When triangular flapjacks are banned, only outlaws...

[Gob]

A school's decision to ban triangular flapjacks after a pupil was hurt has been labelled "half-baked" by the Health and Safety Executive.




It follows an incident at Castle View School in Canvey Island, Essex, when a boy was hit in the face by a flapjack.

Catering staff at the school have been told only to serve square or rectangular flapjacks.

The school said the "isolated accident" had led to a review of "the texture and shape of the flapjacks" provided.


A spokesman for the Health and Safety Executive said: "We often come across half-baked decisions taken in the name of health and safety, but this one takes the biscuit.

"The real issue isn't what shape the flapjacks are, but the fact that pupils are throwing them at each other - and that's a matter of discipline, and has got nothing to do with health and safety as we know it.

"We're happy to make clear that flapjacks of all shapes and sizes continue to have our full backing."

Health and safety advisor Ray Hurst said he could not understand why triangular flapjacks had been banned, but not those cut into squares or rectangles.

"Anything that is thrown is likely to cause injury if it hits somebody, especially in the face or the eye," said Mr Hurst, former president of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health.

"It does seem a little over the top to ban triangular flapjacks," he said.

Essex County Council said it did not give schools guidance on the shapes of foodstuffs.

[oldr_n_wsr]

That does not look like what I have known as a flap jack. And in no way would any shape of a flap jack I know of hurt anyone other than maybe a mild burn.

[Lord Jim]

I'm with oldr...

In this country, "flap jack" is just another expression for "pancake"...

I have no idea what that bumpy thing in the picture in the OP is...

[Guinevere]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flapjack_(oat_bar)

[quote]A flapjack is a sweet tray-baked oat bar made from rolled oats, butter, brown sugar and golden syrup. This dish is found in the United Kingdom, Ireland and also in Australasia, but known there as a "cereal bar". In other countries, including Canada, the United States, and South Africa, flapjack refers to a form of pancake, and similar products are referred to as "granola bars".[/quote]

I can see where getting the corner of a granola bar in the eye could hurt!

[oldr_n_wsr]

Well what we need is a banning of throwing granola bars. Call Mayor Bloomberg. Get him going on this it's right up his alley. wait, maybe it's not up his alley. How many calories are in that "flapjack"?

[Lord Jim]

I can see where getting the corner of a granola bar in the eye could hurt!

Getting hit with a granola bar period could hurt, (no matter what shape) those things a hard...

On the other hand, nobody is going to get hurt being hit with a pancake, unless it was made by this lady: