/hot 'n obligatory

Oh, and there's a Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents


There is also a Royal Society for Putting Things on Top of Other Things.

Sgt Otter

That was my first thought.

The organization sounds like a much extended version of OSHA.

Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents

Sounds classy.

/yellow dyed Ermine Hazard tape FTW!

Is it just me, or is this article way too long?

Damn Philistines, RoSPA is a highly regarded charitable organisation, so suck it!

Absolute absolution absolutes absolutely.

the RoSPA headquaters are right next to birmingham university, next to a popular student pub and one of the cities busiest roads. they also have a massive spiked railing all the way around it.

its always struck me as a bit odd.

That whole thing cancels itself out.
*spins chair*

http://totsafety.ytmnd.com/

And as a bonus, there appears to be two Scots arguing about changing a lightbulb in the comments section.

Does anyone not have the "safety not guaranteed" YTMND music going through their head right now?

Nanny State. England needs V.

Aren't they called "collisions" now?

the comments section is just painful.

down4afall

Aren't they called "collisions" now?


Well, yes, according to official vocab guidelines - but that applies only to traffic collisions.

Bathia_Mapes: The organization sounds like a much extended version of OSHA.

No, it has no regulatory power. Our version of OSHA is the HSE, I suspect you could toss a coin for random overbearingness.

RoSPA's actually a pretty sensible organisation and, far from absurd nannying, they're strong on the need to let people do what they want, particularly letting kids have their space outdoors, while educating them to be safe, hence the statement in TFA.

smells_like_meat: Is it just me, or is this article way too long?

Subby's headline was almost as long.

grinderman: /hot 'n obligatory

Oooo- the tri-force is strong with you...

For we must never forget that, if there was such a thing as absolute safety, our society would be nothing more than a meaningless body of men that had gathered together for no good purpose.

Am I the only one who doesn't get the headline? Why did the nanny get brought into this?

From the comments:

Let's not bother asking a worker to make sure their ladder is properly secured before climbing it to change that light bulb or whether there is a safer way to do it.

I suppose the workers over there are mindless automatons.

I thought "firing the nanny" was going to be some British euphemism for your wife finding out about your girlfriend.

Disciple_of_Trogdor: PUSH IT TO THE LIMIT
Walk along the razor's edge

I accidentally the whole society.

"Firing the nanny" sounds like a euphemism for self-abuse.

I just went back and RTFA. This is BIG -- even the RSPA is telling the nanny state to chill out, stuff happens.

Proctologist Iggy Poop: But, is there a Society for the Prevention of Royal Accidents?


Yes, just down the hall from the Ministry of Silly Walks.

Some older British charitable organisations have the royal prefix. Not very fashionable for new ones. RoSPA website FWIW (new window)

black_knight: Disciple_of_Trogdor: PUSH IT TO THE LIMIT
Walk along the razor's edge

Don't look down just keep your head

It's just a lot of Mullarkey.