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 KalashnikovMarine wrote:
I'm adding these to my "List of Stuff I want to eat from the U.K." with Branston Pickle. a full English breakfast, fish and chips in their native environment and a Ploughman's lunch... oh! and beer of course! lots of that! with any luck I'll be making a trip over this summer.

honestly man, i'd hold off till the fall, and catch some great rugby while you're there

 Kilkrazy wrote:
Flapjacks and Branston probably won't go well together.

Not at the same time of course

and I'd be on a Semester at Sea, I might have like a day in Britain as I transfer over if I get creative with my plane tickets

 notprop wrote:
What about their right to bare flapjacks?

What happens if we have an oppressive government or the Normans invade or something?

Umm that family has most moved to America. Hi I'm one of them!

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:
They look kinda like granola bars... and solid.

They are soft and chewy, but yeah, kind of like a granola bar. They are VERY sweet.


feth it, tomorrow I'm making flapjacks. I'm thinking apple and cinnamon.

 Alfndrate wrote:
Oh it's a translation issue... in 'MURICA, flapjacks = thick pancakes.

But we're talking about these things right?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flapjack_%28oat_bar%29


If that's the case, this makes a whole lot more sense now.

BAN THEM ALL!

I havnt eaten since this morning------GIMME

But seriously if this ridicoulous health and safety isnt curbed from its rampant ways it wont be long until we are living an a cotton wool land

 master of ordinance wrote:

 Alfndrate wrote:
Oh it's a translation issue... in 'MURICA, flapjacks = thick pancakes.

But we're talking about these things right?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flapjack_%28oat_bar%29


If that's the case, this makes a whole lot more sense now.

BAN THEM ALL!

I havnt eaten since this morning------GIMME

But seriously if this ridicoulous health and safety isnt curbed from its rampant ways it wont be long until we are living an a cotton wool land

Think of the children. Cotton Wool could be a choking hazard...

I made flapjacks today. They were awesome.

"School dinner staff have been banned from serving triangular flapjacks after one was thrown and hurt a pupil.
Caterers at Castle View School in Canvey Island, Essex, have been told instead to cut their flapjacks into squares or rectangles"

Because, of course, squares and rectangles have less corners than triangles, and are therefore safer...

kronk wrote:I liked Welsh Cakes when I was over there. *Waves hand towards the North East*

Those two are deadly weapons in the right hands, give a welshman a box of his nan's homemade welshcakes and a file and he'll have a set of razor-sharp throwing discs in no time

Unrelated, but my nan makes awesome welshcakes, and now I will have to request a batch this weekend...

 Skarwael wrote:
Only in Britain.

No, no....we're certainly capable of the same levels of stupidity.

I have to point out, as is most of the health and safety nonsense in this country; it's nothing to do with the health and safety executive, and entirely to do with an over-zealous jobsworth who doesn't understand the actual requirements of the legislation.

Triangular Flapjacks aren't dangerous. Throwing anything with weight at someone's eye is the dangerous bit.

Britain is a lot worse than Germany or Ireland for Health and Safety lunacy. I'm not sure what causes it, really. My brother had some whacky experiences while he was in the Marines in this regard. And being a school teacher I often saw some pretty silly decisions on HS grounds while other more obviously dangerous stuff was ignored because it wasn't part of any "system".

Very odd indeed, since everyone I spoke to detested all the health and safety hysteria.

 Eggs wrote:
I have to point out, as is most of the health and safety nonsense in this country; it's nothing to do with the health and safety executive, and entirely to do with an over-zealous jobsworth who doesn't understand the actual requirements of the legislation.

Triangular Flapjacks aren't dangerous. Throwing anything with weight at someone's eye is the dangerous bit.

A lot of it is because of the threat of lawsuits too. There are some people happy to profit from this.

I work around the field of health and safety, and I agree that the litigation culture is a part of the problem. The other factor is that a huge amount of health and safety officers are entirely theoretical based. I.e. they carry out risk assessments etc while they are sitting at a desk, and have very little or no experience of practically implementing h&s policies. As a result, they end up with a skewed and over the top policy, which in the cold light of day is actually lunacy. They interpret the existing legislation in a nonsensical way.

Could the school get sued for having triangular 'dangerous' flap jacks? No.
Could they be sued for consistently not maintaining discipline, and allowing food to be thrown around all the time, resulting in repeated injuries? Absolutely.

Edit - typo

 Kilkrazy wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-21923218

TLR

A school canteen has banned triangular flapjacks after one was thrown and hit a pupil's eye.

This is almost definitely a publicity stunt made by teachers to try and get across this very issue: that Health + Safety has become OTT. Same with the Safety Goggles thing with conkers a while back.

The sad thing is, the law hasn't really changed since 1974 - the health and safety at work act hasn't been amended since. It's all overreaction to the fear of litigation. That's pretty much the only import I'd like to send back to America. (I'll keep McDonald's and Hollywood thanks).