Dispensary Corner 10 Dec 13
December 10, 2013
Workplace health and safety has gone mad at a village in the
UK, where a girl has been told she
must wear a helmet in the local
community nativity play.
8-year-old Libby Doorman is
playing the part of Jesus’ mother
Mary and plans to ride a donkey
through the streets of Neath in
South Wales.
Organisers have been told that
the youngster must wear a riding
hat and special shoes on the day,
in case she falls off.
“We’ve got to consider that
Mary will be riding a donkey on
a public highway,” said youth
worker Mark Barrett from the
local church.
“I know that the donkey will
not be moving very quickly
but we don’t want to flout the
law,” he said, adding that the
donkey’s owner said the safety
requirement was a condition of
his licence.
They’ve been called the “Oscars
of the toilet industry,” with
the results of the 26th annual
British Loo of the Year Awards
announced this week.
Promoted by the British Toilet
Association, the hotly contested
competition features a huge
sixty categories including the
best school toilet, the most ecofriendly
bathroom and even the
‘Home Throne Award’.
The winners were announced
at a glittering gala ceremony
near Birmingham last weekend,
with key sponsors including
paper products manufacturer
Tork and TWC, a “specialist toilet
and washroom deep clean and
infection control company”.
Although the awards are
quite serious, the Loo of the
Year website includes a tonguein-
cheek comment that due
to Britain’s move towards the
single European currency it will
no longer be correct to use the
phrase “Spending a Penny”.
Effective from 31 Dec 2013
the correct terminology will be
‘Euronating,’ the site quips.
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