Banned from the Littledown Centre pool - because my trunks are too long (From Bournemouth Echo)
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Banned from the Littledown Centre pool - because my trunks are too long
9:30am Wednesday 7th March 2012 in News By Joanna Codd
TOO LONG: Andy Toms pictured here wearing the offending shorts. Picture: Sally Adams
A FATHER was left high and dry after being told he could not go into a public swimming pool because his trunks were too long.
Lorry driver Andy Toms was accompanying his stepdaughter and her friend to the Littledown Centre pool in Bournemouth last Saturday morning when he was prevented from entering the water for safety reasons.
“I was wearing three-quarter length shorts, which come to just below the knee. I got a tap on the shoulder from an attendant who told me I wasn’t allowed in the pool because my shorts were too long,” said dad of six Andy, 45.
“The girl offered to go to lost property to find me another pair of shorts, but I said: ‘No way.’ “I left and had to take the two kids with me because at 11 and 13, they were too young to be left without an adult.
“We had planned the trip the night before, so they weren’t very happy.
“They had actually got into the pool and were swimming.”
Andy, who lives in Bear Cross with his wife and two stepdaughters, added: “I was advised that I had too much material, but they are proper swimming shorts and aren’t particularly baggy.
“I went to reception to get a refund, but no-one apologised.
“When I asked to speak to a manager, all they said was that it was company policy. It’s totally ridiculous. I was furious.
“I’ve been going to that pool for years and wore those shorts there just before Christmas. I’m definitely not going back again.”
Colette Kiernander, general manager at the Littledown Centre, said: “We are currently looking into the matter, but can confirm that our swimwear policy – outlining acceptable swimwear – is clearly displayed in the changing rooms and is there to maintain a safe environment for all of our swimmers. We explained this to the customer and he left the premises after being refunded in full.”
Comments(104)
In Absentia
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9:48am Wed 7 Mar 12
Gooby! wrote:It's because when other people have to look at them, they might swallow water when laughing at the persons lack of taste.
How can a 3/4 length short be dangerous?
moldy john mole
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9:50am Wed 7 Mar 12
he cant possibly afford to buy if hes only a driver or on dole.
same low income.
BarrHumbug
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9:57am Wed 7 Mar 12
TinyLegacy
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9:58am Wed 7 Mar 12
simcal
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10:06am Wed 7 Mar 12
winton50
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10:06am Wed 7 Mar 12
Personally I'd prefer it if he wore those shorts instead of budgie smugglers
Azphreal
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10:08am Wed 7 Mar 12
moldy john mole
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10:12am Wed 7 Mar 12
RageAgainstTheMachine
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10:17am Wed 7 Mar 12
In Absentia wrote:HaHa classic...........
Gooby! wrote:It's because when other people have to look at them, they might swallow water when laughing at the persons lack of taste.
How can a 3/4 length short be dangerous?
Case for the fashion police!
Robynleanne
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10:22am Wed 7 Mar 12
I'm sure I've heard that somewhere anyway.
But yeah, I dont think he needed to take the girls out of the pool. Seems a little melodramatic.
WOC
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10:38am Wed 7 Mar 12
cyco44
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10:43am Wed 7 Mar 12
live-and-let-live
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10:47am Wed 7 Mar 12
TinyLegacy wrote:i dont understand why anyone thinks its ok to be told what they can wear.
Rules are rules, and they don't look like swim 'shorts', they look like 3/4 length trousers...
cyco44
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10:58am Wed 7 Mar 12
l'anglais
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11:19am Wed 7 Mar 12
It has nothing to do with fashion or hygiene.
There are logical reasons why these rules are applied.
Unfortuantely in tabloid educated Little Britain everyone is a victim.
Bob49
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11:49am Wed 7 Mar 12
er, may because it is their swimming pool - the bit of that you don't understand I suggest you read L'anglais last sentence.
charley farley west parley
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12:30pm Wed 7 Mar 12
Remember, you have encountered the very worst of human nature but the majority of people aren't like that.
Shocking.
Quali-T
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12:35pm Wed 7 Mar 12
Quali-T
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12:39pm Wed 7 Mar 12
Derf
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1:10pm Wed 7 Mar 12
Baysider
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1:40pm Wed 7 Mar 12
The reason being that people who like to swim in shorts, and this blokes were a good example of this, is that they are often worn outisde the pool too and therefore not only do they get much dirtier and grubby as a result but people tend to stuff their pockets with change, chewing gum, used hankies, etc, etc, etc.
Still, never let it be said the Echo passes on a chance to create a "Health & Safety gone mad" story.
Upkeep
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2:56pm Wed 7 Mar 12
Jetwasher
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2:57pm Wed 7 Mar 12
moldy john mole
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3:29pm Wed 7 Mar 12
George Bowling
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3:50pm Wed 7 Mar 12
pete woodley
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4:41pm Wed 7 Mar 12
Baysider wrote:This comment is more to the truth,dirty well worn trousers springs to mind.
Yet another nothing story prompted by someone running off bleating to the Echo because he can't get his own way. In France many pools will not let you wear shorts full stop - you HAVE to wear the budgie smugglers.
The reason being that people who like to swim in shorts, and this blokes were a good example of this, is that they are often worn outisde the pool too and therefore not only do they get much dirtier and grubby as a result but people tend to stuff their pockets with change, chewing gum, used hankies, etc, etc, etc.
Still, never let it be said the Echo passes on a chance to create a "Health & Safety gone mad" story.
moldy john mole
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5:23pm Wed 7 Mar 12
justanoldie
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5:23pm Wed 7 Mar 12
Bob49
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5:31pm Wed 7 Mar 12
Yes, how dare they decide what is suitable in their own swimming pool.
What this bloke was wearing is clearly NOT swim wear. Any apology should be directed at the two children who his selfish behaviour caused them to miss their swimming.
Another example of Joe Public not being able to cope with being told no.
andydt
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9:22pm Wed 7 Mar 12
moldy john mole wrote:they do happen be swimming trunks actually. and i have worn them many times before at the same pool. i did appologies to the children. because i could not leave them in the pool unattended as they are too you .
Should ov borrowed the ones offered , that was nice he cant possibly afford to buy if hes only a driver or on dole. same low income.
markiemong63
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9:24pm Wed 7 Mar 12
andydt
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9:30pm Wed 7 Mar 12
Robynleanne wrote:so how much do larger peoples trunks wiegh ? the girls are to young to be left unattended
I think it has something to do with the weight of the shorts once they're wet, obvioulsy more material, more weight. I'm sure I've heard that somewhere anyway. But yeah, I dont think he needed to take the girls out of the pool. Seems a little melodramatic.
andydt
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9:42pm Wed 7 Mar 12
Quali-T wrote:the children were not wearing the shorts, its the fact that some jobs worth thought up a new rule. they are proper swimming trunks, and have never had any trouble with them before at any other pools.ive also worn them several times before at the littledown pool.
STOP MOANING & ENJOY!!!!.... Why would you march to the paper with this story??... does everyone complain about everything now???!!!... if a small child wore shorts like those the wet weight of them would possibly pull him under, it's a simple saftey measure! one put in place for the saftey of YOUR children!!... Don't slam people for being pro active, if your child drowned you'd protest there should of been rules about swimwear... well guess what.. there are!! so stop complaining & enjoy the safe facillities provided for you!!
andydt
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9:47pm Wed 7 Mar 12
Derf wrote:there was nothing on the walls until i reported it to trading standards. then the day after up it pops on a4 paper
I was told exactly the same thing last year... didn't go running to the echo though. I'm sure if you go online you'll see a list of the rules, I dare say they're on a wall somewhere in the Littledown centre as well. Perhaps this guy should read their terms rather than just assume things.
pete woodley
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9:52pm Wed 7 Mar 12
andydt
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9:54pm Wed 7 Mar 12
Baysider wrote:last time i looked the littledown was in bournemouth not france. and no, you dont no me. but my trunks are only used for swimming in. being offered a pair from lost property is not hygenic, would you were a pair left by a stranger ????
Yet another nothing story prompted by someone running off bleating to the Echo because he can't get his own way. In France many pools will not let you wear shorts full stop - you HAVE to wear the budgie smugglers. The reason being that people who like to swim in shorts, and this blokes were a good example of this, is that they are often worn outisde the pool too and therefore not only do they get much dirtier and grubby as a result but people tend to stuff their pockets with change, chewing gum, used hankies, etc, etc, etc. Still, never let it be said the Echo passes on a chance to create a "Health & Safety gone mad" story.
Palantir
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9:59pm Wed 7 Mar 12
The headline states 'banned' but this chap was merely told he couldn't wear those shorts and indeed was offered alternatives from lost property, leading to his refusal to ever return - there's not even any mention within the article that he has in fact been banned from coming back...
andydt
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10:01pm Wed 7 Mar 12
pete woodley wrote:and ill say what i want when i want pete woodley thank you
Andydt,give it a rest you have had your say.
live-and-let-live
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10:25pm Wed 7 Mar 12
andydt wrote:andy. im on your side. the people here are brainwashed with rules that must be obeyed. there is no thinking involved here. just shut up and behave. its for your own good. apparently. but no good reason is offered.how anyone can say your shorts would be to heavy when wet is absolutely ludicrous. has anyone yet offered a sensible acceptable reason to disallow you to wear your swimwear in the pool? no. because there isnt a sensible reason.
Quali-T wrote: STOP MOANING & ENJOY!!!!.... Why would you march to the paper with this story??... does everyone complain about everything now???!!!... if a small child wore shorts like those the wet weight of them would possibly pull him under, it's a simple saftey measure! one put in place for the saftey of YOUR children!!... Don't slam people for being pro active, if your child drowned you'd protest there should of been rules about swimwear... well guess what.. there are!! so stop complaining & enjoy the safe facillities provided for you!!the children were not wearing the shorts, its the fact that some jobs worth thought up a new rule. they are proper swimming trunks, and have never had any trouble with them before at any other pools.ive also worn them several times before at the littledown pool.
retry69
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10:41pm Wed 7 Mar 12
live-and-let-live wrote:Nobodys brainwashed he was told he couldnt wear them in the pool so he had two choices he took one of them, no story,no headlines thats life live it and shut up
andydt wrote:andy. im on your side. the people here are brainwashed with rules that must be obeyed. there is no thinking involved here. just shut up and behave. its for your own good. apparently. but no good reason is offered.how anyone can say your shorts would be to heavy when wet is absolutely ludicrous. has anyone yet offered a sensible acceptable reason to disallow you to wear your swimwear in the pool? no. because there isnt a sensible reason.
Quali-T wrote: STOP MOANING & ENJOY!!!!.... Why would you march to the paper with this story??... does everyone complain about everything now???!!!... if a small child wore shorts like those the wet weight of them would possibly pull him under, it's a simple saftey measure! one put in place for the saftey of YOUR children!!... Don't slam people for being pro active, if your child drowned you'd protest there should of been rules about swimwear... well guess what.. there are!! so stop complaining & enjoy the safe facillities provided for you!!the children were not wearing the shorts, its the fact that some jobs worth thought up a new rule. they are proper swimming trunks, and have never had any trouble with them before at any other pools.ive also worn them several times before at the littledown pool.
Bob49
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11:29pm Wed 7 Mar 12
Whereas immersing yourself in gallons of water that has been swilling about the nether regions of all and sundry is.
"there was nothing on the walls until i reported it to trading standards"
It gets worse, trading standards ! Have you nothing better to do, like getting a sense of perspective ?
"Which I presume someone else told you about as "I’m definitely not going back again"
"the girls are to young to be left unattended"
Whereas a few yards away in the female changing rooms they are (by who) ? Could you not have simply asked the two girls to wait safely beside a swimming pool attendant whilst you quickly changed so as to be able to sit and watch - at least allowing them to continue with their swim ?
If there's anything to be learnt from this idiotic tale it should be a better understanding as to why those working with Joe Public as so often forced to take what might be seen as 'extreme' preventative measures to protect themselves. I would not be surprised that if as well as contacting the Daily Echo and Trading Standards this chap also contacted some 'no win no fee' company.
If the Daily Echo and a few more newspapers printed more balanced view of stories this one might have been more accurately titled - 'Look what the Littledown Centre has to put up with'. And we might get less of these endless 'victim' stories and even less of the 'elf n safety gone mad' brigade squawking away like a bunch of over exited parrots in a thunderstorm.
s-pb2
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11:32pm Wed 7 Mar 12
Lord Spring
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8:41am Thu 8 Mar 12
Azphreal wrote:I know his reason he was covering something up.
I would love to know what their reason is?
retry69
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8:50am Thu 8 Mar 12
Bob49 wrote:Good points and ive pointed out in another comment the Editors choice includes this story but not the Closure Of Remploy as his choice, priorities and balanced views not the Echos strongest points
"offered a pair from lost property is not hygenic"
Whereas immersing yourself in gallons of water that has been swilling about the nether regions of all and sundry is.
"there was nothing on the walls until i reported it to trading standards"
It gets worse, trading standards ! Have you nothing better to do, like getting a sense of perspective ?
"Which I presume someone else told you about as "I’m definitely not going back again"
"the girls are to young to be left unattended"
Whereas a few yards away in the female changing rooms they are (by who) ? Could you not have simply asked the two girls to wait safely beside a swimming pool attendant whilst you quickly changed so as to be able to sit and watch - at least allowing them to continue with their swim ?
If there's anything to be learnt from this idiotic tale it should be a better understanding as to why those working with Joe Public as so often forced to take what might be seen as 'extreme' preventative measures to protect themselves. I would not be surprised that if as well as contacting the Daily Echo and Trading Standards this chap also contacted some 'no win no fee' company.
If the Daily Echo and a few more newspapers printed more balanced view of stories this one might have been more accurately titled - 'Look what the Littledown Centre has to put up with'. And we might get less of these endless 'victim' stories and even less of the 'elf n safety gone mad' brigade squawking away like a bunch of over exited parrots in a thunderstorm.
Hopkino
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1:19pm Thu 8 Mar 12
3/4 length trousers are always 3/4 length trousers. They cannot be described as shorts or trunks.... I feel sorry for the two children who were whipped out of the pool because someone couldn't follow the rules..........
Bob49 - my sentiments are with you.
pete woodley
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1:38pm Thu 8 Mar 12
ballstoit
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1:39pm Thu 8 Mar 12
Who reports their local swimming baths to trading standards? WTF, honestly, who even does that sort of thing?
Just buy a pair of proper shorts and quit your whining. Sympathy = Zero.
Baysider
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1:57pm Thu 8 Mar 12
andydt wrote:I offered the example of the situation in France by way of setting a point of comparison i.e. the centre in question is prepared to accept swimmers wearing shorts, unlike in France, for the reasons I set out but frankly you were taking the micky and got the hump when they enforced their rules.
Baysider wrote: Yet another nothing story prompted by someone running off bleating to the Echo because he can't get his own way. In France many pools will not let you wear shorts full stop - you HAVE to wear the budgie smugglers. The reason being that people who like to swim in shorts, and this blokes were a good example of this, is that they are often worn outisde the pool too and therefore not only do they get much dirtier and grubby as a result but people tend to stuff their pockets with change, chewing gum, used hankies, etc, etc, etc. Still, never let it be said the Echo passes on a chance to create a "Health & Safety gone mad" story.last time i looked the littledown was in bournemouth not france. and no, you dont no me. but my trunks are only used for swimming in. being offered a pair from lost property is not hygenic, would you were a pair left by a stranger ????
The fact your shorts might be suitable for a day sitting on the beach is the very reason they are in effect unsuitable for the pool. Maybe you like swimming through the detritus of other peoples pockets but most of us would rather not.
As for raising this with trading standards...
redland104
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4:19pm Thu 8 Mar 12
JHabby
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6:03pm Thu 8 Mar 12
JHabby
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6:25pm Thu 8 Mar 12
andydt wrote:Andy T if you want to add that you have 6 kids maybe you could start paying something towards them instead of running from the CSA..some dad you are
pete woodley wrote:and ill say what i want when i want pete woodley thank you
Andydt,give it a rest you have had your say.
pete woodley
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6:35pm Thu 8 Mar 12
JHabby wrote:What have you got to say to that Andyt,is it true ?,if you want to play the big man,expect repercussions.
andydt wrote:Andy T if you want to add that you have 6 kids maybe you could start paying something towards them instead of running from the CSA..some dad you are
pete woodley wrote:and ill say what i want when i want pete woodley thank you
Andydt,give it a rest you have had your say.
JHabby
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7:01pm Thu 8 Mar 12
pete woodley wrote:oh its true, ive offered the Echo a more suitable heading for andy toms like 'WANTED by the CSA'
JHabby wrote:What have you got to say to that Andyt,is it true ?,if you want to play the big man,expect repercussions.
andydt wrote:Andy T if you want to add that you have 6 kids maybe you could start paying something towards them instead of running from the CSA..some dad you are
pete woodley wrote:and ill say what i want when i want pete woodley thank you
Andydt,give it a rest you have had your say.
FNS-man
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7:22pm Thu 8 Mar 12
Not sure why you didn't just sit at the side, and not ruin your girls' day out. They're not too young according to Littledown rules, who let kids over 8 go into the pool on their own. I'd suggest that not letting your 11 and 13 year-old daughters swim on their own is a bit over the top health and safety-wise.
You could also have bought some from the shop there for about a tenner.
So in short: not sure what you're complaining about really.
FNS-man
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7:34pm Thu 8 Mar 12
Krmgtsm7
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8:09pm Thu 8 Mar 12
This post is going in my favourites
for future chuckles ;-)
JHabby
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8:26pm Thu 8 Mar 12
Krmgtsm7 wrote:and could this be the poison dwarf..lol..should fathers who produce kids not pay for their kids then..
lol This story was funny, the comments even funnier especially when the disgruntled ex shows up hahaha. It's like the Jeremy Kyle show "text edition" :-)
This post is going in my favourites
for future chuckles ;-)
danboy2835
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8:59pm Thu 8 Mar 12
If that is all you have to worry about then you are a very lucky man and think about what other people are going through so just grow up stop moaning and stop wasting peoples time because u want to be in the limelight.
SHAME ON THE ECHO FOR THINKING THIS WAS A WORTHY STORY AND THAT PEOPLE WOULD BE INTERESTED
Krmgtsm7
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9:21pm Thu 8 Mar 12
JHabby wrote:oh please do tell all, who is this poison dwarf? lol I want to know this is gettin' really juicy :-)
Krmgtsm7 wrote:and could this be the poison dwarf..lol..should fathers who produce kids not pay for their kids then..
lol This story was funny, the comments even funnier especially when the disgruntled ex shows up hahaha. It's like the Jeremy Kyle show "text edition" :-)
This post is going in my favourites
for future chuckles ;-)
Sod the telly tonight echo online all the way for me :-)
Krmgtsm7
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9:21pm Thu 8 Mar 12
JHabby wrote:oh please do tell all, who is this poison dwarf? lol I want to know this is gettin' really juicy :-)
Krmgtsm7 wrote:and could this be the poison dwarf..lol..should fathers who produce kids not pay for their kids then..
lol This story was funny, the comments even funnier especially when the disgruntled ex shows up hahaha. It's like the Jeremy Kyle show "text edition" :-)
This post is going in my favourites
for future chuckles ;-)
Sod the telly tonight echo online all the way for me :-)
JHabby
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9:38pm Thu 8 Mar 12
Bob49
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9:49pm Thu 8 Mar 12
eh ?
It was no more than this chap throwing his toys out of the pram and stomping off in a tantrum, no wonder if the comments on here are true he has never stayed around long enough to be a real father.
I wonder if, after he walked out on his kids, he contacted the trading standards and complained that he had banned himself from being a dad because the time it took was too long.
Krmgtsm7
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9:58pm Thu 8 Mar 12
........... A pair of speedos!!
sammmymac
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9:59pm Thu 8 Mar 12
sammmymac
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10:04pm Thu 8 Mar 12
lola23
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10:06pm Thu 8 Mar 12
deanmatthews1966
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10:53pm Thu 8 Mar 12
s-pb2
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12:02am Fri 9 Mar 12
Krmgtsm7
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8:19am Fri 9 Mar 12
s-pb2 wrote:ditto
This is genius. Best laugh ive had in ages.
Tommo.
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11:34am Fri 9 Mar 12
JHabby
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1:43pm Fri 9 Mar 12
manyogie
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1:57pm Fri 9 Mar 12
Jetwasher wrote:Health and Safety is a worty y thing, unfortunately it has become the big hide behind for the lame, lazy, workshy, or indeed, the big companies trying to sve money in some underhanded way.
ARRRRGGH health and safety jobsworths , things like this really get my goat, One day they will tell the wrong person and will end up with a smack right in the mouth...
My suggestion for handling any obscure reference to HS rules is to ask politely for the article to which this came from, whilst politely standing your ground
Krmgtsm7
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1:58pm Fri 9 Mar 12
loj
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2:00pm Fri 9 Mar 12
they will very soon after this!!!
manyogie
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2:02pm Fri 9 Mar 12
JHabby
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2:05pm Fri 9 Mar 12
manyogie
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5:18pm Fri 9 Mar 12
JHabby wrote:Does'nt it take 2 to reproduce?
Krmgtsm7 wrote:and could this be the poison dwarf..lol..should fathers who produce kids not pay for their kids then..
lol This story was funny, the comments even funnier especially when the disgruntled ex shows up hahaha. It's like the Jeremy Kyle show "text edition" :-)
This post is going in my favourites
for future chuckles ;-)
Bob49
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6:42pm Fri 9 Mar 12
This is Pool Control to Andy Toms
You've really made the grade
And the papers want to know what size shorts you wear
Now it's time to call the CSA if you dare
"This is Andy Toms to Pool Control
I'm leaving through the door
And I'm speaking in a most peculiar way
And the stares look very different today"
Bishop7
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10:08pm Fri 9 Mar 12
Krmgtsm7
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11:19pm Fri 9 Mar 12
Bob49 wrote:lol classic
Or as Dave Bowie might have -
This is Pool Control to Andy Toms
You've really made the grade
And the papers want to know what size shorts you wear
Now it's time to call the CSA if you dare
"This is Andy Toms to Pool Control
I'm leaving through the door
And I'm speaking in a most peculiar way
And the stares look very different today"
stevobath
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1:14pm Sat 10 Mar 12
Bob49 wrote:Its not 'Their 'pool.
"ARRRRGGH health and safety jobsworths , things like this really get my goat, One day they will tell the wrong person and will end up with a smack right in the mouth..."
Yes, how dare they decide what is suitable in their own swimming pool.
What this bloke was wearing is clearly NOT swim wear. Any apology should be directed at the two children who his selfish behaviour caused them to miss their swimming.
Another example of Joe Public not being able to cope with being told no.
I find tiny speedos more offensive & alarming.This is trivial
Bob49
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2:21pm Sat 10 Mar 12
not so trivial that you have read through all the posts
yes it is 'their' pool in as much as they are responsible for prices, opening times, admissions and admission criteria
maybe it's time for Joe Public to stop endlessly whinging about how they are 'victims' and accept a bit more responsibilty for their actions
Bmthdad
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4:58pm Sat 10 Mar 12
JHabby wrote:...........such a cheap thing to do washing dirty linen in public as well. The kids must be so proud of BOTH their parents! What chavs the pair of you.
pete woodley wrote:oh its true, ive offered the Echo a more suitable heading for andy toms like 'WANTED by the CSA'
JHabby wrote:What have you got to say to that Andyt,is it true ?,if you want to play the big man,expect repercussions.
andydt wrote:Andy T if you want to add that you have 6 kids maybe you could start paying something towards them instead of running from the CSA..some dad you are
pete woodley wrote:and ill say what i want when i want pete woodley thank you
Andydt,give it a rest you have had your say.
pete woodley
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5:34pm Sat 10 Mar 12
chrisjb98
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7:01pm Sat 10 Mar 12
Brock_and_Roll
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7:09pm Sat 10 Mar 12
The attendant told us to get out of the pool and we could not understand why....all he kept saying was "skimpy...skimpy....
skimpy". After 5 minutes of confusion evenually he said "Speedos" by which point the penny dropped - he wanted us all in pairs of budgie smugglers. Well we did not have speedos (and would not wear them anyway) so we stripped off completely and fortified by a few tinnies, dived empecting to be chucked out - but for some (odd) reason that was considered fine!
a.g.o.g.
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8:58pm Sat 10 Mar 12
btownboysie
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10:37pm Sat 10 Mar 12
rusty james
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10:59pm Sat 10 Mar 12
alasdair1967
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10:31am Sun 11 Mar 12
Krmgtsm7
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3:06pm Sun 11 Mar 12
alasdair1967 wrote:lol
i got kicked out of a swimming pool after the s fell of my speedos
moonlyte
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12:54pm Mon 12 Mar 12
manyogie wrote:It does take 2 but unfortunately only one of them understands what a commitment having children entails.Only one of them has been there for them 24/7 while the other only remembers he has children when it suits him. What sort of man doesn't even support the children he wanted,then goes and brings up somebody else's? Those children are better off with him out of their life...and that's the truth.
JHabby wrote:Does'nt it take 2 to reproduce?
Krmgtsm7 wrote:and could this be the poison dwarf..lol..should fathers who produce kids not pay for their kids then..
lol This story was funny, the comments even funnier especially when the disgruntled ex shows up hahaha. It's like the Jeremy Kyle show "text edition" :-)
This post is going in my favourites
for future chuckles ;-)
pete woodley
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1:57pm Mon 12 Mar 12
JHabby
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2:22pm Mon 12 Mar 12
BIGTONE
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6:25pm Mon 12 Mar 12
poole-cherrie
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9:40pm Mon 12 Mar 12
Ex-pat, thankfully
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4:08am Tue 13 Mar 12
JHabby
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7:56pm Tue 13 Mar 12
spooki
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9:01pm Tue 13 Mar 12
pete woodley
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9:24pm Tue 13 Mar 12
JHabby wrote:I hope this is a warning to any other loudmouths.
THEY (the CSA) HAVE HIM....he wanted to get noticed and he has...my work here is done
slightlyperturbed
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9:31am Thu 15 Mar 12
When I lived in Kalgoorlie in Western Australia, the local paper’s, the Kalgoorlie Miner, number one most read story on their website was: “Man Stole friend’s Vibrator!” (I kid you not!). Surely you could match this sort of incisive journalism as this sort of rubbish you’ve published here is just fuelling your reputation as a lazy newspaper.
The only good things about the echo as it seems the kids related to the father might get some support; and we’ve all had a good chuckle at the comments. Or, perhaps, that was your aim in the first place!
Post script: recently that Aussie paper got in trouble because a cricket-player sneakily exposed a testicle in a team photo and it wasn’t picked up until too late and on the back page. Apparently the paper sold out that day – perhaps you could try that!
slightlyperturbed
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9:33am Thu 15 Mar 12
When I lived in Kalgoorlie in Western Australia, the local paper’s, the Kalgoorlie Miner, number one most read story on their website was: “Man Stole friend’s Vibrator!” (I kid you not!). Surely you could match this sort of incisive journalism as this sort of rubbish you’ve published here is just fuelling your reputation as a lazy newspaper.
The only good things about the Echo’s story here is it seems the kids related to the father might get some support; and we’ve all had a good chuckle at the comments. Or, perhaps, that was your aim in the first place!
Post script: recently that Aussie paper got in trouble because a cricket-player sneakily exposed a testicle in a team photo and it wasn’t picked up until too late and on the back page. Apparently the paper sold out that day – perhaps you could try that!
Krmgtsm7
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11:28pm Thu 15 Mar 12
JHabby wrote:lol reminiscent of when the American's caught a certain Saddam Hussain. I think we have ourselves a hanging!
THEY (the CSA) HAVE HIM....he wanted to get noticed and he has...my work here is done
Gooby! says...
9:42am Wed 7 Mar 12