Completely Conkers!: What Drives You Nuts About Modern Britain - Couverture rigide

Stroud, Jon; Jackson, Will

 
9781849530040: Completely Conkers!: What Drives You Nuts About Modern Britain
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ISBN 10 : 1849530041 ISBN 13 : 9781849530040
Editeur : Summersdale Publishers, 2009

Synopsis

Who would live in a country where no child is allowed to win a race on sports day and you can lose your job for forwarding an ‘Irish joke’ email? About 60 million Britons, that’s who!

This laugh-out-loud collection of ludicrous laws, political correctness gone mad, moneywasting council schemes and ridiculous red tape reveals how:

  • Trapeze artists were told by insurers to wear hard hats in accordance with the European Union’s Temporary Work at Heights directive.
  • After falling in the prison shower, a career criminal was compensated £248,000, including a substantial amount ‘for lost earnings’.
  • A phone contractor was not qualified to dig a six-inch-deep trench because he did not have ‘underground capability’.

NB: This book doesn’t come with a safety warning. If you cut yourself on the paper, you can sod off.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Who would live in a country where no child is allowed to win a race on sports day and you can lose your job for forwarding an 'Irish joke' email? About 60 million Britons, that's who! This laugh-out-loud collection of ludicrous laws, political correctness gone mad, money-wasting council schemes and ridiculous red tape reveals how: trapeze artists were told by insurers to wear hard hats in accordance with the European Union's Temporary Work at Heights directive; after falling in the prison shower, a career criminal was compensated GBP 248,000, including a substantial amount 'for lost earnings'; and, a phone contractor was not qualified to dig a six-inch-deep trench because he did not have 'underground capability'. NB: this book doesn't come with a safety warning. If you cut yourself on the paper, you can sod off.

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Éditeur
Summersdale Publishers
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1849530041
ISBN 13 
9781849530040
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
224
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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