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Just one request....please could we sign someone I've actually heard of before? Thanks

Bit brave to be out in a boat in this weather

Dr who?

How come I've never heard of him?

I looked in the Mirror this morning. Very ugly

Bugger. I was convinced it was Dusty Bin. BFH for me

Simple solution to this one.... Every regular punter boycotts Ladbrokes until they pay this chap his winnings. They would soon lose more than the payout.

Fair point - I probably made the waiver more complicated than it needed to be....just make the parents sign a form that makes any accident their responsibility and not the school's. Ah - I'll stop myself there - I can see where this is going now..."Define an 'accident' " As I said yesterday, time to throw in the towel on this country's libel laws as there's always a loophole waiting to be exploited by some half wit parent.

There's a simple answer to that one....get those parents who want to "risk" sending their kids to school in "bad" weather to sign a liability waiver form at the beginning of the school year so that the parents assume responsibilty.

Just been reading all the clues and, by jove, I think I've got it.... Or it could be the Mini Cooper Estate of course...

Sorry, just got caught up in the heat of the debate. I'm quite nice, if a little derranged, most of the time.

Just off to chance my luck with the gas cooker. Wish me well. At least the hospital will still be open if I blow up the house.

Ok, I give up. You're right. I hereby throw in the towel....it's all the rage apparently

I can list all the reasons I disagree if that helps

So, if the system is 'broke' we should roll over and accept it rather than try and dig society out of the apathetic cess pit that it has ended up in?

Ah, ok....let's all turn into a "can't do" rather than a "can do" society. This country is going down the pan.

I disagree

So sad, so true.

That was one of the great things about going to school in the '70s and '80s....we made massive slides the length of the playground and the teachers joined in.

Why can't schools operate a similar 'skeleton' service to hospitals rather than the lazy 'all or nothing' approach? It worked fine 25 years ago, why not now?

My kids are more at risk walking to school when the eather is fine as the cars are going much faster. Much less dangerours walking to school in snow. So, no, I wouldn't be putting my child at any greater risk than normal.

That would account for why my local Iceland store closed down I guess.

My wife and sister-in-law work in the local hospital here in snowbound north east hampshire and they are managing fine. Still, easier to generalise I guess... No-one is asking for a 'normal service' at schools, just that they stay open to accept those pupils and teachers that are able to get in and run a skeleton service. I spent many happy snow days in the school hall when I was a kid.

Hoorah....I just won the £10 sweepstake here on the first teacher to come on here and mention the phrase "free babysitting service" And here was me thinking my child's education, whoops, sorry, babysitting service, was paid for by our extortionate taxes.

Why do they fail?