Posted By R Hindle Hi all this might have been brought up before but i will start it again anyway. the advert on TV for loo rolls is crazy to say the least, i was at a industry Health and Safety meeting last week and it was said by HSE that they plan to advertise on tele in relation to manual handling, this might be all well and good but, how can you have a HSE advert promoting safe practice and advice, then you have a bunch of numpty's jumping off balcony's and landing on loo rolls. tell me if i am going mad? thanks Ron.

Posted By Jonathan Breeze Yup, It has been discussed before, see: http://www.iosh.co.uk/in...view&Forum=1&Thread=9895

Posted By ITK Calm down dear, it's a commercial.

Posted By Gareth Bryan Oh dear do I detect a sense of humour failure!

Posted By Frank Hallett Perhaps the advert designers got hold of a draft copy of the Work at Height Regs and misunderstood the "Collective Protection" role? Frank Hallett

Posted By Paul Adams Virtual fisticuffs. Whatever next?

Posted By Mike Craven I must have got this one wrong?? Ronnie mentioned an issue that he wanted to debate on this "chat forum" and ended by asking the rhetorical question, "am I going mad" I'm sure that, at that stage, in asking the question, he knew that he was setting himself up for some comical/witty answers from some of our resident comedians. Sure enough, comments like (yes)"you're going mad", "calm down dear, it's a commercial" and "take your anorak off" appeared in the responses section. I thought that Ronnie then responded in the same vein by "threatening" those who had sought to get a laugh at his expense. Even telling people that he was from Salford (a tough place to say the least!) and claiming that he was prepared to take on all of the respondents. I tried something similar this morning at a meeting. I told the meeting about a fairly mundane H&S topic that I found of interest, and concluded with the comment, "am I sad or what?" - "You're sad, Mike" came the immediate response from more than one of our jokers (laughs from the meeting). "and boring" chipped-in another (more laughs). "Hmm, you might find it difficult to eat those biscuits with no teeth" I responded (even more laughs) - end of subject, move to next business. Perhaps we should all leave the jokes to the professional comedians! Course, if people don't believe that Ron was joining in the general "bon homie" (apologies for the appalling spelling/French) and are still convinced that he has no sense of humour and has threatened them with violence, I am also from Manchester and will go round and thump him for you if one of you will hold my coat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted By MC Dear All, Ummm I am starting work in Salford soon - are all the people as violent there? I guess I best wear a flak jacket when I tell the workmen to seize unsafe activities! Or better yet, maybe some Loo roll could provide adequate protection and padding? Can anyone recommend a brand please? Regards MC

Posted By Jim Walker I too, assumed Ronnie was joking. This is the problem with the written word without the body language. Maybe we need a library of emotiocons (spellling?) like some other chat sites.

Posted By DavidHaddon One advantage in using toilet rolls instead of airbags, or other similar "crash" matting: You can use them to mop up the blood when the safety officer has paid you a visit! (Assuming you take the necessary precautions against the cardboard inners).

Posted By Tyler 'Big whistle' The reason why this thread has not specifically answered Ron's query is it has already been discussed ad nauseum earlier in the year (when the advert first came out). An earlier respondant also provided a link to the thread so it can be read by anyone who is interested. Yes TV has got a big impact in our thought processes but most of us are intelligent enough not to think that the behaviour portrayed in the advert will lead to people intelligent enough to hold down a job to carry out such actions. The full discussion is in the link posted earlier in this thread.

Posted By Danny Swygart Jack - I think the line was said by the British Doctor in Bridge on the River Kwai. 10 points please!