Just when you thought you might have heard it all, along comes the European Union. What a nanny state-marxist piece of crap organization that turkey is. All you one-time great country’s that gave up your sovereignty to a bunch of candyassed nanny state marxists, what the hell were you people thinking?

Check this out, it’s the most asinine regulation/law you will probably ever hear in your entire life. Well, you would think so anyway, but the busy body’s minding everyone else’s business always seem to outdo themselves.

The EU toy safety directive, agreed and implemented by Government, states that balloons must not be blown up by unsupervised children under the age of eight, in case they accidentally swallow them and choke.

Despite having been popular favourites for generations of children, party games including whistles and magnetic fishing games are to be banned because their small parts or chemicals used in making them are decreed to be too risky.

Apparently harmless toys that children have enjoyed for decades are now regarded by EU regulators as posing an unacceptable safety risk.

Whistle blowers, that scroll out into a a long coloured paper tongue when sounded – a party favourite at family Christmas meals – are now classed as unsafe for all children under 14.

The new rules are designed to protect children from the chance that a piece of the whistle could be swallowed and cause choking.

The EU directive will also force manufacturers and retailers to attach safety warnings to toys hitherto regarded as harmless. Read the rest

You really can’t make this shit up! Anyone want to bet that some Democrat will introduce similar legislation here? Hey! It’s a “public safety issue” and it’s “protecting the children,” who could be against “the children?”