OUR money being wasted on the curiosity of conkers?!

Question

The local authorities have spent money creating a survey to find out whether or not parents have banned their children from playing with conkers.

OUR money is being used for absolutely ridiculous surveys with absolutely no point.

Why not create a survey to find out how many parents have banned their children from carrying knives. Might have a bit more meaning?!

Does anyone see any meaningful reason as to why our money should be spent on finding out whether parents have banned their children from using conkers.

Answer 1

The ''Silly Season'' in England now extends throughout the year.

The unfortunate thing is that Government, local or otherwise has little departments of ''Good Ideas'' springing up, and no-one knows where they come from, but the are always funds.

Public Funds!.

These little departments extent to Policy Making too. Someone will post a PC good idea anonymously on the 'intranet', others believe that this has been posted officially and Bob's your uncle a department takes it up and finds funding.

I'm waiting for the EU to have a working committee on how long is a piece of string.

This of course will have to be headed by someone with stature, Niel Kinnock and his Wife perhaps.

Certainly a money spinner and expenses maker.

Conker skins are prickly though and may damage children's hands.

Better that they learn how to stab with a knife or shoot with a gun, safer by far.  

Answer 2

they could buy all the children ice cream instead.

Answer 3

The World Conker Championships take place on the second Sunday in October every year.

This year's competition takes place on Sunday 12th October 2008 in Ashton East Northamptonshire, all are welcome including children!

Bloody bleeding heart liberal do gooders!

Answer 4

That the problem with that stupid country,it's run by idiots and all at the tax payers expense. Every time someone has a mishap they have to creat a committee to investigate and they all have to be paid. Just think, No sack race, no coutry walks, no three legged race, etc. Out here in Thailand if you tripped over a broken Kirb stone there is no suing for damages, the answere to you would be, Your fault, look where you are going, What the h**l have you got a pair of eyes for. full stop. Do you know what the most rediculous was? If I remember correctly it was about ten years ago following great floods in England. They formed a committee to investigate the floods and after a cost of three million quid they reached a conclusion, The floods were caused by   RAIN  As I said stupid pathetic idiots.  

Answer 5

Children can swallow conkers and choke to death. Health and Safety officials must be looking into ripping up every conker tree in the land.

Answer 6

With respects, news items stories get better answers usually if you post us a link. I suspected this story might be from the Daily Mail but found nothing except this rather disturbing piece from April that the horse chestnuts are becoming infected and could be in danger:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...

Answer 7

I think every citizen should be allowed to vote as to where our money is spent.  I think the congressmen or Senators do this for us. We never hear about it until some newspaperman digs it up.  Probably Bush's mothers cousins secodn childs in laws own horse-chestnut trees, and they get a kick back from the survey

Answer 8

Mmm.. I suspect that parents who've banned their children from having conkers are more likely to fill out surveys than those with kids carrying knives and the local authorities in these areas probably have more time on their hands than areas with high crime rates and large amount of stabbings..

Plus, the council employees can hang around in middle class suburban parkland areas, rather than heading to gang controlled crack houses, or at least sink estates..