Nah I did that one a couple of years ago Sean and it didn't last very long. How about people banning christmas decorations in the name of H&S for a festive flavour, or overly long method statements due to client requirements for a more contemporary rant!!!

Andy

Did you see that news report yesterday about some Aussie doctors slagging off Santa as being a bad role model? He apparently promotes obesity by being stuffed full of mince pies and promotes drink driving by having a sherry at each place where he drops off pressies!

Humbug!

How about a rant defending Santa?

Can't do that - elf'n'safety!

Wouldn't want you to suffer Carbon Monoxide poisoning.

;-)

Well his name's an anagram of SATAN and he wears a red suit - a colour usually associated with the infernal fires.

Bet he's not been CRB checked either!

Sean, I think the evidence for your case is building up.

Happy Christmas.

How does he get away with carrying all that stuff, in a sack, over his shoulder? He obviously hasn't done am manual handling risk assessment so it's probably fair to say he hasn't done a confined space one either!

The man's a liabilty!

And I don't care how thick his beard is, It doesn't qualify as RPE! ;-)

Steve, spot on i totally agree.

And to prove i am a man of my words i have just taken a tour of my large office and removed paper snow flakes from the windows, Merry Christmas in 12 languages selotaped to the walls and various decorations hanging around computers.

i am and always will be a Killjoy.

And i hope HMRC catch Santa this year, i am sure he is using RED diesel. Lock him up and throw away the key.

He is proper fustrated, he only empties it once a year!

Paul
he should be barred in the Republic too, keep up the good work, he is a total menace!

No wonder you call yourself Safety Smurf, you know your stuff, but what would happen if the dodgy man decided to glide?

Please don't slag off santa, he's been very reliable over the years and never once failed to deliver my presents. Be careful what you wish for as he may decide that "enough is enough" and go on strike - then what are you going to do ???

Sean.

Santa is my best buddy this time of the year, so I am going to stick up for him. Bring it on - the rant riot .... lol

Don't work for BA - currently unemployed - I know, ah shame !

Sean

Thanks for that. All the best to you and your family over the festive season.

All the best over the festive season to everyone else.

Adrian,
Under normal circumstances i would thank you for your kind thoughts for me and my family over the festive season, however it is friday, and the last friday before christmas day, i have been in college every friday for the last 3 months and am going to make the best of the friday forum.
So Thanks but No thanks, i hope Santa's sleigh breaks down and he gets arrested for drink driving.
Bah Humbug Etc..................................................................................................................

Sean,

Oooooh, temper, temper.

Sean

LOL ......

I would like to nominate Sean as a candidate for the position of; "The Grinch"

Would anyone like to second that nomination? ;-)

Voting for yourself is a clear violation of the rule whereby you cannot count the votes of grinches, therefore I will see you and your illegal union action in the high court.

So there.

The elfin sleigh phtee patrols have finally got the fat oaf cornered, and apparently they're going to throw the book at him (once they've got it unwrapped of couse, and safely (and in an environmentally sustainable way) disposed of the waste paper in accordance with all relevant domestic and international treaty obligations.

As well as the breaches of Safety, Environmental, Child Protection and Aviation legislation which have been widely commented upon in recent years, it has become apparent that Mr Claus (aged 879643) has for many years been operating in breach of the Race Discrimination legislation, since being an 'elf' has never been proven to be a genuine occupational requirement for toymaking. Applicants from minority race groupings including the hobbits, orcs, giants, ents and dwarves have apparently lodged complaints with the equal opportunities commission alleging that Santa's recruitment procedures were at best discirminatory - and may even be seen as xenophobic.

And the Animal Welfare enforcement people have joined the queue, on the basis that healthy reindeer would never develop the rufosity forefront which (it is alleged) Mr Rudolph has been suffering for many years without appropriate veterinary attention being sought or provided.

MI5 were reputedly trying to extradite Mr Claus from the North Pole prior to his latest legal wrangles, seeking to discover how he managed to evade our National radar protection network (apparently his stealth technology is far advanced beyond anything available to allied nations). And they need to know whether any of the cameras he is known to carry were operational the last time he overflew devonport dockyards, and which foreign power he may have been selling the pictures to. It is rumoured that Mr Claus may even have been in negotiations with Al qaeda. (Although Mr qaeda's son refused to comment his wife was heard to say 'Al would never do those things they say he did, and he would certainly never have any dealings with the fat oaf on that sledge!)

Steve

ps - In case anyone is wondering. - I leave my job at the end of this year, starting a new one in January.... So I don't feel as bad as perhaps I should about wasting so much time scribbling drivel.

I second that Sean be nominated as the "Official IOSH Forum Grinch."

However, ol' Captin Ticklefoot Sean, me matey, you're still goin to walk the plank - har har ....

Adrian, i knew i could rely on you to support me, you Cornish Pasty!!

And Martin you have lost Brownie points, are you defecting, have you changed your mind about Santa??

Lads i know its friday, but come on be sensible!!

Santa's a BAD MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Grinch, or Grinchie to my mates.