobs come off in my hands - neve...I have had a few knobs come off in my hands - never did me any harm, duckyLord Mandelscum of rent deboisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-2686814568594116972010-07-01T19:11:59.509+01:002010-07-01T19:11:59.509+01:00One of the regular commenters on Watts Up With Tha...One of the regular commenters on Watts Up With That told a story of some government jobsworth who refused to believe that methane burned off from waste sites had an invisible flame. Moments after thrusting his hand over a flare stack the commenter was driving him to hospital with second degree burns...microdavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-73536977500863378152010-07-01T15:36:45.678+01:002010-07-01T15:36:45.678+01:00That's almost as funny as a safety seminar I w...That's almost as funny as a safety seminar I was attending on a construction site some years ago. The Head honcho Safety Manager from Head Office was visiting all the sites to give the troops a much needed lecture on the benefits of observing a strict safety regime. <br /><br />By his side, at the top table, was the site safety officer. He had two fingers chopped short due to an altercation with a cutting machine and was wearing canvas plimsolls! <br /><br />To his credit, he kept his face straight during the whole lecture.JohnWnoreply@blogger.com