This Has Turned Into A Real Basket Case
Health and safety officials in England have demanded that a knitting basket be removed from a hospital's waiting area. Patients and visitors have used the box, which has a sign saying: ``Knit a square while you are waiting'', for three years. The finished items are sewn into blankets and sent to charity shops. But a health and safety official at Congleton War Memorial Hospital in Cheshire declared the knitting needles were dangerous and the basket is now hidden behind the main reception desk and handed out only on request.
FOOTNOTE: So, who’s the real sew-and-sew here?
16 comments:
We can always count on you for purls of wisdom.
i'm a-frayed the reasoning behind overprotective administraots making such decisions has completely unravelled.
*administrators
Of course, the needles were a ploy BY the hospital to get more people admitted. Good to see the government catching on....
just SO stupid!
Well, sure. I could poke my eye out with knitting needles.
I would reason that the real danger is the miriad of germs that could get spread from one person to the next. *yikes*
Hi Craver,
You win that round, sir. I shan't (ahem) knit-pick!
Keep smiling
David
G;day Lime
Yes, ``unravelled'' being the operative word.
Keep smiling
David
Hi Brian,
Perfect logic - as always. I wondered what the ploy really was!
Keep smiling
David
Hi Simon,
And petty, too!
Keep smiling
David
Hi Nessa,
I guess my eyes are safe, because I don't know how to knit!
Keep smiling
David
Hi Queen,
Me neither, except that I'm glad I won't be going there!
Keep smiling
David
HI Merisi,
I think they used to disinfect the needles every time. No? Surely not!!
Keep smiling
David
ARgh! Why does progress always seem to mean taking the fun away?
that thin end of the wedge is getting ever fatter. Taking away everything that we might hurt ourselves with, like we are all children. The nanny state rolls on.
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