Man jailed for letting young daughter wear sporran.

[GreenDragon]

http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2009/10/1...-wear-sporran/

"A man has been jailed for 18 months for allowing his three-year-old daughter to wear a sporran.

Jack Gascoigne, 38, allowed his daughter to wear the offending kilt accessory and filmed her on his mobile phone. Nursery staff spotted the abuse when the child, known only as ‘Girl McA’, spoke at daycare about the great empiricists, insisted on watching repeats of Balamory, and refused to sing nursery rhymes which did not go to the tune of Mull of Kintyre. They alerted the police, who arrested Mr Gascoigne immediately.

Sentencing, Judge Nesmyth said: ‘Had the nursery workers not called the authorities, I am convinced you would have allowed your daughter to wear a kilt and play the bagpipes. A custodial sentence is the only suitable punishment for such wickedness. Take him doon, laddies.’
Fernandomando"


Am i missing something? How is letting his dauhgter wear his sporran considered child abuse?

[Tony Miles]

you do know it's a joke, right??

[GreenDragon]

D'OH! I see now on google newsbuiscuit has SATIRE written next to the link.

This is the sign of a LONG day for me.

[Galician]

And it's only 9:00!

[Deil the Yin]

"NewsBiscuit was founded in September 2006 by John O’Farrell in the hope of raising a smile for bored people at work and to provide a outlet for new comedy writing on the web..."

Happens to the best of us, eh wot?

[McMurdo]

Thread moved to Craig's corner.

[Pleater]

help help can't breathe!!

ow ow - my ribs!!

Oh deary deary me - I think I've done myself some damage with laughing too hard.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

[McFarkus]

Very funny! Got a good chortle out of it.

[Fit2BKilted]

This piece of satire IMHO still speaks loudly in criticism of the prevailing legal attitudes in the UK (and other industrialized nations that regard it as a model), especially regarding social behaviour and the erosion of private citizen's rights therein.

[Nervous Jock]

not great timing when there are big issues with Nursery staff in the uk at the mo