The British Safety Council 's 1995 leaflet featured the Pope wearing a hard hat with the strap line The Eleventh Commandment: Thou shalt always wear a condom.

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Stevenson, nicknamed The Cat in the Hat because of the fact that he wears a black street hockey safety helmet, claimed silver with 5.90m.

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It is reported that the queen likes a travel rug round her knees and used to wear a hard hat when watching stallions cover her mares (now she stands on a viewing platform, after health and safety advice).

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