Responding to recent reports of "stuff what people reckon", the Women's Institute revealed today that their proposals to support mandatory wearing of helmets for cyclists may not have gone far enough.
"We realised" a spokesperson was quoted to have said "that just the wearing of bits of plastic on your head isn't enough. It's a dangerous business, Frodo, taking a bicycle through town. If you don't keep pedalling there's no knowing where you'll end up! Besides, we thought it prudent to get involved with other people's stuff more anyway". The spokesperson clarified plans; "We realised that some studies suggested that car drivers may actually drive closer to cyclists who wear helmets so we immediately put forth proposals to ensure that measures were put in place to enforce behaviour from cyclists that truly represents the clear and present danger when cycling gently to their local corner shops [breathes]"."Our current proposals aren't that cyclists should wear helmets but for all two-wheeled bicycles to be henceforth banned and everybody that wishes to partake in this dangerous practice should be forced to ride a unicycle. Blindfolded. While juggling knives…maybe even on fire too!"
An instructor for Uncle Bobo's School for Circus Arts was said to have responded, "Oh, FFS…"
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