Heinz Beanz advert banned for health and safety reasons

my youngest two's school have given up telling me and ex about things like they run to fast or other silly things.

we went to woods other week and were climbing trees and monster hunting, the other kids there were incredulous.

my two tried getting them to join to be met with it's to dangerous we might fall out.

my girl said yeah so what? you pick yourself up and get on with that's the fun of it.

what really saddens me is lack of imagination these days.

my two have consoles and love them but love creating things when playing.

they stay with me whenever i'm not working and play out with the other kids and they will say this the whatever etc and play in the new world they have created whilst the other kids stare blankly cos they can't see that pile of bricks is a giant mountain or whatever.

So there was nothing banning tin openers that leave a sharp edge I suppose ? Just keep these loonies out of our workshops.
BobH

My youngest son used to be out all day with his mates on the rope swing over the nearby brook, he would only come home for food or a change of clothes after he fell in the brook (sometimes 2 changes in a day). He is 24 now so this was a while ago.

Mike

Common sense says that the edges of opened cans may be sharp - so the sensible person takes care - they will also teach their kids to take care. It is a sad fact of life though that there are some folk about who will seize on the slightest opportunity to extract money from any company where they think a case for negligence may be made. Companies must therefore try to protect themselves hence the seemingly petty labelling. In the end the increased costs involved affect us all.

Norman

You will only ever hear the voice of the minority on these points that seem so pathetic.

The majority (the sensible) will never be heard, and their offspring will grow up with a good base of common sense and hopefully only a few minor abrasions.

The Legal Parasites will still live off the backs of the losers of quite ridiculous scenarios. We will still pay for them one way or the other.

There will always be innumerable Quangos to ensure it continues.

I need to sit on my hands in order to prevent myself from tying what I shouldn't.

Just as a matter of interest, a quick poll is in order. How many of you:

1. have actually seen the advert?
2. aren't aware that opened cans have a razor sharp edge?
3. think that an opened tin can is a safe toy?

Dave

Given that the advert is on the BBC News page, which was linked ... I would have hoped the answer to Q1. would be 100%.

MichaelG.

We used to make string telephones with tin cans, amongst other things, and those cans had been opened using the old stab and lever openers. They left a good ragged and sharp edge to the can but I am glad to say that I have both my ears and a full set of fingers and thumbs; maybe with the odd nick or two. If it bled you let it, if it was a deep cut then perhaps a plaster but never even thought about it much and A&E was never mentioned, hell's teeth you would have to walked a mile or two to the nearest red phone box by which time it would have stopped bleeding or you would have passed out from loss of blood .

If you can get a good rhythm from a cam then good luck to them its better than mindless videos or some games.

Martin W

It seems amazing to me that an advertisement which must have been seen by millions of people should be withdrawn because of complaints by nine "Moaning Minnies", as my mum would have called them. It's time folks like this found something positive to do rather than spoil other people's fun. If they can't get proper jobs, I suggest they volunteer for a worthwhile charity rather than moan and groan.

I would hope so too Michael. I certainly did. Call me risk averse if you like but I wouldn't want any of the kiddies in my family copying that.

Dave

Playing with gasoline, making gunpowder,playing with Magnesium,slingshots, fast cars, loose girls,and failed electrical experiments. Can still count to 21 despite a few hits with a new electric drill. must mean I have had a full life.

Quite apart from the rights and wrongs, is it not perplexing that the BBC say "Advert banned! - View it here."

In my day they used to censor washing up bottles on Play School (the joyous days when a risk assessment meant use round-nosed scissors).

Neil

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One can only assume that Aunty's values differ from Nanny's **LINK**

http://www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/insidethebbc/whoweare/publicpurposes

MichaelG.

I think Mark has put his finger on what we really want to see covered in MEW!

(I'm not being sarcastic - assuming a slingshot to be a catapult, I've done all those things in my youth apart from fast cars.)

One of Mark's previous posts planted an idea in my head I can't get rid of. I can't go out of my front-door on a misty morning without listening in the hope of hearing a deer cough. That's the danger of advertising!

Dave

Yes, Dave, as a youngster I made gunpowder, set light to magnesium, gave myself more shocks than I can remember from the mains and spark plug leads, shot crappy old guns with pitted barrels, went rock climbing, rode motorbikes, and delighted in my first 100mph car. At the age of 75, I hope I never grow up!

It always made my Dad swear when I put the razor blade back in his razor after I'd trimmed the sprue of my latest kit. Funny he didn't bleed to death to be honest.

Steve

Ah, spark plug leads.

My first car was a Vauxhall Victor and I decided it would go better if I fitted it with a kit built Capacitive Discharge electronic ignition. It put 200V into the coil rather than 12. Later on the engine started misfiring on one cylinder. To find out which I pulled the spark lead off plug number one, the idea being to see if it was getting a spark. It certainly was! Apart from electrocuting me through the insulated lead and a glove, the spark jumped about 4" to the block. It hurt like hell!

I quite liked the Victor but above 80mph the steering went light and it preferred not to go round corners: I never risked it flat out - too scary. Only later did I exceed 100mph, quite by accident. I was used to judging speed by the rattles of my old banger, and didn't realise how fast I was going in a nice new hire car.

Dave

The trick with spark plug leads is to hold them firmly , plus hold the person standing next to you firmly. Then the current flows harmlessly through you & they get the shock. As shown to me by my father when i was young !!!!

I grew up on a farm and we would see who could hold on to the electric fence the longest, you soon learn not to try it with wet hands though!

Maybe we old moaners have to accept that what we considered the pains of experience in growing up in our time, is no longer possible or acceptable. So the young of today will never be able to enjoy their youth as we did.

For my experiences, I did exactly as you gents have described, some foolish ones as well. I'm still complete and with all my marbles (are they banned now?). I survive my workshop sessions undamaged. I put that down to having learnt to be fully aware of my surroundings and what can bite you back if you're not.

The BBC is really getting into 'Product Placement' now in a big way. As mentioned, it was verboten in the past!. Maybe they get revenue from it, maybe not?.

Enjoy your life the way you want to!.

Regards