I can't remember whose blog I nicked this from, but thank you...
So, the solution to a painless childbirth has finally been found! And it is... 20 cigarettes a day. According to an increasing number of young women, deliberately stunting the growth of your unborn child by dragging on a fag will result in the easier passage of the baby through your... erm... passage. Oh come on!! We're supposed to be the most intelligent mammals on the planet here. Cigarettes contain at least 60 cancer-causing chemicals, not to mention all the other rubbish. What do they all think they're doing?!
In other news on the bizarre logic of our fellow man (or woman), Worcester council is so concerned about being sued over fruit-related injuries that they have cordoned off a couple of pear trees, with a view to possibly cutting them down altogether. Plonker-in-chief Ian Bates said, "There are some sizeable pears and not everyone is going to be passing thinking a pear might fall on them, especially children." Er, yes. I never realised pears were so dangerous. My experience of ripe pears is quite the opposite. It'll be hard hats in all public parks, next. These trees are in, appropriately enough, a park called Cripplegate. Which must be Worcester council's worst nightmare.
Sorry. I'm feeling ranty today.
