Masses of children injured by eggs (apparently)
If I had written this about Ashthorpe Magna I would have been accused of fantasy – “It could never happen, Maurice”! But happen it did.
The Court Leet of Alcester, the town in which I have lived for nearly a quarter of a century, organised a Free Family Bar-b-Que Day at the new Scout and Guide field. Lots of games and events arranged for the children. The weather was pleasant for this year, and the Court Officers cooked like mad until every sausage and burger was well and truly dead!
Then came the nice ladies who were organising the Egg and Spoon Race – BUT….. they were told that Egg and Spoon was now illegal, and only little potatoes can be used – TRUE. Of course, like me you probably remember the times when our national Accident and Emergency Services collapsed due to the masses of children taking their Egg Injuries to the local A & E Hospital. I suppose they there had to queue behind the hoards with the dreaded Conker Injury! Are we really going mad as a nation! You may like to look at www.capc.co.uk .
The world has turned into a mad mad place, I tell you what I would be much happier meeting my 7 year old in a dark alley with an egg than a potato (regardless of size), much less painful (unless he managed to break it in my eye and have nasty sharp shards of egg shell imbed themselves in my cornea!!!). I wonder what they will ban next?