THE OLDEN DAYS BEFORE ELF AND SAFETY
Posted by STEVE M on
Sometines we hanker for the good old days, where a fishmonger would fillet your chosen purchase instead of informing you it was too slippy to cut and was an elf and safety breach. Or the excitement of going to a horse racing meet with a parasol and not suffering the disappointment of having it confiscated as a potential weapon which would be an elf and safety breach.
Some wonder where the saying "Elf & Safety" came from. Many say it originates from the North Pole with others claiming that a council house profiteering, semi literate, grandmother MP that plays with wax crayons coined the phrase whilst listing hinderances to their target of building of 842 new houses weekly for the next few years but I couldn't say for sure.
Let us throw caution to the winds and weigh the benefits of smoking as this handy vintage household tip suggests: -
There again, ignore the dangers to the ozone layer caused by aerosols in the pursuit of useful and money saving DIY hacks such as this one, can't think of any other potential problems though:-
