Prats of The Week - Sunderland City Council

Gosh already another organisation has stepped up to the plate, and made itself "worthy" for my prestigious "Prats of The Week" Award.

This time it goes to Sunderland City Council, as Robert Smithson found to his cost recently.

For why?

Mr Smithson wanted to fly the Cross of St George from his house, to welcome back his twin sons from the Coldstream Guards after completing their training.

Needless to say, some member of the public complained (one wonders how some people's minds work, that they have the time and energy to complain about trivia), and Sunderland City Council wrote to Mr Smithson threatening him with a fine of up to £2,500 for illegally flying the flag from his suburban house.

Seemingly he was breaking planning laws, because the flag was at the wrong angle (thus it was classified as advertising) according to the officials from the council.

Ermmm...why not just rehang it then?

Ironically, after some investigation it transpired that council officials had misinterpreted the rules and got it wrong.

The flag can stay!

Sunderland City Council, well deserving Prats of The Week!

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Sunderland Rules by Diktat

Nanny's obsession with expunging smoking knows no bounds. One of her ever "popular" and well "respected" local councils, Sunderland, now rules by diktat.

Sunderland has issued a diktat ordering workers who smoke in any public place, even outdoors, not to wear Sunderland council clothing.

The diktat will come into force in Sunderland on June 1. The council says that its measures are an important step in protecting the health of employees and visitors.

What a load of bollocks!

The employees have the right to smoke outside, and wear what the hell they like; they are adults, not school children.

The Firework Code

As you all know, we have recently celebrated Guy Fawkes night here in Nanny's Britain. Despite Nanny's attempts to stamp this out, it still seems to be going strong (even if some have to resort to "virtual bonfires", because of health and safety concerns).

However, as much as I am anti Nanny, I must raise an official complaint about a shortcoming in the "Firework Code". This is a simple list of do's and don'ts that try to help people avoid injury when using fireworks eg:

"Don't throw fireworks"

Regrettably Nanny has failed, this year, to make the list suitably "idiot proof". It seems that a 22 year old man had to be carted off to hospital for severe burns.

Why?

He was at a fireworks party in Sunderland, dropped his trousers and attempted to launch a rocket from his own backside!

Seemingly the rocket (a Black Cat Thunderbolt Rocket) got stuck, as it were, and then exploded "in situ"...er..so to speak.

The man is suffering from, unsurprisingly, burnt arse syndrome.

He will make a full recovery.

So there you go folks, Nanny let herself down this year by not including the following in the Firework Code:

"Do not attempt to launch rockets from your own arse"

That being said, no matter how many rules and regulations you have you will never be able to fully protect the moronic and stupid from themselves.