Fridays trivia H&S question Options  Watch this topic  Print this topic » Normal Threaded

Previous Topic Next Topic

james fleming		#1 Posted : 03 May 2013 07:30:19(UTC)
Rank: Forum user		There’s a French saying “shame upon him who thinks evil upon it”. (The best translation I can get). However, where is the saying from and where specifically would you expect to see it in relation to Health and Safety. No checking on your search engine. If you do, dinny blab. I’m on the road and will check in, in a few hours and offer a clue.
User Profile View All Posts by User View Thanks

Lucy D		#2 Posted : 03 May 2013 08:50:21(UTC)
Rank: Forum user		My immediate thoughts about where the phrase most commonly applies in h&s is the number of times I still get involved in accident investigations where the senior managers have immediately concluded the injured person is at fault. As for the author - it's too early in the morning - Victor Hugo?
User Profile View All Posts by User View Thanks

leadbelly		#3 Posted : 03 May 2013 08:56:23(UTC)
Rank: Super forum user		It's the motto of the Order of the Garter: evil be to him who thinks it. LB
User Profile View All Posts by User View Thanks

Ian Harper		#4 Posted : 03 May 2013 09:02:43(UTC)
Rank: Forum user		"Theres a risk and a cost to an action, which is insignificant to the risk and cost of comfortable inaction", Kennedy I think
User Profile View All Posts by User View Thanks

james fleming		#5 Posted : 03 May 2013 09:20:13(UTC)
Rank: Forum user		Oh, leadbelly. 1 point to you. It’s from the Order of the Garter. However, what’s its relevance in relation to Health and Safety?
User Profile View All Posts by User View Thanks

martinw		#6 Posted : 03 May 2013 09:49:03(UTC)
Rank: Super forum user		Could it be an unofficial subtitle of Lord Young's review of health and safety?
User Profile View All Posts by User View Thanks

Simon Lucas		#7 Posted : 03 May 2013 10:26:18(UTC)
Rank: New forum user		james fleming wrote: There’s a French saying “shame upon him who thinks evil upon it”. (The best translation I can get). However, where is the saying from and where specifically would you expect to see it in relation to Health and Safety. No checking on your search engine. If you do, dinny blab. I’m on the road and will check in, in a few hours and offer a clue.
User Profile View All Posts by User View Thanks

Simon Lucas		#8 Posted : 03 May 2013 10:27:28(UTC)
Rank: New forum user		Hi, it is also the motto of the Coldstream Guards, which is: "honi soit qui mal y pense" or "evil be to those who evil think."
User Profile View All Posts by User View Thanks

Heather Collins		#9 Posted : 03 May 2013 10:31:03(UTC)
Rank: Super forum user		It appears on the Royal Coat of Arms so is this an IOSH Royal Charter-related answer?
User Profile View All Posts by User View Thanks

RayRapp		#10 Posted : 03 May 2013 10:44:17(UTC)
Rank: Super forum user		In safety common parlance it translates - FFS...Oh, WTF! Well, it is Friday - hooray.
User Profile View All Posts by User View Thanks

james fleming		#11 Posted : 03 May 2013 10:45:32(UTC)
Rank: Forum user		Heather, you get 1 point! the moto is related to the Royal Coat of Arms and is the Order of the Garter within it. It’s the first thing printed on the H&SAWA… shame upon him who thinks evil upon it. Which I thought was very apt. The first words on the printed Act say (ish) shame upon him who thinks evil upon it.
User Profile View All Posts by User View Thanks

achrn		#12 Posted : 03 May 2013 15:29:06(UTC)
Rank: Super forum user		I would argue that the saying is 'from' the monarch that instituted teh order. I can't remember which monarch it was or who it was that flashed their garter at court, though. Elizabeth I? (the monarch, not the flasher).
User Profile View All Posts by User View Thanks

boblewis		#13 Posted : 04 May 2013 09:58:26(UTC)
Rank: Super forum user		It first appeared on the royal coat of arms of James I England, VI Scotland. He was also the first to have the Unicorn supporting the arms in place of the Welsh Dragon. Bob
User Profile View All Posts by User View Thanks

bilbo		#14 Posted : 07 May 2013 11:44:39(UTC)
Rank: Super forum user		Thats funny - my copy of H&SWA hasn't got that on it at all - mine has a coat of arms with the legend "Dieu et Mon Droit"
User Profile View All Posts by User View Thanks

Jane Blunt		#15 Posted : 07 May 2013 11:57:22(UTC)
Rank: Super forum user		bilbo wrote: Thats funny - my copy of H&SWA hasn't got that on it at all - mine has a coat of arms with the legend "Dieu et Mon Droit" Look at the shield between the lion and the unicorn.
User Profile View All Posts by User View Thanks

bilbo		#16 Posted : 07 May 2013 13:31:29(UTC)
Rank: Super forum user		Dooh! - Silly me - you are of course, quite right! That'll teach me to look more closely.
User Profile View All Posts by User View Thanks

Users browsing this topic

Guest