Offended By Brussels

It'll soon be Halloween so time to prepare some yummy treats for the neighbourhood kids. Try dipping Brussels sprouts in chocolate for them. pic.twitter.com/HFXGA9vFSV

— Mark Sparrow (@MarkGSparrow) October 24, 2016

Commiserations to Mark Sparrow, who tweeted an amusing Halloween suggestion of dipping Brussels into chocolate and handing them to trick or treaters as a trick.

He hadn't bargained on how easily offended some people are, and ended up on the receiving end of abuse for all manner of imagined crimes eg allergy issues, "won't someone think of the children" and racism.

Here are some of the best #sproutgate replies but the entire thread is a goldmine of insanity. pic.twitter.com/FgedZSbPWW

— Mark Sparrow (@MarkGSparrow) October 27, 2016

The world is populated with some very oversensitive people who should be ignored for everyone's good!

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The Dangers of Putting The Clocks Back

the clocks are about to change and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents is ON IT pic.twitter.com/LlSdsAaaLC

— Katie Martin (@katie_martin_fx) October 26, 2016

The six monthly farce of time travel (one hour back, then one hour forward)!

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Nanny's 30 Second Obesity Intervention

The Guardian reports the following about a 30 second obesity intervention:

"GPs who raise the issue of their patients’ obesity in the surgery will not offend them and are likely to help them reach a healthy weight, a new study has shown.

Doctors are notoriously nervous of telling people they are overweight and worry that initiating any discussion will lead to a long, fruitless conversation about failed diets and eating habits that will go on long beyond a 10-minute consultation.

But a trial of a 30-second intervention in which the GP suggests the patient’s weight may be affecting their health and offers them a place on a weigh-loss programme reveals advice can make a major difference, according to research published in the Lancet medical journal.

More than 130 GPs who took part in the trial, involving more than 1,800 patients, were asked to start a conversation that might go like this:

GP: While you’re here, I just wanted to talk about your weight. You know the best way to lose weight is to go to [a weigh-management programme such as Slimming World or Rosemary Conley] and that’s available free on the NHS?
Patient: Oh?
GP: Yes, and I can refer you now if you are willing to give that a try?

The patients were randomly assigned to be offered either an NHS-funded place on a 12-week weight-management programme or advice to lose weight. The researchers found that 77% of those offered a weight-management programme said yes, and 40% went to all the sessions. At the end of a year, those people had lost 2.43kg (0.38 stone) on average, while those given advice by the GP had also lost weight, but less, at an average of 1.04kg."

I wouldn't be offended either, if my doctor (who I visit once every 16 years or so, ie when I am very ill or when I need a medical) suggested that I needed to deal with my weight.

However, nothing on the planet would force me into a "programme". You lose weight by cutting calories and exercising more, I don't need to state to monitor my activity level or calorie intake!

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Nanny Hates Pet Names

Dude says a nursery rhyme to say that feminists get offended easily.

Feminist panelist gets super offended as a result. pic.twitter.com/YoIeKvV8V1

— Lo-Ping 🌐 (@GamingAndPandas) October 24, 2016

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Nanny Broke The Law

Happy Trafalgar Day everyone!

As we set our binoculars to the English Channel to watch the Ruskies sail by, may I direct you to an article on my HMRC site about how in 2012 the then Permanent Secretary for Tax at HMRC (Dave Hartnett) broke HMRC's prime directive on confidentiality and briefed journalists about the tax affairs of an individual and the company he ran.

For why?

To score a result in a tax claim and to try to get the journalists to tip him off about other tax avoidance schemes.

We have entered very dangerous waters indeed when Nanny's HMRC starts briefing against taxpayers to the media for its own ends!

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Jungle Camouflage Is Racist

The British Army has apologised after posting an image of a soldier with a “blacked up” face on social media.

The Telegraph reports that the image, published on the Army’s official Twitter account, showed a soldier wearing black face-paint as part of his camouflage in a jungle.

As a point of fact, the face paint is actually a combination of dark green/black (see the soldier's arms), not black.

The tweet, which was swiftly deleted, was described as “stupid” and “racist” by outraged social media users, while anti-racism campaigners said the force should feel "embarrassed".

An Army spokesman later said they could see how the tweet "may have been misinterpreted" and apologised.

The image was captioned with the words: “Being a soldier in the jungle requires a robust sense of humour”.

Shall soldiers only wear politically correct camouflage then, even if it increases the risk that they will be shot?

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