The Nanny State

Both in Australia & here in the UK people talk about living in a nanny state where rules and laws are brought in for the `protection' of the public.

I can't see yet which country is more of a nanny state as they both seem pretty bad, but have different standards.

The most odd thing in the UK though is that you cannot have a power point or a switch in a bathroom so that you don't electrocute yourself! So you either have a pull cord to turn the light on and where the switch is recessed in the ceiling, or you have the switch outside the bathroom. If you want to blow dry your hair in front of the bathroom mirror - then get a long extension cord!

On the flip side, In the UK I see lots of playgrounds with jungle gyms and even long flying foxes - these were banned years ago and would never be allowed in Australia for the safety of the kiddies.

Looks like both sides of the ocean have their own nanny rules.

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