Comments on: U.K.: “Old school tie is shunned amid safety concerns” http://overlawyered.com/2009/05/uk-old-school-tie-is-shunned-amid-safety-concerns/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:26:26 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Litigiator http://overlawyered.com/2009/05/uk-old-school-tie-is-shunned-amid-safety-concerns/comment-page-1/#comment-48682 Litigiator Wed, 20 May 2009 14:55:53 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=11210#comment-48682 Next come velcro strap shoes to save us all from the dangers of untied shoelaces. Next come velcro strap shoes to save us all from the dangers of untied shoelaces.

]]> By: Dr. T http://overlawyered.com/2009/05/uk-old-school-tie-is-shunned-amid-safety-concerns/comment-page-1/#comment-48575 Dr. T Tue, 19 May 2009 00:08:08 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=11210#comment-48575 "switching to clip-on ties because of the potential strangulation risks" Yes, I can image it: boys on a field trip to a dairy farm, one boy trips, gets his necktie hooked on a barbed wire fence, and strangles because nobody figures out that lifting him will relieve the pressure, and, of course, nobody in England can carry a knife and cut the tie. “switching to clip-on ties because of the potential strangulation risks”

Yes, I can image it: boys on a field trip to a dairy farm, one boy trips, gets his necktie hooked on a barbed wire fence, and strangles because nobody figures out that lifting him will relieve the pressure, and, of course, nobody in England can carry a knife and cut the tie.

]]> By: Greg Dwyer http://overlawyered.com/2009/05/uk-old-school-tie-is-shunned-amid-safety-concerns/comment-page-1/#comment-48500 Greg Dwyer Mon, 18 May 2009 05:53:24 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=11210#comment-48500 Seems like these schools need to talk to John Stossel. Exactly how many people have been accidentally strangled by neckties? Seems like these schools need to talk to John Stossel. Exactly how many people have been accidentally strangled by neckties?

]]> By: Greg http://overlawyered.com/2009/05/uk-old-school-tie-is-shunned-amid-safety-concerns/comment-page-1/#comment-48469 Greg Sun, 17 May 2009 17:37:53 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=11210#comment-48469 Modern Britain - a land where people are frightened by neckties, where it's thought too risky to let children possess sunscreen, where they're scared of blue skies and the sun, and where the police are required to run away from danger. You could laugh at it if the rest of the West weren't trending the same way. It's no wonder that the enemies of the West - the Islamic jihadists, the North Koreans, the nuclear-seeking Iranians, and all the others - are so confident of eventually prevailing. How could they not be confident when their enemy is so timid that its people fear neckties and sunny skies? Modern Britain – a land where people are frightened by neckties, where it’s thought too risky to let children possess sunscreen, where they’re scared of blue skies and the sun, and where the police are required to run away from danger. You could laugh at it if the rest of the West weren’t trending the same way.

It’s no wonder that the enemies of the West – the Islamic jihadists, the North Koreans, the nuclear-seeking Iranians, and all the others – are so confident of eventually prevailing. How could they not be confident when their enemy is so timid that its people fear neckties and sunny skies?

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