University
May 18, 2016 05:16:02 #
Apparently University of Easy Anglia (UK) has banned the throwing of mortar boards in the air after graduation on "health and safety" grounds.
They also want to charge for "photoshopping" them in to the photograph.
http://news.sky.com/story/1697882/university-bans-risky-mortarboard-throwing
They also want to charge for "photoshopping" them in to the photograph.
http://news.sky.com/story/1697882/university-bans-risky-mortarboard-throwing
May 18, 2016 07:44:25 #
I would suggest replacing whatever hard material they use be replaced by some compact Styrofoam .....problem solved ! 
May 19, 2016 06:59:56 #
FrankR
Loc: NYC
Go ahead and throw them grads, it's your moment. What are they going to do, kick you out of school?
May 19, 2016 07:47:08 #
TucsonCoyote wrote:
I would suggest replacing whatever hard material they use be replaced by some compact Styrofoam .....problem solved !
May 19, 2016 07:55:52 #
May 19, 2016 08:41:03 #
I can't find one incident of anyone being injured by a falling mortarboard, but then I was at a safe distance when my son threw his! Hard hats in University colours under the mortarboard?
May 19, 2016 09:13:30 #
FrankR wrote:
Go ahead and throw them grads, it's your moment. What are they going to do, kick you out of school?
May 19, 2016 13:39:17 #
Someone seems to have had an injection of sense.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/05/18/uk-university-backtracks-on-dangerous-mortarboard-tossing.html
Well nearly!
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/05/18/uk-university-backtracks-on-dangerous-mortarboard-tossing.html
Well nearly!
May 19, 2016 17:21:20 #
May 19, 2016 19:24:44 #
I think they all should have chin straps tied tightly around their heads.
May 22, 2016 04:05:43 #
I heard that on the BBC the other day. Apparently the Mortar Boards cost £45 and they wanted to photoshop them into the picture at a cost of £8 per student, after they pretend to be throwing a none existent Mortar Board into the air.
May 22, 2016 15:58:16 #
Jolly Roger wrote:
I heard that on the BBC the other day. Apparently the Mortar Boards cost £45 and they wanted to photoshop them into the picture at a cost of £8 per student, after they pretend to be throwing a none existent Mortar Board into the air.
Apparently the authorities that be want to make the Mortar Board as realistic as the diplomas given out these days .......
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