BAN THEM, AND BAN THEM NOW., Triangular shaped objects around schoolchildren reveals mass panic. Options

[motormad]

You've never sampled my ex-wife's cooking then!

Haha That bad?
It's lovely honey, you say as you pour the food into a nearby plant pot.

We'll be the judge of that.

You have no right to judge me?

[Andy Capp]

You have no right to judge me?

Sadly he's right MM; our peers are our judges.

[motormad]

He's not a peer though. As I have previously met Craig David, as outlined in a previous post, we roll in different circles most likely.
For one, he does not know a dog that can do a backflip.

Besides to judge, one must know. And in this case, one knows just about naff all.

[massifheed]

Besides to judge, one must know. And in this case, one knows just about naff all.

People's opinions of you, on this forum at least, are formed by the content of your posts.

[Turin Machine]

I loved the bit about rolling in different circles! Still, made me chuckle.

[motormad]

I tell you what, I might just have to look up that post again to have another chuckle.

People's opinions of you, on this forum at least, are formed by the content of your posts.

Which is fine, because I don't care what people think about me on the forum.

[dannyboy]

How does going from three corners to four make something four times as dangerous?

Surely it's 75% more dangerous?

err a third more actually. If you have three corners & add one more....

[dannyboy]

When is a square (rhombus) not a rectangle, when a rectangle is not a rhombus (square).

when it is an oblong.

[Andy Capp]

He's not a peer though. As I have previously met Craig David, as outlined in a previous post, we roll in different circles most likely.
For one, he does not know a dog that can do a backflip.

Besides to judge, one must know. And in this case, one knows just about naff all.

Here's another old adage: 'if someone thinks you're a ****, you may as well be one'. The point is, whether someone is entitled to judge you or not, doesn't stop them from doing so.

[Turin Machine]

"If it looks like a duck, sounds like a duck and walks like a duck, it's probably a duck"

[massifheed]

Which is fine, because I don't care what people think about me on the forum.

That much is evident from the content of your posts.

[Squelchy]

You can only judge a horse by the races it's run.

[Andy1]

Triangle flapjack on a plate or is there a hidden meaning in there. We're being taken over and don't even realise

[motormad]

That much is evident from the content of your posts.

At least I'm honest about it.

Which can not be said for those in charge at the school which deemed a flapjack as a dangerous item.

[Squelchy]

At least I'm honest about it.

Which can not be said for those in charge at the school which deemed a flapjack as a dangerous item.

Where have they been dishonest?

[motormad]

It's not dangerous though is it.
It's a tasty snack item. Next they will ban eclairs because they are being confused with Nuclear Torpedos.

[GMR]

So you are suggesting if there was a dagger the kid would have thrown that? It was nothing more, in all likely hood, than a little tizzy in which some kid goes "WELL YOU WANTED THIS LAST FLAPJACK SO MUCH YOU CAN HAVE IT MWWHAH" and threw it. If he was stopped from throwing a plate I'm sure the dinner ladies could keep such a lethal projectile as a flapjack at bay.

You are surmising as I am. We both are suggesting things to back up our arguments, nothing more, nothing less. Hypothesising is all part of forum life but the truth of the matter is neither of us know what actually happened; we can only draw conclusions by what we've read or what was said.

I think it's just fair to say you believe in complete accountability (that being, if something goes wrong it's always someones fault), and I don't think that's always true, especially when it comes to something as complicated as the human mind and social interactions p

I believe in accountability as near as possible.

Even with the human mind there is always somebody to blame. If you are religious then you can blame God for the individuals faults, if you are atheist then it would be down to your DNA or genes.

Involved how though? I am not debating you were a good or bad parent; you were probably very good, but when you are not there as a parent/helper and the kids are alone at lunch, or they are whispering things in class to each other, a lot of it goes unheard. Parents are not normally allowed in classes, at least not during 2002/2007 when I was at school. During the OFSTED reports all of the idiots and morons in the class shut up for that week, amazing what someone else watching in the room does for the general attitude..

Oh, I don't disagree with you here. We can't know everything as parents or teacher, but what we can do is try to observe, read between the lines and give advice where possible. People that are given good advice and helped where possible usually end up as good rounded kids.

I had very little guidance growing up for a variety of reasons and I too ended up alright and I have no-one to thank for that aside from myself. Yes it's of course helpful if someone is there to guide but generally, without any guidance, a good kid will make the "right" decision and a bad kid would make the "wrong" one.

Yes, you make a good point. There are many kids that have grown up in appalling conditions and with bad authority teachers but ended up good decent kids, while others have grown up in "perfect conditions" (as we see from outside) and have turned out bad. I could hypothesis about this but this isn't the place for that.

I agree and if you're happy then that's the main thing

That is what it boils down to; for all of us.

[dannyboy]

You can only judge a horse by the races it's run.

or the tenderness of the fillet.

[Exhausted]

I thought a flapjack was a fairly soft piece of pastry so unlikely to cause any injury. Might get a bit of sugar in the eyeball but that would probably wash out with the tears.
What I don't understand is how a square flapjack is safer. Cut it from corner to corner and you now have two lethal weapons.

This really is a non story as someone suggested and if it really happened and was scaled up to the level of a national news story the whole lot should be ashamed.

Food fights are more likely to take place in public schools and top end universities and are seen as jolly good fun what.

[JeffG]

What I don't understand is how a square flapjack is safer. Cut it from corner to corner and you now have two lethal weapons.

I was going to joke that you could fashion a throwing star from one. Then I found this web site. It just reinforces my view that the Americans are crazy when it comes to making deadly weapons legal.

Oh, hold on: at the bottom of the page it says "These are dangerous weapons and should be treated as such!". Phew! That's all right, then.