Posted By Paul Leadbetter Check this out (if you can be bothered): http://driving.timesonli...0,,27909-2084921,00.html Paul

Posted By Merv Newman Trouble is, he has a point. I just love his articles. Written so well and so quickly ! A cow with electric windows ? Must have. Mind you, he doesn't think much of my Rover 75.

Posted By Alan Haynes Interesting Don't see anyone violently disagreeing with JC - probably means we don't disagree with his words about us Safety people

Posted By Jonathan Breeze The thing is Alan, that H&S is such a broad church that there might actually be someone out there that matches the description that JC gives. Someone who has entered the field from say a TU perspective because they felt that their employer was taking liberties will have a totally different perspective from someone with a management background who has taken on the OHS portfolio. I personally do not see the stereotypes he describes in myself (feel free to disagree), but I've seen them in the wider workplace, though not necessarily in the TU Safety Reps I've dealt with. Sean's point is also fairly valid, JC's published attitudes have gone so far down the route of self parody, that most folks just roll their eyes and say "he's off again!"

Posted By Brett Day Has anyone read 'The world according to Clarkson'?? There is a chapter on safety/the nanny state, he talks about when he was filming and the BBC safety department aparently didn't want him flying in a F15 as the pilots were not on the list of approved BBC pilots, as he said, at Top Gun they don't teach the pilots how to crash spectacularly !! As safety professionals, how many times have we posted and complained on this forum about the bonkers conkers stories ?? Perhaps we should thank Mr Clarkson for raising this in a laymans forum ??

Posted By Jonathan Breeze Paul, tongue in cheek comment noted. You'd have to have a particularly Clarksonesque perspective on life to interpret my comments thus, but it was possible. Well spotted. During the height of the "Conkers Bonkers" episode, I worked out that it would take four whole conkers (count ‘em being swallowed!) to exceed the set LC 50 in a Year 1 pupil (based on the LC 50 in lab rats). However, as I’ve yet to come across a Year 1 pupil who was capable (let alone willing) of swallowing four conkers, the whole exercise was somewhat academic. It is therefore only appropriate that I should cover September or October in the calendar. I was thinking along the lines of a string of conkers on a lace as a necklace with two large horse chestnut leaves in hand (like ostrich feathers) to cover my modesty and wearing safety goggles and gloves.

Posted By Alan Haynes "Unfortunatly I only have one, not looked at it for a while, but on close examination it's not very big, I think the pointy end may also have been damaged in the post box (although it was protected at the time)" What is he talking about?

Posted By Heather Collins Dave as I can't imagine any circumstances under which I would wear said pin, I WOULD send it to you, but I'm afraid it might cause a hazard in the post due to the pointy end. Mods - help Gary out here - is there no way to stop the "notification by e-mail"? Perhaps there should be...

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