"Children's groups have been warned not to play games in the dark after the Court of Appeal upheld a compensation award to a scout injured during night activities."
Sad but true. No longer will Blind Man's Buff be allowed at children's parties. No-one is willing to take the chance of being sued by a invited guest's parents should a child be injured in their home whilst playing this popular party game.
Some people are so afraid of being sued that they are not allowing ANY children into their homes until they reach the age of 18.
Mrs. Nellie Snodgrass of Middlesbrough commented,
"Ee well A mean, it's no good 'aving kids in yer 'ouse in case they fall over and bang their 'ead on the corner o' the coffee table is i'? A mean, everyone's suin' the arse of everyone else these days aren' thee. It's just no' werth i' anymore.
Only last Wedensdee me sister 'ad a woman call 'er, ooz kid fell off a swing in 'er back garden and she threatened to sue me sister just coz 'er own stoopid bloody kid fell of a freakin' swing.
Wot's the werld cummin' to when yer can' even fall off a swing? Ma kids are always fallin' off the bleedin' swing for Chris'sake. It's wotz called an 'optical 'azard' fer kids. They're always fallin' off, over or down bloody things. Well ours are any'ow. Clumsy sods. Christ Ah wouldn go 'round suin' any Tom, Dick or 'Arry though."
When asked what she thought about the ban on children playing games 'in the dark' as a result of a boy scout suffering a shoulder injury years ago, and receiving compensation from the Scouting Association, she answered,
"Well, a don' know noffin' 'bout the scouts like....burra do feel sorry for all those blind kids wot can' see in the ferst place. Duz tha' mean they won' be able to play games now. Poor sods. They 'ave it 'ard enough as it is - 'aving to use sign language an' all tha'."
The debate of whether or not children should be allowed to play in the dark, continues. More as we get it.
