British Standards Institute introduces Standard British Idiots

Brit­ish Stand­ards Insti­tute intro­duces Stand­ard Brit­ish Idi­ots:

Fol­low­ing a 30 per­cent increase in domestic acci­dents, the Brit­ish Stand­ards Insti­tute has recruited 1000 Stand­ard Brit­ish Idi­ots (SBIs) to per­form safety tests on a range of appli­ances. A spokes­per­son explained: ‘For years we have worked on the assump­tion that nobody in their right mind would stick a spoon into a live socket, but they do. We have recruited this cal­ibre of per­son: someone who will look for a gas leak with a match, or set off across the chan­nel on a lilo.’

I’m think­ing of set­ting up a nom­in­a­tion web page for them.

(Via News­Bis­cuit.)