Heavy Metal disability?
- 20 Jun 07, 2:34 PM
It's official (well, it's official in Sweden, anyway) - liking long hair, ripped denims, twiddly-twiddly guitar solos and heads-down, no-nonsense RAWK music is a disability. No, really. It is. Pay attention to Crippled Monkey, readers.
Roger Tullgren, a Swedish heavy metal fan, has to claim disability allowance because he is a fan of hard rock. This follows a psychological analysis in which it was judged that his love for all things Heavy and Metal dominates so much of Tullgren's life that the local Employment Service has agreed to pay part of his salary so that he can play loud rock music at work - which is a local restaurant where he washes dishes. (Er, but what about health and safety rules for the other employees?)
Crippled Monkey contacted hairy rockers Status Quo for their thoughts on this crucial story, but sadly they were unavailable for comment. (And, er, to be honest, I didn't really contact them. That was just my little joke.)
Comments
Sounds like the heavy should be on the rock and roll (i.e. dole) to me.
l'm a metal head, and l often listen to heavy metal to drown out my tinnitus due to my deafness, so does that mean l can attempt to get more benefits? :P
wow sureal it must be like getting DLA over here some people get loads and other more disabled people don't get any...
hi i am disabled but i dont put it in peoples faces. it should be on the demarit of the person not the wheelchair 21 million people saw my website in 5 years im proud of my work and i love being disabled its not how much you know its how much will power one has to go after a dream.
hi i am disabled but i dont put it in peoples faces. it should be on the demarit of the person not the wheelchair 21 million people saw my website in 5 years im proud of my work and i love being disabled its not how much you know its how much will power one has to go after a dream.