That Mitchell And Webb Sound - No-One Drowned

Robin Verhagen-Guest · 200.3K views · 2013-03-16 · 2:57

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Overview

A short sketch from That Mitchell and Webb Sound, the BBC radio comedy, about a safety measure that works perfectly and so gets no credit for the lack of disasters.

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It is used as a joke or shorthand for the prevention paradox, where successful safety work looks unnecessary because nothing bad happens.

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Stand-up & sketch comedy Satire & parody

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rhet0rica · 2026-03 · Joke / meme
I am reminded of a certain Mitchell and Webb skit that suggests the absence of deaths by drowning in a county indicates perhaps too much public funding has gone into preventing them: [VIDEO]
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orthoxerox · 2024-05 · Reference
Yes, we've all heard [0] and probably agreed with the person Mitchell plays, but the cost of bollards is actually really low. I can buy concrete hemispherical bollards for less that $20 a piece. Let's make the total installation cost $50 per bollard. How many bollards does a 7/11 parking need? [0] - [VIDEO]
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mryan · 2015-09 · Joke / meme
This reminds me of a sketch by Mitchell and Webb (a pair of British comedy actors). It is a satirical news broadcast, in which Mitchell points out that the fact that there was not a single death from drowning in the local region proves that too much money is being spent on anti-drowning measures. [VIDEO]
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