School bans 'dangerous' triangular flapjacks

[Jazzy]

A school has banned dinner ladies from baking triangular flapjacks, branding them ‘dangerous’ after a pupil was hit in the face by a flying oaty treat.



Kitchen staff have been told to cook rectangular or square snacks instead after the Year 7 boy suffered a ‘sore eye’ when he was accidentally struck in the face by the four inch-long snack thrown by another child at Castle View School on Canvey Island, Essex.



The pupil was soon patched up and sent home for the afternoon, but headteacher Gill Thomas swiftly decided to ban kitchen staff from baking the three-sided desserts, telling them only rectangular or square shapes were allowed, the Sun reported.



An insider at the school said the pupil went to the first aid office after the triangular flapjack was thrown across the canteen last Wednesday, and while the area around his eye looked “a bit sore”, it “wasn’t life-threatening or anything like that”.



“He didn’t need to go to hospital,” said the source. “It was an accident and no one got in trouble.”



Less than 24 hours after the food fight, school manager Keith Evans gathered the cooks and dinner ladies to tell them triangular flapjacks were off the menu, according to the Sun.



The school insider said: “Apparently it’s a health and safety issue. Staff have been told to stop making triangle-shaped flapjacks immediately.

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[font=arial, sans-serif]Perhaps the kids should wear flap jackets?

 

[The Dragon Master]

It's health and safety gone made!

 

[Sinon]

Erm. Correct me if I'm wrong, but a triangle has three corners, all of which are generally sharp.



A square and a rectangle have four corners, all of which are generally sharp.



Wat.

 

[DrLeftover]

It is to protect the children.



Your objections have been noted and will be reported to the appropriate authorities for further investigation and action if necessary.

 

[Evil Eye]

Wat.

Looking at the picture, I can see how making the things square would reduce general pointedness.

That doesn't mean it'll be particularly useful though. I've been hit on the eye three times during primary school and it hurt. Balls don't have angles

 

[Jazzy]

Come on now, this was a food fight. The school has been serving these triangular flapjacks for 15 years. What's next? Oh, I know, ban all the eating utensils too!

 

[Evil Eye]

Now that would a good idea! Forks and knives are far pointier!

 

[Jazzy]

Just serve mashed potatoes that have to be eaten with their fingers. Problem solved!

 

[Evil Eye]

Or sandwiches.

 

[seasidemike]

when does it all just cross the line over to insanity....?

 

[Evil Eye]

when does it all just cross the line over to insanity....?

When they order constant watch be held.