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14 comments to "Government Declared Pantomime Props that Look Like Weapons Dangerous and Must be Kept Under Lock and Key. The World is Safe Again!"
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Daniel Kim
January 22nd, 2008 at
8:30 am
Hmmm . . . “Locked up” comes to mind quite a lot when I read this, but I don’t mean it for the props!
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Sid Morrison
January 22nd, 2008 at
8:37 am
That is the fruitest thing I ever heard. Queen Victoria is turning in her grave seeing how low her nation has sunk from its powerful past. First the banning of schoolyard conkers games and now this. Please someone stop the pansifying of Britain.
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Justin
January 22nd, 2008 at
8:52 am
Close call! Thanks Big Brother!
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ted
January 22nd, 2008 at
9:50 am
Sure, you laugh now, but when some poor child is rushed to the hospital with a “Bang!” sign related injury, you won’t be so quick to judge.
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A Safety Consultant
January 22nd, 2008 at
10:22 am
I’m involved in the industry and even I can’t believe this. There must be some kind of misreporting going on.
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C. J. Anderson
January 22nd, 2008 at
11:03 am
Actually, the HES document in reference states, at the bottom: “This document contains notes on good practice which are not compulsory but which you may find helpful in considering what you need to do.” Why the fuss, then? You may find the regulations helpful and you may not. What kind of regulations are these exactly? Why not call them “Official Government Suggestions?”
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Vako
January 22nd, 2008 at
12:21 pm
The phrase that stuck out to me in that thing was “a named individual”.
What?
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heather
January 22nd, 2008 at
3:06 pm
Curses! My nefarious plot to overthrow the government using hollow plastic samurai swords and cap guns has been foiled! I shall have my REVENGE!!
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Christophe
January 22nd, 2008 at
3:23 pm
They should tax all those dangerous plastic and weapons.
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Thomas
January 22nd, 2008 at
3:41 pm
Never again will we get murder mystery stories where prop weapons are replaced by the real thing, only to kill some unsuspecting actor. The world weeps for the genre.
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Denita TwoDragons
January 22nd, 2008 at
10:34 pm
When pantomime swords are outlawed, only pantomime outlaws will have pantomime swords…
–TwoDragons
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Alex
January 23rd, 2008 at
6:58 am
@CJ Anderson: “Official Government Suggestions” - didn’t we use to call this common sense?
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MoonCake
January 23rd, 2008 at
8:02 am
yet, when a child hits another child with a stick in the backyard, it’s called “playing.” but when it is plastic and strategically formed into the shape of a weapon and used in a “play,” it becomes a possible threat? ridiculous.
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Skipweasel
January 23rd, 2008 at
6:05 pm
During the summer my son was walking home from school wearing a large oaken sword, an oak dagger and a very nice curved laminated shield with a dragon on it. There were a couple of coppers on the street corner and they were most impressed and showed no interest in “control” - just pleased to see a small boy with things he’d made.
You’ll find this is a local bit of silliness and unlikely to be repeated elsewhere.
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