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Offline Russian

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« on: February 05, 2008, 10:29:54 AM »
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/02/05/npancake105.xml

UK citizens just lost more freedom due to their wonderful bureaucracy. ....

Offline Maverick

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« Reply #1 on: February 05, 2008, 10:37:46 AM »
I suppose the last cheese wheel roll / chase has been held as well. Heaven forbid people have fun any more. :huh
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« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2008, 10:55:25 AM »
its all the fault of the yanks
everybody wants to sue someone when somethng goes wrong or some one gets hurt.Now the idiots over here in England are getting on the suing band wagon  over the slightest little thing.

you can all have fun as long as there no chance of anyone getting hurt,wheres the fun in that.

we all love a good laugh when some one falls arse over tit:rofl :rofl
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« Reply #3 on: February 05, 2008, 11:01:12 AM »
or tit over arse (always better if they fall over backwards)

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« Reply #4 on: February 05, 2008, 11:03:32 AM »
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Originally posted by Russian
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/02/05/npancake105.xml

UK citizens just lost more freedom due to their wonderful bureaucracy. ....

Its not just the UK.  I read in our local paper that Elgin may not have its annual Western Days Parade and Rodeo because the very same issues mentioned in that article.  Between the costs of preparing and legal issues for the events and the difficulty of finding volunteers willing to get involved has made it expensive to have these events.

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« Reply #5 on: February 05, 2008, 11:37:41 AM »
don't run with a sharp pancake in your hand, you could put your eye out.

Offline CyranoAH

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« Reply #7 on: February 05, 2008, 02:23:31 PM »
It's good that we have bureaucracy to hamper the efforts of young upstarts like these.  I mean, they've only been doing it for 600 years....Who would miss it?
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