What Shape Are Your Flapjacks?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2298715/Castle-View-School-Canvey-Island-Essex-bans-triangular-flapjacks-health-safety-grounds.html

[Kiki-frog]

Maybe banning food fights would be going against human rights

[cazzz1975]

being prevented from banning a food fight might be against human rights as well...

[Noth43]

Makes perfect sense, 1 flapjack with 4 corners unsafe.
Cut it in half to make 2 flapjacks with 6 corners, well safe.

[youngmafbog]

1) How do they actually know the corner went in an eye
2) Surely squares have corners (shouldn't they all be round)
3) About time the lunatics were stopped from running the Asylum. ie fire Ms Thomas.

As for actually making the little brats behave, well no chance with todays right-on views. Thanks again Tony, another one to you.

[anotheoldgit]

andy-hughes

/// I fail to see how cutting something with three corners into something with four corners eliminates the safety issue of getting hit in the eye with said corner? ///

The fact being that an object with a 45 degree inclusive angle angle is much more lethal than one with a 90 degree inclusive angle.

[ludwig]

This could be a good approach to tackling knife crime. Rather than making it illegal to stab people, just make all knives really blunt.

[cazzz1975]

what about set squares, rulers and compasses? will they ban these if the kids decide to play up in a lesson?

[Mick-Talbot]

The fact being that an object with a 45 degree inclusive angle angle is much more lethal than one with a 90 degree inclusive angle.


Not really AOG, not when it comes to flapjacks. The ones with the sharper angle are far more likely to break on impact, thus limiting the damage.

[ludwig]

No cazz they'll just say set squares have to be round, rulers need to be made out of sponge, and compasses have to have the pointy bit sawn off.

[vakayu]

Easy solution-make them round!!

[MadMen]

And soup as their main?

Actually, why not take this further. I suggest a ban on ALL solid foods.

[MadMen]

Glad to hear they've got so much time to waste and are busy banning foods that are a certain shape, rather than sorting out the little oiks causing the problems in the first place. Ludicrous.

[MadMen]

Oh yeah. Sugar.

Back to the drawing board.....

[anotheoldgit]

Mick-Talbot

/// Not really AOG, not when it comes to flapjacks. The ones with the sharper angle are far more likely to break on impact, thus limiting the damage. ///

That's more like saying that a thin bladed knife is more likely to break when it has stabbed you.

[Mick-Talbot]

Nothing like it at all...............is it!

[ludwig]

Any kids with a pointier than average nose should have to wear one of those clown ones. I do a similar thing with bamboo sticks in the garden. You can't be too cautious.

[vulcan42]

By banning the object rather then the perpetrator is a step too far, taking it to it's logical conclusion do we start banning cars?