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Taking safety issues a little bit too far

From the London Daily Mail comes this story of nanny-ism at its finest:

Now BBC health and safety mandarins won't let three of the world's toughest men light a stove in case they have accident
They are among the toughest and most resilient of men, having survived in some of the most unforgiving places on the planet.

But that does not mean that BBC health and safety mandarins trusted them to be left alone to light a Primus stove - in case they had an accident.

Sailor Sir Robin Knox-Johnston revealed the 'absurd' rules he, Sir Ranulph Fiennes and war reporter John Simpson were subjected to on BBC2 adventure series Top Dogs. The three men went on gruelling trips to Afghanistan, around Cape Horn by boat and across the Canadian Arctic.

But the trio, each well-known for their survival skills in tough conditions, were all understood to have been taken aback by the health and safety rules.

This included a ban on lighting a Primus stove without supervision, and being given a 'huge' document warning them about hazards - such as tripping over.

Good lord -- these people have been on epic explorations, been there and done it all and the microcephalic twits at BBC feel it in their authority to hector them on the most basic of safety measures. One of these ponces, dropped out in a cow pasture would be sobbing for his mommy in an hour. What gives them the right to dictate how these real men should act.
Mind how you go now: Survival experts Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, John Simpson
and Sir Ranulph Fiennes, shown here in the Arctic, were given a 'huge' document
by the BBC warning them about hazards. Posted by DaveH at April 18, 2009 6:52 PM