Banning Clowns? What's next...
Aug 16, 2007 0:48:11 GMT -5
Post by mft on Aug 16, 2007 0:48:11 GMT -5
Balloon ban wipes smile off British clown's face
Sad Clown Barney Baloney Talks About the Balloon Ban
A British clown has had the smile wiped off his face after being told he couldn't use balloons in his act because children might be allergic to latex.
Barney Baloney said he was told by bosses at a supermarket where he was booked to appear that he should leave his balloons at home because of the potential for allergic reactions.
The 47-year-old entertainer, also known as Tony Turner, has previously had to ditch his bubble-making machine because he could not get public liability insurance as companies assessed that youngsters might slip and hurt themselves.
He said he was also told by one venue he could not twist balloons into the shape of guns for fear of encouraging youngsters to commit violence, although swords were deemed acceptable.
"At this rate I will have no act left. Things are going from crazy to ridiculous," Baloney, from Sheffield, northern England, was quoted as saying by the Yorkshire Post regional newspaper.
"This country is going crazy with its political correctness and health and safety issues and it's making us a laughing stock."
A spokesman for the Tesco supermarket in Leeds where he was due to appear refused to back down: "This is a health and safety issue.
"We have banned balloons because latex is used in the manufacture of them and this can trigger an allergic reaction in some children. We always have the welfare of children at heart."
Wow, the world is really making a turn for the good isn't it. Just a nice world where clowns are banned from making "balloon guns" for kids in fear it may make them turn out to be lunatic gunmen, but illegal aliens, in the US, are free on bond after numerous arrests, included a sexual assault on a four year old, then kill three innocent kids getting ready to start college.
Thank you secular world!
Sad Clown Barney Baloney Talks About the Balloon Ban
A British clown has had the smile wiped off his face after being told he couldn't use balloons in his act because children might be allergic to latex.
Barney Baloney said he was told by bosses at a supermarket where he was booked to appear that he should leave his balloons at home because of the potential for allergic reactions.
The 47-year-old entertainer, also known as Tony Turner, has previously had to ditch his bubble-making machine because he could not get public liability insurance as companies assessed that youngsters might slip and hurt themselves.
He said he was also told by one venue he could not twist balloons into the shape of guns for fear of encouraging youngsters to commit violence, although swords were deemed acceptable.
"At this rate I will have no act left. Things are going from crazy to ridiculous," Baloney, from Sheffield, northern England, was quoted as saying by the Yorkshire Post regional newspaper.
"This country is going crazy with its political correctness and health and safety issues and it's making us a laughing stock."
A spokesman for the Tesco supermarket in Leeds where he was due to appear refused to back down: "This is a health and safety issue.
"We have banned balloons because latex is used in the manufacture of them and this can trigger an allergic reaction in some children. We always have the welfare of children at heart."
Wow, the world is really making a turn for the good isn't it. Just a nice world where clowns are banned from making "balloon guns" for kids in fear it may make them turn out to be lunatic gunmen, but illegal aliens, in the US, are free on bond after numerous arrests, included a sexual assault on a four year old, then kill three innocent kids getting ready to start college.
Thank you secular world!
