You Brits and your fucking nanny state...

Troubleshooter · 04-20-2005, 08:06 PM

http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/Content...5+14:22:05:990

Health and safety takes the cake

March 25, 2005 21:40

GENERATIONS of children have enjoyed it, but now health and safety inspectors say a ride at Felixstowe's funfair is no longer a fairground attraction.

The inspectors have closed the "cake walk" in the Crazy House after 72 years of operation because it does not meet current safety regulations.

But no-one has ever had an accident on the moving walkway, which dates back to the days when funfair visitors gained their thrills from gallopers, big wheels, helter skelters and chair-o-planes.

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04-20-2005, 08:06 PM	#1
Troubleshooter The urban Jane Goodall Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 3,012	You Brits and your fucking nanny state... http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/Content...5+14:22:05:990 Health and safety takes the cake March 25, 2005 21:40 GENERATIONS of children have enjoyed it, but now health and safety inspectors say a ride at Felixstowe's funfair is no longer a fairground attraction. The inspectors have closed the "cake walk" in the Crazy House after 72 years of operation because it does not meet current safety regulations. But no-one has ever had an accident on the moving walkway, which dates back to the days when funfair visitors gained their thrills from gallopers, big wheels, helter skelters and chair-o-planes. ...more... __________________ I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. - Aristotle

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