John Hall wrote:
In article ,
Jonathan Stott writes:
The council are spending £164,000 removing pebbles from the beach. One
of the reasons given was that children could fall and hurt themselves
on them.

Are you sure someone wasn't pulling your leg? I'm reminded of the bit
from "The Walrus and the Carpenter" that goes:

Nope: "A report to the cabinet stated fears that children would get hurt
playing on the shingle and that millions of tourists would stay away."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/dorset/6222196.stm

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