"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
British Park Benches Three Inches Too Low
Submitted by Mike Powers on Sun, 2007-06-03 16:00
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"Park benches across the country will have to be replaced at a cost of hundreds of thousands of pounds--because they are too low. Under new health and safety laws, benches must be more than 17.75 inches high so the elderly and disabled can get off them easily." That noise you hear is Orwell rolling over in his grave.
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