Why have schools banned conkers!

[space1999]

Ok I sent my son to school with stringed conkers - one for everyone so he can have fun in the play ground. He was told he could give them out at breaktime, but the kids had to put them in their bags and not play with them! Has our country gone mad! Why can't they play conkers at school like we did????? It's fun, aren't kids allowed to have fun anymore! Damn silly if you ask me!

[OllieC]

elf and safety, innit bruv.

[V8S]

Because parents are stupid and litigious.

[thehawk]

Yes, sadly they were banned after several public boys schools were found tying them to string and using them as anal beads.

[whitechief]

A bit of common sense for once

From the article:

The HSE said the safety risk from playing conkers was "incredibly low and not worth bothering about".



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7637605.stm

Edited by whitechief on Thursday 2nd October 16:09

[grumbledoak]

V8S said:

Because parents are stupid and litigious.

^^^ That. The self same morons who would happily feed their child a kebab every night will get very upset if their 'little darling' hurts a finger. And, they'll smell money.

[Ganglandboss]

whitechief said:

A bit of common sense for once

From the article:

The HSE said the safety risk from playing conkers was "incredibly low and not worth bothering about".



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7637605.stm

Edited by whitechief on Thursday 2nd October 16:09

From the HSE 'Myths' section on their website.

http://www.hse.gov.uk/myth/september.pdf

As usual, the problem is not with the legislation or the HSE but with moronic misinterpretation.

[Timmy35]

Little boys play conkers.

Little girls tend not to.

Grown up girls are key voters in the UK.

Hence the law is dictated by the worries of grown up girls. Applied to all children
and indeed all adults who are now treated like children by nanny.

[space1999]

Timmy35 said:

Little boys play conkers.

Little girls tend not to.

Grown up girls are key voters in the UK.

Hence the law is dictated by the worries of grown up girls. Applied to all children
and indeed all adults who are now treated like children by nanny.

But I'm a grown up girl! Bloody angry one for schools being over protective and damn stupid! Why can't kids just be kids!

[sneijder]

They ban them every year, and it gets reported here and in the Daily Mail.

It all hinges on the same reason 'Wet Floor' signs are in every public place frequented by chav scum, even if the floor is bone dry, just in case.

[space1999]

whitechief said:

A bit of common sense for once

From the article:

The HSE said the safety risk from playing conkers was "incredibly low and not worth bothering about".



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7637605.stm

Edited by whitechief on Thursday 2nd October 16:09

Thanks for that! Feel like printing it off and sending it to the head!

[Eddh]

Conkers got banned when I was in school a few years, with bloody god reason most of the time though!

[beanbag]

space1999 said:

whitechief said:

A bit of common sense for once

From the article:

The HSE said the safety risk from playing conkers was "incredibly low and not worth bothering about".



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7637605.stm

Edited by whitechief on Thursday 2nd October 16:09

Thanks for that! Feel like printing it off and sending it to the head!

Don't "feel like it". Just bloody do it!

Your head sounds like my primary school head. She used to whine on about there being no winners or losers. If you take part, you are all winners. What a load of ste she came up with!

At least she didn't ban conkers though.....

[largerandrock]

There all to busy happy slapping and stabing people to play with conkers! well so the newspapers keep telling us

[space1999]

beanbag said:

space1999 said:

whitechief said:

A bit of common sense for once

From the article:

The HSE said the safety risk from playing conkers was "incredibly low and not worth bothering about".



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7637605.stm

Edited by whitechief on Thursday 2nd October 16:09

Thanks for that! Feel like printing it off and sending it to the head!

Don't "feel like it". Just bloody do it!

Your head sounds like my primary school head. She used to whine on about there being no winners or losers. If you take part, you are all winners. What a load of ste she came up with!

At least she didn't ban conkers though.....

You know what I will! Thanks beanbag! Honestly it just winds me up! Kids learn by playing and if you take that away how the hell are they going to learn and treat people with respect! We all learnt didn't we!

[whitechief]

space1999 said:

whitechief said:

A bit of common sense for once

From the article:

The HSE said the safety risk from playing conkers was "incredibly low and not worth bothering about".



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7637605.stm

Edited by whitechief on Thursday 2nd October 16:09

Thanks for that! Feel like printing it off and sending it to the head!

Do it! Killjoys should not be allowed to take the fun out of childhood because of their own skewed ideas.

[Sciroccology]

Don't worry, they soon won't be a problem:

http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/Contest-may...

[beanbag]

It's funny really since nobody has really heard of conkers here in mainland Europe!

I'm teaching my OH's little sister to play and she's loving it!

[Famous Graham]

whitechief said:

A bit of common sense for once

From the article:

The HSE said the safety risk from playing conkers was "incredibly low and not worth bothering about".



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7637605.stm

Edited by whitechief on Thursday 2nd October 16:09

Err..why are they dressed as nuns?

[Oakey]

beanbag said:

space1999 said:

whitechief said:

A bit of common sense for once

From the article:

The HSE said the safety risk from playing conkers was "incredibly low and not worth bothering about".



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7637605.stm

Edited by whitechief on Thursday 2nd October 16:09

Thanks for that! Feel like printing it off and sending it to the head!

Don't "feel like it". Just bloody do it!

Your head sounds like my primary school head. She used to whine on about there being no winners or losers. If you take part, you are all winners. What a load of ste she came up with!

At least she didn't ban conkers though.....

At which point you said "Tell that to the Germans / Japanese / insert any other big losses in history", right?