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In hot water

I came across this story about the British government’s response to the pressing problem of hot water coming out of baths taps. Apparently it affects about 600 people a year, and so the government are going to introduce legislation to make it mandatory to install “anti-scald” devices on all taps.

A spokesman for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents welcomed the move. “This is something that has been worrying many people, and something we have been urging for some time,” she said.

You couldn’t make it up, could you?

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3 responses to “In hot water”

  1. Kitty avatar
    Kitty

    Interesting–more governmental presence in peoples’ lives. And you’d think this sort of thing could only happen in California.

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  2. Simon avatar
    Simon

    There’s Royal Society for Prevention of Accidents? Now that’s funny.

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  3. Chris avatar
    Chris

    There certainly is. I think it is commonly know as Rospa, and when I was at school I remember believing that it was quite an important organization. As I recall, they used to organize the ‘Cycling Proficiency Test’ (a sort of informal driving test for cyclists) and as children we used to take it quite seriously.

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