gold mine?
So, my friend Di works at the Dept. of Labour and has recently discovered very old Occupational Safety Hazard videos and movies from the 70s and 80s. Tho quite short in length (usu. <15 min.), the titles alone grab you like honey. For example "Craning with Confidence!" (as in how to use a crane with confidence, yes). There was another one from 70s Australia where "Misappropriate Murray" walks into work after having just bought a bottle of OJ and a Playboy. While perusing the centrefold, he sets his OJ next to a similiar-sized bottle of brake fluid. As you may have guessed, Murray was too distracted by a belly button staple to notice that he picked up the brake fluid instead of his OJ. Hi-jinks ensued .... such as the last scenario where he sticks the hose end of an air compressor up a co-worker's bum. Yes, you read that right. That's just to drive the point home that you shouldn't anally inflate your co-workers to explosion. Note that, amigos.
Di has decided to take some home and review them. Here's last night's gold nugget:
"OSH Training video B116
Where’s Danny?
A lugubriously narrated tale of hasty safety practices in the workplace.
Johnny, the foreman, is constantly being pressured by management to get the job done quicker.
Talks about safety are intrusive and unwelcome
I think we all know where Danny is.
Pan to Johnny telling the grieving widow the bad news.
Finish with a very realistic shot of Danny’s caved in head.
Set in 1970’s Britain - it was like The Professionals and The Sweeney.
My favourite yet. “
So, I think that NZ Metric 40s could start off with an unusual twist — training videos!
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