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Living in a nanny state
by loiswakeman @ 30 Nov. 2006 - 14:33:33

I normally try to avoid general ranting, but this really got my (nanny) goat.

Yesterday, this little "Christmas card" appeared with the post. As a taxpayer, I am contributing to this absolute nonsense, of which the Professor of the Bleeding Obvious would, no doubt, be proud.

Christmas card

Full of festive hints like not eating mince pies past their sell-by date, not letting gift vouchers expire (really!), and making sure your fairy lights have a CE mark. Never mind whether the darn things actually light up when you get them out of the attic - they were working when you put them away last year!

The finishing touch is the warning on the back:

Safety warning

Related links:

press release (word document) at http://www.consumerdirect.gov.uk

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Vort1gernVort1gern [Member]
30/11/06 @ 18:46

Ah well - if you want some good old fashioned Christmas spirit, just think of it as some berk in a governmental office having just made their performance target review for having issued this drivel.

Ho-ho-ho

MrFlightyMrFlighty [Member]
03/12/06 @ 19:03

Rant away! I know I would. It's good to know that our money is being spent on such important things. Pah!

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