Santa Told To Remove His Long White Beard.

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2834554/Taxi-driver-banned-dressing-Santa-raise-money-charity-council-bosses-say-beard-stop-passengers-identifying-broke-law.html

This is a laugh coming from Barnsley Council, even some of their police have been known to go around with their faces covered, so successful in fact that it was copied later by Sheffield police.

/// The clothes-swapping day took place earlier this year in Sheffield town centre and followed a similar event in Barnsley. ///

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/5967944/Police-dress-up-in-burkhas-to-improve-community-relations.html

[jackthehat]

Well done, AOG.....

Taking a story about 'safety' and managing to hitch is to one of your usual hobby-horses.

[jackthehat]

*it

[Old_Geezer]

Quite right too,. Long white breads today; niqabs tomorrow !

[Old_Geezer]

beards.
like I %&*$"&!%!&% typed

[janbee]

Is Santa supposed to be clean shaven nowadays? Ho ho ho...

[sandyRoe]

they banning French Sticks, surely not? ☺

[ludwig]

Surely a long white beard is a very distinctive feature and could only help to identify the man.

[anotheoldgit]

jackthehat

/// Well done, AOG.....///

/// Taking a story about 'safety' and managing to hitch is to one of your usual hobby-horses. ///

No need to congratulate me JTH, certain events these days makes it so easy for me.

[ludwig]

There must be some kind of claus in the regulations.

[jackthehat]

You're not wrong there, AOG.....

You find it surprisingly easy to conflate two separate stories/issues into a fairly unpleasant agenda all of your own.

[ludwig]

Has the Sun done the 'elf and safety' headline on this yet?

[anotheoldgit]

jackthehat

/// You find it surprisingly easy to conflate two separate stories/issues into a fairly unpleasant agenda all of your own. ///

Since you have made a personal accusation against me, perhaps now you would care to highlight this "fairly unpleasant agenda" that you accuse me of, in this particular instance.

Because I can find none, all I have done here is to state facts, followed up by true proof, not just some unspecified unpleasant agenda such is thrown out by yourself.

[anotheoldgit]

jackthehat

conflate : mix together different elements.

Subject Face Covering, in this case one element.

[Zacs-Master]

I think JTH means that you have taken the Santa story and attempted to link it to policemen / women covering themselves up in a rather tenuous dig at people who wear Burkhas. Unlike Burkhas, we can see through this.

[Zeuhl]

Well I wouldn't get into a cab driven by someone wearing a face veil or any other kind of mask.

[Zacs-Master]

Zeuhl, it was a mini bus, not a taxi in the traditional sense.

[ludwig]

What he should do is wear a burkha with the beard underneath it and a Santa hat on top. Just to confuse the *** out of everyone.

[Zacs-Master]

I see the OP hasn't commented further.

[ChillDoubt]

Reminds me a little of this:

Nelson: "Order the signal, Hardy."

Hardy: "Aye, aye sir."

Nelson: "Hold on, that's not what I dictated to Flags. What's the meaning of this?"

Hardy: "Sorry sir?"

Nelson (reading aloud): "' England expects every person to do his or her duty, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, religious persuasion or disability.' - What gobbledegook is this?"

Hardy: "Admiralty policy, I'm afraid, sir. We're an equal
opportunities employer now. We had the devil's own job getting 'England' past the censors, lest it be considered racist."

Nelson: "Gadzooks, Hardy. Hand me my pipe and tobacco."

Hardy: "Sorry sir. All naval vessels have now been designated smoke-free working environments."

Nelson: "In that case, break open the rum ration. Let us splice the mainbrace to steel the men before battle."

Hardy: "The rum ration has been abolished, Admiral. Its part of the Government's policy on binge drinking."

Nelson: "Good heavens, Hardy. I suppose we'd better get on with it........... full speed ahead."

Hardy: "I think you'll find that there's a 4 knot speed limit in this stretch of water."

Nelson: "Damn it man! We are on the eve of the greatest sea battle in history. We must advance with all dispatch. Report from the crow's nest please."

Hardy: "That won't be possible, sir."

Nelson: "What?"

Hardy: "Health and Safety have closed the crow's nest, sir. No harness; and they said that rope ladders don't meet regulations. They won't let anyone up there until a proper scaffolding can be erected."

Nelson: "Then get me the ship's carpenter without delay, Hardy."

Hardy: "He's busy knocking up a wheelchair access to the foredeck Admiral."

Nelson: "Wheelchair access? I've never heard anything so absurd."

Hardy: "Health and safety again, sir. We have to provide a barrier-free environment for the differently abled."

Nelson: "Differently abled? I've only one arm and one eye and I refuse even to hear mention of the word. I didn't rise to the rank of admiral by playing the disability card."

Hardy: "Actually, sir, you did. The Royal Navy is under represented in the areas of visual impairment and limb deficiency."

Nelson: "Whatever next? Give me full sail. The salt spray beckons."

Hardy: "A couple of problems there too, sir. Health and safety won't let the crew up the rigging without hard hats. And they don't want anyone breathing in too much salt - haven't you seen the adverts?"

Nelson: "I've never heard such infamy. Break out the cannon and tell the men to stand by to engage the enemy."

Hardy: "The men are a bit worried about shooting at anyone, Admiral."

Nelson: "What? This is mutiny!"

Hardy: "It's not that, sir. It's just that they're afraid of being charged with murder if they actually kill anyone. There's a couple of legal-aid lawyers on board, watching everyone like hawks."

Nelson: "Then how are we to sink the Frenchies and the Spanish?"

Hardy: "Actually, sir, we're not."

Nelson: "We're not?"

Hardy: "No, sir. The French and the Spanish are our European partners now. According to the Common Fisheries Policy, we shouldn't even be in this stretch of water. We could get hit with a claim for compensation."

Nelson: "But you must hate a Frenchman as you hate the devil."

Hardy: "I wouldn't let the ship's diversity co-ordinator hear you saying that sir. You'll be up on disciplinary report."

Nelson: "You must consider every man an enemy, who speaks ill of your King."

Hardy: "Not any more, sir. We must be inclusive in this multicultural age. Now put on your Kevlar vest; it's the rules. It could save your life"

Nelson: "Don't tell me - health and safety. Whatever happened to rum, sodomy and the lash?"

Hardy: As I explained, sir, rum is off the menu! And there's a ban on corporal punishment."

Nelson: "What about sodomy?"

Hardy: "I believe that is now legal, sir."

Nelson: "In that case............................... kiss me, Hardy."

[anotheoldgit]

Zacs-Master

/// I see the OP hasn't commented further. ///

Get to bed earlier, your lack of sleep is making you grumpy.