Clearly not a H&S conscious nation.....

[Masterchief]

Tultepec, Mexico -- Residents in Tultepec, a small town just north of Mexico City, staged a spectacular firework display on Monday to pay tribute to the patron saint of firework makers San Juan de Dios during a week-long national pyrotechnics fair.

Mexico Town Celebrates Patron Saint Of Firework Makersdigtriad.com | Triad, NC | National and World News Article

[Venger]

Are you sure

Was I seeing things or was there a red catherine wheel spinning in the shape of a hand 'flippin the bird' ?

[Andy_P]

Originally Posted by Venger5

Was I seeing things or was there a red catherine wheel spinning in the shape of a hand 'flippin the bird' ?

You're not wrong!

Some of the set pieces look a bit like a cross between the Valencia "Fire Parade" during Fallas and the local celebrations on Malta every week in the summer.
Just goes to prove a few sparks don't tend to hurt much. I sometimes think we go too far on the H+S in this country (and that's speaking as a H+S officer in my last job).

[RocketRev]

Originally Posted by Venger5

Was I seeing things.....

You weren't imagining it.


It's possible that that particular finger gesture means something different in Mexico to what it does here - but I don't think so. Some signs mean quite different things in different countries.... something I had to learn while working in Toxteth for the DHSS..... so many different nationalties of people there, easily offended by misunderstanding gestures etc. that other folk used! Also a subject that's interested me ever since I picked up on "Do you bite your thumb at me, sir?" in Romeo & Juliet which I studied for English O-level years ago.......

It's thought that the "flippin the bird" sign was first written about by Aristophanes, a Greek dramatist from about 2400 years ago and lauded by some as the "Father of Comedy". His play "The Frogs" is one of my favourite plays of all time.

[Andy_P]

I preferred it when (as a mixed class) we were taken to see Aristophanes "Lysistrata"

[Venger]

I think you can get a cream for that now

[RocketRev]

Originally Posted by Andy_P

I preferred it when (as a mixed class) we were taken to see Aristophanes "Lysistrata"

Hmmm........ that doesn't surprise me.