I don't usually beleive what I read in the press but is this a joke?

Barks · 17 May 2009 at 20:15

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/8051982.stm

Surely they're taking the mick?

Greenlizard0 · 17 May 2009 at 20:16

Lol, how will kids run upto their mates and create a peanut now?

JBuk · 17 May 2009 at 20:16

How many children die each year due to 'tie' related accidents?

RickST · 17 May 2009 at 20:17

it is a bit ott but I dont think its that silly

iaind · 17 May 2009 at 20:17

The ones that do should be allowed to carry on doing so...its darwinian, the stupid should die.

singist · 17 May 2009 at 20:18

If the ties are all the kids have to worry about, we've got big problems.

something daft already!! · 17 May 2009 at 20:18

The Police also wear clip on ties. Seems sensible to me.

Barks · 17 May 2009 at 20:18

What annoys me most...
'It will also stop children being creative in how they wear their ties'

Do this disgusting, repulsive breed of PC cretins want us to be a nation of boring, panicked robots. What next? It's illegal to tie your own bowtie to a black tie event.

int · 17 May 2009 at 20:19

Aha, one of my mates passed out on the bus because someone peanutted his tie so hard he couldn't breath.

Had to cut it off (Y)

Begbie · 17 May 2009 at 20:19

Thats stupid, imo.

Barks · 17 May 2009 at 20:20

I've never heard of any tie related incidents but I'm sure the small number per year does not warrant this to be honest.

The logic is flawed. Ban cars because there are accidents. Ban appliances because a few people die of electrocution each year. Life is about RISKS.

Azagoth · 17 May 2009 at 20:21

Surely, if any child is stupid enough to die from a "tie related incident" then that's just evolution at work. Unless of course it's at a Church school.

Azza · 17 May 2009 at 20:22

LOL, what are you exactly going to get your tie caught in that could result in death or injury..? Especially in a school.

Barks · 17 May 2009 at 20:24

Azagoth said:
Surely, if any child is stupid enough to die from a "tie related incident" then that's just evolution at work. Unless of course it's at a Church school.

If that were on Facebook I would "like" it...

tom_e · 17 May 2009 at 20:24

They switched to them at my old school to stop the kids strolling round with their top buttons undone and their ties hanging round they stomachs

Dark_Angel · 17 May 2009 at 20:27

Azza said:
LOL, what are you exactly going to get your tie caught in that could result in death or injury..? Especially in a school.

Climbing accidents or something maybe?

Though it did make me O.o that there is actually a "Schoolwear Association"

A.N.Other · 17 May 2009 at 20:29

We used to have to take our ties off before doing any real metal / woodwork in DT, which was sensible, but I can't see the problem apart from that. You're hardly going to strangle yourself in an English lesson, are you?

Ucof · 17 May 2009 at 20:29

Completely agree with it..... but not for the safety aspect.
The "short tail and huge knot", to me, looks utterly retarded.

At school there was a broken tie pinned to a board that said something along the lines of "This is all that remains of the tie that a pupil who was not wearing an apron once wore. Thankfully he was strong enough to push himself away from the pillar drill. He didn't even think of pressing the emergency stop button."

Now, I'll agree that it was his own fault because he was not wearing a tie, but still. Accidents happen, and schools don't want to get sued.

Azza · 17 May 2009 at 20:29

Huh?

Why would you be climbing something while wearing a tie.... :confused:

laiman · 17 May 2009 at 20:30

Azza said:
LOL, what are you exactly going to get your tie caught in that could result in death or injury..? Especially in a school.

I think its totally daft too, you teach people to act safely you don't remove the danger many H+S people seem to have forgotten that recently!! Loads of stuff in schools though, could catch fire in a Bunsen burner get caught in a lathe/ drill saw etc in tech.