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The land is dry, and the people are ...stupid?

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ferry23 Sat 15-Aug-26 17:47:40

I've just seen a post on Fb lifted from Mumsnet. The poster was bemoaning warnings about having barbecues, likening the current situation to Covid with all these dreadful restrictions.

There followed a slew of posts reassuring her that it was DISPOSABLE barbecues that are being banned. (The collective "phew" was almost palpable.)

But every now and then came a post where the poster tried to put forward the dangers right now - particularly in the more rural areas. Wildfires whether deliberate or not are having a devastating effect on communities all over Europe, including here in the UK.

Why, but why is having a burnt sausage and a Co-op burger with a blob of coleslaw and a bit of salad such a God given entitlement? Who will suffer without a barbecue? More importantly, who might suffer WITH one?

The whole post smacked of irresponsibility and the "I'm alright Jack" attitude.

I would have thought anything we can do to minimise the risk is worthwhile.

Or am I being over dramatic?

Deedaa Sat 15-Aug-26 21:37:20

We haven't had a BBQ since the beginning of May. The Heat has meant that cooking and eating out of doors has been no fun at all.

ferry23 Sat 15-Aug-26 22:10:03

Maybe I'm not being so dramatic. Kent Fire and Rescue Service have requested that people do not have barbecues until current drought conditions subside.

But I expect there's lots of people out there who know better 😏

Ziplok Sat 15-Aug-26 22:28:30

Astitchintime

I’ve just read a post on MN where the OP became ill last evening after eating a Morrisons burger that her husband cooked on the BBQ and it was pink in the middle. She thinks she should get compensation from Morrisons for being ill! Personally, given the current drought and everywhere being tinder dry and people are being discouraged from lighting a BBQ……..I think her and her OH were irresponsible for having one at all! Sorry luv, don’t ask for sympathy when you behave like a self important moron!

That is unbelievable, isn’t it Astitchintime?
Where do these entitled individuals come from? Even if we weren’t in these drought conditions, where having a barbecue is, to put it mildly, foolhardy, then to suggest suing a supermarket when you yourself (or other half) failed to cook something properly is, quite frankly, ridiculous, and Morrisons would be quite right to laugh them out of the store.