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Children to be banned from blowing up balloons, under EU safety rules
The Telegraph ^
| Oct 11,2011
| Bruno Waterfield
Posted on 10/10/2011 9:46:30 AM PDT by expat1000
Children are to be banned from taking part in traditional Christmas games, from blowing up balloons to blowing on party whistles, because of new EU safety rules that have just entered into force.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: children; kids
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To: expat1000
Europe never had the notion of inalienable rights, so all they have to fall back on is criticizing regulators as killjoys. You....MEANIES!
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10/10/2011 12:39:50 PM PDT
by
Constitutionalist Conservative
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To: expat1000
"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." -- C.S. Lewis
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To: kosciusko51
The funniest part is where the EU declares that a popped balloon should be disposed of safely. Yes, I always keep popped balloons around in case I may need them later.
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10/10/2011 3:40:10 PM PDT
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boop
("Let's just say they'll be satisfied with LESS"... Ming the Merciless)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks; Abathar; Abcdefg; Abram; Abundy; albertp; Alexander Rubin; Allosaurs_r_us; ..
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10/11/2011 3:32:17 PM PDT
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bamahead
(Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master. -- Sallust)
To: bamahead
[eyeroll] Europe's chirren respond:
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posted on
10/11/2011 4:29:20 PM PDT
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Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: bamahead
Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats.
H. L. Mencken
US editor (1880 - 1956)
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posted on
10/12/2011 4:45:00 AM PDT
by
Abathar
(Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
To: GreenLanternCorps
As I recall, it was safety issues that lead to the Burgermeister Meisterburger's ban on toys.
To: Noamie
or me, it would depend upon what’s inside that balloon. gas-o-line...
Amateur. My dad once filled a balloon from an acetyline tank for his welding torch on 4th of July and lit a rag under it. Loudest and brightest bang I've ever heard.
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10/12/2011 7:15:55 AM PDT
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UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide
(REPEAL WASHINGTON! -- Islam Delenda Est! -- I Want Constantinople Back. -- Rumble thee forth.)
To: Oztrich Boy
I thought that was a “huge manatee”...
:-P
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10/13/2011 1:49:32 PM PDT
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gogogodzilla
(Live free or die!)
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