On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 15:21:26 -0400, someone wrote:

in many places a 4 foot high structure requires a building permit

In many places a structure 1 foot or 1 inch high requires a permit
(i.e. there is NO height threshold for a "structure"). But that
doesn't mean there is a likelihood of death. A remote possibility,
sure, hey kids drown in 5 gallon pails. It wasn't the permit part
that annoyed me, it was the "death" part. You could just as well say
"don't try to cross the street without a police escort, because it
could result in death."

-v.