A nursing home in Britain has banned visitors from giving home-baked birthday cakes to the residents. Only store-bought cakes can be allowed. It's a matter of hygiene, you see. And lawyers. Said a spokeswoman: "If we let one person do this, the floodgates are open. We don't know where these cakes come from. If something went wrong, we could be sued."
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There's no hope for them. A nursing home in Britain has banned visitors from giving home-baked birthday cakes to the residents. Only store-bought cakes can be allowed. It's a matter of hygiene, you see. And lawyers. Said a spokeswoman: "If... [Read More]
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A flood of home-baked cakes? Sounds good to me.
Posted by: Bob Doney | Saturday, June 24, 2006 at 10:33 AM