Diet Santa

**idb** · 3rd December 2005, 20:56

*Sigh*
Went down to the Santa parade in Invercargill today.
Pretty good it was too.
I noticed there were no freebies being flung off the floats this year, I love battling the pre-schoolers for the lollies, I usually win too...........
Anyhoo, I was chatting to a cop I know and he told me that no-one was allowed to throw lollies any more cause of the risk of injury to the bystanders.
I feel like crying.
I despair of this society sometimes, I really do...................

**ducatilover** · 3rd December 2005, 20:59

mwahahahahahahaha what the cop didnt tell you is they send em all to meeeeee

**scumdog** · 4th December 2005, 04:01

It was the risk of paper-cuts from the lolly-wrappers you see... they could get infected and turn nasty, gangrene could form and the next thing? frzzzip, somebody has had their lips amputated to stop the gangrene spreading

Pity we couldn't get Parliament infected eh? Give 'em free MacIntosh lollies..

**inlinefour** · 4th December 2005, 05:12

And some people wonder why I want to be politically incorrect??? Where does the B/S end people?

**Sniper** · 4th December 2005, 07:10

What a stupid fucken country to say that a lolly scramble tradition is cancelled. There is always a risk of injury when we step outside our front doors, why ruin everything?

**sunhuntin** · 4th December 2005, 14:11

soon we will have to fill in a consent form to breath, and while waiting for disapproval to do so, we will all die from lack of oxygen!

**Sniper** · 4th December 2005, 14:12

Originally Posted by sunhuntin

soon we will have to fill in a consent form to breath, and while waiting for disapproval to do so, we will all die from lack of oxygen!

I nominate all the politicians to go first:eyepoke:

**Highlander** · 4th December 2005, 15:29

Before you know it they'll ban Santa parades for fear of Men standing near unacompanied minors....

**Wolf** · 4th December 2005, 15:36

Ban going outdoors, too - that's where you get sunburned and stalkers can follow you home and you might be knocked down crossing the road and ...

**myvice** · 4th December 2005, 19:59

Wont someone think of the children????

**ducatilover** · 4th December 2005, 20:17

Originally Posted by myvice

Wont someone think of the children????

fuck the..... no i'm not saying that....:slap:

**Biff** · 5th December 2005, 09:07

Oh no. I thought I'd seen the last of this kinda over protective shite when I moved here.

They cut down a load of chestnut trees 1/2 mile form my kids school back in the UK - just in case some of the school kids picked up some chestnuts and attempted to play 'conkers'.

Stoopid, stoopid world.

**dawnrazor** · 5th December 2005, 09:16

Originally Posted by Highlander

Before you know it they'll ban Santa parades for fear of Men standing near unacompanied minors....

mightn't be a bad idea to ban the whitcholls 50 foot santa from queen strret. that fucker gives me the creeps every time i see him, and i can't help looking at that winking finger

**Colapop** · 5th December 2005, 09:20

I remember when I was a kid they used to spray us with the fire hose from the back of teh firetruck AND throw lollies at us. My old man was a volunteer fireman and the y had about 10 or so huge bags for the parade. And it wasn't just the firemen, all floats had lollies.

**phoenixgtr** · 5th December 2005, 09:29

Originally Posted by Colapop

I remember when I was a kid they used to spray us with the fire hose from the back of teh firetruck AND throw lollies at us. My old man was a volunteer fireman and the y had about 10 or so huge bags for the parade. And it wasn't just the firemen, all floats had lollies.

Those really were the days. We had that sort of treatment 2. It was awesome!!