Saturday, December 18, 2010

Oh for fuck's sake!

The Argus has this tale of utter foolishness by East Sussex County Council
A lollipop man has been banned from wearing a comedy Christmas hat shaped like a turkey because council scrooges said it might distract drivers.

Mr Clevett has been banned by East Sussex County Council from sporting the headgear amid fears it could throw drivers off course and pose a danger to their safety and the welfare of others.

An East Sussex County Council spokesman said: “What we are talking about here is the safety of children."
Right then council spokesman, what the fucking hell do you think the role of a lollipop man is exactly? To slow and stop the traffic so kids can cross the road safely perhaps?

If you don't want drivers distracted then maybe you should consider changing the hi-vis outfits you supply to the lollipop people and take away that pole that they wave around to stop the traffic too. You can never be too careful with child safety can you? Fucktard.

4 comments:

Bucko said...

“What we are talking about here is the safety of children."

Why do they think that line justifies any old nonesense?

JuliaM said...

What Bucko said...

And earlier in the week, we had more lollipop lady insanity when they gave some old girl the boot because she refused to turn her lollipop upside down when not on active road crossing, again because 'it confuses the drivers'.

Listen up, council cretins! We know when a lollipop lady is active, it's when she's standing in the road with her lollipop...!

It's not rocket science...

Turing word: fasistic

Mark Wadsworth said...

Agreed. We get these stories every year about bansturbators clamping down on lollipop persons trying to get into the spirit of things.

WV: cnuts

banned said...

Good find, nicked and added to my post about seasonal bansturnation.

As JulaM says, we are getting sick and tired of officials deciding things because poor little us might be 'confused'.