tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post8096601131006765660..comments2024-01-01T16:01:35.711+00:00Comments on Dick Puddlecote: John Prescott Condemns Labour School Meals PolicyDick Puddlecotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-34785432584113714722012-04-06T17:11:22.337+01:002012-04-06T17:11:22.337+01:00What also needs to be remembered regarding 'ob...What also needs to be remembered regarding 'obesity' is that many children are plump, but as they grow upwards they also grow inwards and end up as perfectly normal, healthy teenagers and adults, not in the least bit obese!<br /><br />It's one of the genetic things again - you know, the ones that make us what we are?Lynnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-16331469870276869162012-04-06T12:37:52.863+01:002012-04-06T12:37:52.863+01:00Am in agreement with Mudplugger. My school meals w...Am in agreement with Mudplugger. My school meals were good and everyone ate them and enjoyed them. About half a dozen out of 400 had some special meals, but the rest of us took no interest. I've no idea what was going on.<br />If there was no choice, school meals could be made very cheaply. Even cooking for one, it's possible to make a wide variety of nutritious and tasty main dishes for around 70p.Jonathan Bagleyhttp://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1231788102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-56336950971844068272012-04-06T11:52:52.072+01:002012-04-06T11:52:52.072+01:00not so much "the law of unintended consequenc...not so much "the law of unintended consequences" as "the law of not spending even a moment considering what's likely to happen".<br /><br />I got into a right ding-dong with someone at school over the food being local and organic, and pointed out that all this was going to do was raise costs and do nothing to improve food for children.<br /><br />This obsession with childhood obesity is ridiculous. The important thing is that kids get a lot of fresh air to run around and kick a ball. You can basically shovel any food into them (and please don't get me started on the clear Hawthorne Effect in that Jamie Oliver programme).Tim Almondhttp://twitter.com/timalmondnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-70381889042507319142012-04-06T10:44:34.929+01:002012-04-06T10:44:34.929+01:00Yes, the law of consequences, unintended or not. ...Yes, the law of consequences, unintended or not. This is something I taught my daughter when she was just a teenager. It was a fairly petty issue, but her dad took her to the hairdressers - I had asked that she just have a trim that time as we had not had the chance to discuss new styles. She came home with her beautiful long hair gone and a sort of bob cut that nothing could be done with.<br /><br />As a consequence I told her she could take care of it herself, not to expect me to wash it or try to put it up - it was now too short anyway. She wasn't happy! I explained that actions, thought through or not, tend to have reactions (consequences) that do not always produce the required results!<br /><br />She is now an adult and tells me she has never forgotten that and now, when making decisions tries to look at all the possible consequences. We all know that we will rarely, if ever, cover all the possibilities, but that with some intelligence and life experience, the obvious ones should, at least, be covered - so long as we are objective and also put ourselves in the 'other' position and try to see it from anothers viewpoint.<br /><br />Perhaps the law of consequences should be taught in schools? After all, with all the nannying going on by governments these days, people are losing the will, never mind the ability, to think for themselves! Lynnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-59252472757006098412012-04-06T09:14:23.972+01:002012-04-06T09:14:23.972+01:00Mooooooooore !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STX...Mooooooooore !<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STXco3O2PHIc777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-1673091990214575792012-04-06T00:21:36.332+01:002012-04-06T00:21:36.332+01:00Has the Government declared a state of national em...Has the Government declared a state of national emergency on account of a shortage of brats? No? Then what is the harm if a few of them quietly perish in a dusty corner of the school canteen? Might encourage the others.Edgarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-22887730687453612462012-04-05T23:31:59.648+01:002012-04-05T23:31:59.648+01:00Indeed. We keep bumping up against what I believe ...Indeed. We keep bumping up against what I believe is called "the Streisand effect" again and again and again. Will they never learn? I find it all hilarious…but then I don't have kids……Zaphhttp://twitter.com/dotZaphnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-19615777089292294382012-04-05T21:45:48.439+01:002012-04-05T21:45:48.439+01:00Let them eat brioche. Let them eat brioche. Jayhttp://nannyingtyrants.blogspot.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-20445501142939640242012-04-05T21:22:27.330+01:002012-04-05T21:22:27.330+01:00More than 85% of any child's meals are eaten a...More than 85% of any child's meals are eaten away from school - can't get excited about a less than 15% issue. Whatever 'good' is claimed for school fodder is easily overwhelmed by that majority of out-of-school troughing.<br /><br />In my distant schooldays, school dinners consisted of a single dish - the 'choice element' was whether you ate it or not. Get rid of the ridiculous choices, serve simple wholesome food - give the kids the single choice, eat it or go hungry. You'd be amazed how many Jewish kids had (and enjoyed)the pork sausages. Costs come down, health goes up, life-lessons are learnt.Mudpluggernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-49917454746133160832012-04-05T21:05:11.860+01:002012-04-05T21:05:11.860+01:00Oh, they could. Government is the very essence of ...Oh, they could. Government is the very essence of 'stupid'. ;)Dick_Puddlecotenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-68488401283340580682012-04-05T20:59:56.571+01:002012-04-05T20:59:56.571+01:00Jamie Oliver raised the price of meals by 50 or 60...Jamie Oliver raised the price of meals by 50 or 60p and labelled school cooks as incompetent. <br />Many excellent school cooks did what they could with what was provided and I know of some who used their own money to buy decent ingredients. They are the truly insulted ones who refused to be retrained and now they're lost to the system.<br />Thank you Jamie - the private providers will continue to enjoy their increased profits but at what cost to the schools and their pupils.ChrisBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-91031596592543209792012-04-05T20:51:23.091+01:002012-04-05T20:51:23.091+01:00Isn't this all part of fighting childhood obes...Isn't this all part of fighting childhood obesity?Curmudgeonhttp://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.in/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-21384554918426473562012-04-05T19:56:32.691+01:002012-04-05T19:56:32.691+01:00The law of unintended consequences perhaps. Or may...The law of unintended consequences perhaps. Or maybe the law of intended consequences, no-one could be so stupid could they?Andy Sscarboroughnoreply@blogger.com