Team New Zealand boss Grant Dalton has provided the year's most colourful quote about health & safety.
In an extensive report (paywalled) in the NZ Herald, Dalton is said to have declined the opportunity to attend a seminar to identify risks for the America's Cup event scheduled to be held in Auckland next year.
His emailed response to the invitation was [with Herald redactions]:
"I would rather staple my c*** to a burning building [than] attend a health and safety briefing - are you kidding me, that would be the most f****** boring arse-covering load of mind-numbing bullocks [sic] ever invented."
I laughed out loud when I read this. Then I felt guilty - was I laughing at him or with him?
Sometimes it can be hard to tell.