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All day I've been wondering whether this is suitable for ForumGarden's delicate sensibilities or not.

The Mayor of St Ives Town Council in Cambridgeshire Ian Dobson has left the entire country dumbstruck by reacting to a health and Safety ban on throwing coins to children at the Michaelmas Fair with the words "I may drop them, and I will carry on tossing gently".Coin-throw tradition 'a danger'

Civic dignitaries will no longer throw coins to children at an annual fair after a health and safety report ruled the decades-old tradition was a danger. A risk assessment by St Ives Town Council in Cambridgeshire said the "throwing of coins" at the Michaelmas Fair could result in an injury.

Councillors voted to instead drop or roll the coins at this week's event, so that local children would not miss out. But Mayor Ian Dobson said he would continue to toss his coins "gently". He said councillors had generally done this anyway over the years.

At a council meeting on Wednesday night he said: "I don't think I am actually going to roll them. I may drop them, and I will carry on tossing gently."

BBC NEWS | England | Cambridgeshire | Coin-throw tradition 'a danger'

I'd LOVE to be part of a tradition where I got to throw coins at children! :yh_rotfl

spot;1066634 wrote: All day I've been wondering whether this is suitable for ForumGarden's delicate sensibilities or not.

The Mayor of St Ives Town Council in Cambridgeshire Ian Dobson has left the entire country dumbstruck by reacting to a health and Safety ban on throwing coins to children at the Michaelmas Fair with the words "I may drop them, and I will carry on tossing gently".Coin-throw tradition 'a danger'

Civic dignitaries will no longer throw coins to children at an annual fair after a health and safety report ruled the decades-old tradition was a danger. A risk assessment by St Ives Town Council in Cambridgeshire said the "throwing of coins" at the Michaelmas Fair could result in an injury.

Councillors voted to instead drop or roll the coins at this week's event, so that local children would not miss out. But Mayor Ian Dobson said he would continue to toss his coins "gently". He said councillors had generally done this anyway over the years.

At a council meeting on Wednesday night he said: "I don't think I am actually going to roll them. I may drop them, and I will carry on tossing gently."

BBC NEWS | England | Cambridgeshire | Coin-throw tradition 'a danger'


This is ridiculous. If it affects health and safety, are they going to ban the 'cheese rolling' contest next year as well incase small children are hit by rolling cheese?

God! They'll be telling the folk of Ottery, not to carry burning tar barrels on their heads next!.....

Burning tar barrels in Ottery St Mary - traditional activity on Bonfire Night

I've no problem with Health and Safety identifying potential disasters, though I do think they fail to be cost-effective in what they do. Where they go wrong is in banning rather than saying waivers need to be signed by participants to demonstrate that they've been adequately warned of the risks to the extent that they give informed consent. For one thing, that would get a lot of people laughing at the disgusting exaggerations these worst-case analyses inevitably lead to.

spot;1066663 wrote: I've no problem with Health and Safety identifying potential disasters, though I do think they fail to be cost-effective in what they do. Where they go wrong is in banning rather than saying waivers need to be signed by participants to demonstrate that they've been adequately informed of the risks to the extent that they give informed consent. For one thing, that would get a lot of people laughing at the disgusting exaggerations these worst-case analyses inevitably lead to.


Exactly. What ever happened to disclaimers?

My father would have been in court when i was a child. To teach us to swim and dive, he would throw coins in a swimming pool. Remarkable how quickly a child can learn given the right incentive.

oscar;1066670 wrote: My father would have been in court when i was a child. To teach us to swim and dive, he would throw coins in a swimming pool. Remarkable how quickly a child can learn given the right incentive. :)Throw coins? I tied weights round mine, they had to sit on the bottom and undo the knots.

spot;1066691 wrote: Throw coins? I tied weights round mine, they had to sit on the bottom and undo the knots.


Hello. Is that Childline????? :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Why not throw bricks at the little f-ers instead. In fact just put the kids in the stocks and get the whole town to fire rotten vegetables at them.

and yet its still deemed ok to allow shops to sell dangerous fireworks to just anybody:rolleyes:

By the way,, i love St. Ives in Cambridge:D

Oh sure, it's all pences and quid until someone puts an eye out! :yh_rotfl

And for the flaming barrel thing. . . . are you guys nuts? I thought hot flashes were bad!:-6

911;1067178 wrote: Oh sure, it's all pences and quid until someone puts an eye out! :yh_rotfl

And for the flaming barrel thing. . . . are you guys nuts? I thought hot flashes were bad!:-6


Yes, we are nuts :yh_rotfl

Near where i live, every year it is tradition to hurl a huge cheese down a steep hill and guys have to try to catch it. If i remember right, the local pub landlord broke bones one time. Great fun though :yh_rotfl

oscar;1067263 wrote: Yes, we are nuts :yh_rotfl

Near where i live, every year it is tradition to hurl a huge cheese down a steep hill and guys have to try to catch it. If i remember right, the local pub landlord broke bones one time. Great fun though :yh_rotfl


That is what I'd like to see:wah:

oscar;1067263 wrote: Yes, we are nuts :yh_rotfl

Near where i live, every year it is tradition to hurl a huge cheese down a steep hill and guys have to try to catch it. If i remember right, the local pub landlord broke bones one time. Great fun though :yh_rotfl
I worked for a watermelon farmer for a very short time. The big joke there was to throw a 25 pound watermelon at the new guy and watch as he tried to catch it. Mine hit me square in the chest, knocked me over, then exploded as my back hit the ground.



Great fun. :p

jimbo;1066639 wrote: wait for it .......





what a tosser :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl



i cant believe i beat soberego/anal/barman to that one :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl


The potential of danger exists virtually everywhere and at anytime.



:D

along-for-the-ride;1067289 wrote: The potential of danger exists virtually everywhere and at anytime.



:D


The British Government yesterday ruled that elves, pixie's, and all santa's helpers will be banned from making the trip from the North Pole to Britain.

It breaches 'elf and safety' guidelines and The 'Gnome' office won't stand for it.



:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

along-for-the-ride;1067289 wrote: The potential of danger exists virtually everywhere and at anytime.



:D


CHEESE ROLLING IS COMING TO CANADA :yh_rotfl

Cheese Rolling

Soon they'll be banning children playing football due to the risk of broken legs, rugby for the risk of broken backs or eyes getting poked out as happened to Gordon Brown. Eventually they will get around to banning councillors and the like from making decisions on the grounds of congenital stupidity.

What were they throwing at them, rolls of 1£ coins?

Give me a break

Hey, why don’t they wrap the coins in bubble wrap first then throw it, no wait, the bubble wrap could be a choke hazard…..

OK, wrap the kid in bubble wrap, and throw coins at them…. No that won’t work.

OK… leave the kids at home, send the parents to the event and hand out cheques (watch out for paper cuts). Then the parents can cash the cheques and give the money to the kids who are safe at home (on the internet watching porn).

Sixpences at a guess, or old silver threpenny bits.

Swallowing hazards, both of them.

I've just worked out that there are no sixpences any longer, those things I think are sixpences are actually small-scale shillings. 5p was a shilling before decimalization.

So. Shillings.

spot;1067740 wrote: there are no sixpences any longer, All swallowed.

spot;1067740 wrote: Sixpences at a guess, or old silver threpenny bits.

Swallowing hazards, both of them.

I've just worked out that there are no sixpences any longer, those things I think are sixpences are actually small-scale shillings. 5p was a shilling before decimalization.

So. Shillings.


I've just remembered taliking of sixpences... My mother would have been in prison for attempted murder for lacing the Christmas puds with them.

The year big brother chipped his tooth on one, should have seen her prosecuted for actual bodily harm and cost her compensation to the victem.

Afrer mum died, i found these sixpences and now i lace the Christmas puds with them as well :sneaky: