It was really only a matter of time until the-sky-is-falling ninnies turned into the-sun-is-rising ninnies.

I believe it was the great industrialist and philosopher C. Montgomery Burns who noted that "since the beginning of time, man has yearned to destroy the sun."

Since the dawn of time, man has yearned to destroy the sun

Damn it marc, you beat me to it with that quote

Friggin hilarious. Maybe the should just stay indorrs curled up and sucking their thumbs until the almight EU tells them what to do

Not that I read the post, or the link, but $5 says this type of legalese makes it into their Constitution. That thing seems like nothing other than a ruse to make EU lawyers more money.

If there is anything for which the EU can be counted on, it is their abilitiy to micro-manage the lives of its subjects.

Whether it be making sure the straightness of the bananas in your stores are correct, or whether your employees are subjected to too much sun, they'll be there to fight for you with their legion of red tape.

As the Great American Bard once said, "the sun's not yellow, it's chicken!"

You know, I could see it if they were talking about implementing some kind of heat stress program, which is danged important. Anyone who has to work in 120 degree weather, or has to work where it's just 70 degrees in a fully encapsulated suit, or foundry workers and such.

This does not appear to be the case with the EU however.

Kalroy

How about some kind of EU Directive forcing people to make daily risk assessments while they are at the beach as to the danger of summertime heat on older relatives? Seems that might have saved a few thousand lives in some EU country a few years back.

And, yet, they are completely unwilling to even consider the possibility that observed climatic change may be a result of natural variability of said "Death Star".

What asshats.

and you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking,

and racing around to come up from behind you again

>What would be fun is to have a small committee of EU bureaucrats making these sorts of annoying rules for other EU bureaucrats only.

Unfortunately, it's the other way around -- the EUrocrats live lives that are mostly immune to the effects of the crazy rules they pass.

well, lessee... if the 'bosses' are responsible for the very bodies of the workers, then they must own the workers' bodies which means.... aak

or, they could work at night?

or we could ship our illegal lettuce pickers over there for 'em?