In it came some years ago,
‘Health and Safety’ became relevant,
All for the protection
Of us poor ignorant souls.
We didn’t know what was safe,
Or what was dangerous
So how had we existed,
Existed for millennia
Without ‘Health and Safety’ to warn us.
Perhaps we didn’t exist,
Perhaps we were all dead!
Some rules were important,
Some were just plain stupid.
The one I thought was worse
Was the one I saw years ago,
I bought a tin of peanuts
And there on the tin,
It said “May contain nuts”,
I would hope so
As that is what I bought.
But today I found another,
There I was at the fish counter
To buy some fish for dinner,
There was salmon and trout,
Cod and haddock,
Monkfish and hake.
Then I spotted the one ,
The one I wanted,
A tuna steak had called to me.
As it was being wrapped
I looked at the labels ,
And there in front of every fish
Was a label
Saying what it was ,
And how much it cost.
And there I saw it,
Every label
In front of the fish
On the fish counter
Said “May contain fish”.