Brickbat: Duck

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Police in Gloucestershire, England, broke up an illegal rubber duck race. The race was being held to raise money for a charity that provides free blood and medical equipment delivery for the National Health Service. But a local law says the village green and river can't be used for fund-raising on Sundays.

Comments

[Adans smith]

Sunday is not a day for charity.

[Rich]

Indeed. It's a day of rest, not a day for the rest.

[Rich]

Take two: It's the day for a rest, not a day for the rest.

[Vapourwear]

Apparently it is the day for arrest.

[Rich]

Nice!

[ace_m82]

"they asked him, 'Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?' He said to them, 'If any of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will you not take hold of it and lift it out? How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.'"

Matthew 12:10-12

"Then he said to them, 'The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.'"

Mark 2:27

Good to know that the modern government is just as bad as the old one.

[Fist of Etiquette]

"The parish council is responsible for the upkeep of the river and the village green.

"This means every time a child pulls out the stones from the river or a someone
leaves rubbish on the green the parish council pick up the bill.

"This group who wanted to hold the duck race had not asked for permission before they just turned up.

"The bikes were left all over the green and several revved their engines which was extremely upsetting."

None of which is, of course, at all a problem on Saturday.

[Adans smith]

Since this law does not cover Friday and Saturday it's both Islamophobic and anti Semitic. Someone should get on that.

[Radioactive]

some one should get on this...points to nether regions!!!

[Agent Cooper]

This means every time a child pulls out the stones from the river or a someone
leaves rubbish on the green the parish council pick up the bill.

No, the taxpayers pick up the bill. Duh.

[thrakkorzog]

I can hope that the silliness of this law might cause some of the folks on the local village council to repeal a silly ordinance. It probably won't happen, but a person can dream.

[Radioactive]

Isn't it also against the law to burn local village council members at the stake on Thursday afternoons between 2:00 and 2:45 (GMT)?

[pan fried wylie]

45mins, is it really that inconvenient? libertarians, never happy.

[Radioactive]

plenty of time, plenty of time

[Adans smith]

I believe their heads on pikes would be more apt.

[Princess Trigger]

Oh the health department isn't going to like that.

[Ted S.]

I thought SOP was to run them through woodchippers, anyway.

[pan fried wylie]

next you'll be hoping for a vote on eating babies. you democracy freaks, it's all mob rule with you.

next you'll be proposing that maybe there are limits to what government should do. fucking nutters.

[thrakkorzog]

Hey, we have a friendly song against against heroin abuse.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APrpB-i4d_E

It's not my fault Heroin addicts act like heroin addicts.

[straffinrun]

99Rosie99 | June 23 2016, 1:11PM

I was there and the noise from all those bikes was dreadful. What hasn't been mentioned was that after the police left, some of the bikers tried to intimidate those who they (mistakenly) believed had called the police. They were hanging around outside one of the tea rooms and revving their engines. It was quite shocking.

I think Ole Rosie needs a good ducking.

[Adans smith]

'We couldn't enjoy our tea and biscuits.Bloody wankers ruined our social.'

[straffinrun]

Well she never! (Well, maybe once. Ruined the springs of her Bentley Continental)

[Adans smith]

What does a proper British lady say during sex? Beige,I think we'll paint the ceiling beige.

[straffinrun]

Nice. My type gals are the ones that say, "2 quarters and a dime. That's all I can see in between the cushions with my face mashed down like this."

[Adans smith]

Quite.

[Princess Trigger]

What-what?

[straffinrun]

Just a spin off of a Bill Burr joke.

[Pompey (91% LOLLOLZ)]

Bah ha, Tragedy of the Commons.

[WTF]

The race was being held to raise money for a charity that provides free blood and medical equipment delivery for the National Health Service.

Wait a minute, doesn't the government provide everything? For "free"? So why does the government NHS need charity?

[Adans smith]

Just like food in a certain country south of the border?.What do these two have in common? Possibly not the right TOP MEN in charge. Maybe Bernie knows?

[Radioactive]

I didn't get a harrumph from you!!!

[Radioactive]

I didn't get a harrumph from you!!!

[Adans smith]

harrumph!

[Vapourwear]

You know who else was persecuted for healing on the sabbath?

[Rich]

Tony Iommi?

[Adans smith]

Guis Lau?

[commodious]

We are the village green preservation society

[Vapourwear]

I've been singing that since reading this...

God save strawberry jam!

[KerryW]

If all of the ducks are as big as the one in the picture, they should ban duck races all the time... they will clog the river.

[Adans smith]

Now I want crispy duck.

[Rufus The Monocled]

Like I said, in or out, Europe is not about stupid laws.

[Adans smith]

So true,I'm waiting on the Iron Heads to come back.

[Robert]

How'd yellow become the default color for rubber ducks? When I was little, they were duck colored.

[Free Market Socialist $park?]

They're yellow so people won't confuse them with actual assault ducks.

[Foo_dd]

" illegal rubber duck race"

this sounded way more exciting than it was.

[jackrose]

nice post thanks admin