This will hurt me...

The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has a branch located about a three minute walk up the road from my work. This Marine and Atmospheric Research branch obviously has a reasonably high turnover of computer equipment, because at least once a month, a new skip appears filled to the brim with old computers, monitors, televisions and all manner of cords, wires, motherboards and who knows what else. I finally got over my shyness (and fear of being thought a terrorist/perpetrator of industrial espionage) to creep into the facility and take a few photos yesterday. Don't worry though, I didn't need to evade vicious guard dogs, scale razor wire or even jump a fence. I did, however, cross a road and walk through a car park. Yes, I managed to look both ways too. Now I know that there are some keen photographers here, so I would like to know what is the riskiest photograph that you've ever taken? Rampaging wallabies? Birthing wives? Hungry childr...

Reuters has broken a massive story , and I assume that the comedic double act of Peg Putt and Will Hodgman will be calling for a public enquiry. Yes, the latest in cutting edge research indicates that children don’t like clowns. The researchers from the University of Sheffield (UK) polled a group of youngsters as part of an examination into improving the decor of hospital children's wards. The study, reported in the Nursing Standard magazine, found all (yes, EVERY SINGLE ONE ) of the 250 patients aged between four and 16 asked reported that they “disliked the use of clowns”, with even the older ones finding them scary. "As adults we make assumptions about what works for children," said Penny Curtis, a senior lecturer in research at the university. She went on to say, "We found that clowns are universally disliked by children. Some found them quite frightening and unknowable."