09 October 2006

If Isaac Newton had lived in Worcester....

.....when would we have found out about gravity? The ever cautious Worcester city council has put up warning signs and fenced off the area around a stand of pear trees in a public park.

"Ian Yates, parks and cemeteries manager for Worcester City Council, said he was surprised by the furore because the signs were also put up last year after a member of the public requested them.

He said: 'If we felled the trees or closed the park I would understand the concern, but this is an adequate response. It's a smashing year for very leafy fruits and there are some sizeable pears and not everyone is going to be passing thinking that a pear might fall on them, especially children. These signs divert people away from the danger.'"

Is it just me or is "parks and cemeteries manager" a curious combination? What did he study at unie? The ever difficult horticulture and undertaking double major?

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