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Originally Posted by Eric

I don't know if anyone else came across this one, but it sure scared the ever lovin' outa me. Whenever I got a bump on my head ... I'm talking about saner days when there were no helmets, knee pads, etc. when all you were doing was going out to play .... and it was often, my gran would put a penny on the bump and place a bandage around it to hold it in place. She told me that if I didn't keep the penny in place my head might burst through the bump I put all my efforts into keeping that penny over the bump until she took the bandage off.

Imagine if that happened today ... charges would be laid; questions asked in the House; letters written to the Times; threads on AccyWeb

Ya letters from disgusted of Tunbridge Wells