Childbirth. Despite having what a shop assistant once described as “splendid childbearing hips,” I don’t know much about it. Even with my lack of maternal knowledge, there were a few things I took as fact. –It takes about nine months to grow a baby. –There is a lot of kicking from within the bump. –There’s ...
Valentine’s Day traditionally coincides with a spike in flower, chocolate and jewellery sales. But some companies are pushing less-than-traditional ways to buy someone’s love. The Bronx zoo advertised a limited time offer for the special day. For only ten dollars, you can name one of their 58,000 Madagascar hissing cockroaches after your Valentine. “Flowers wilt. ...
Grown-ups don’t really like St Valentine’s Day. It’s legalized robbery, an annual fleecing marshalled by the floristry, chocolate, underwear and advertising industries. And it’s a yearly reminder of all the painful Valentine’s Days at school, of the desks of beautiful and popular classmates crowded with cards and soft toys, while our own had only the ...
Valentine’s Day is on Monday and I just want to send a shout out to all the men who enjoy the excuse to celebrate love. All the advertising is aimed at men buying things for women. It’s as if men aren’t allowed to like Valentine’s Day for it’s own sake, but only do it to ...
Most people spend Valentine’s Day with their spouses… but what if there is another person who wants your romantic attention? Enter Mistress Day, conveniently located on February 13th. Unlike most national holidays, you won’t want to tell anyone you are celebrating it. In fact, there is a good chance you’ll have to hide the evidence ...
Dear Madame X, I hate Valentine’s Day. The Hallmark-created “holiday” just illustrates everything that is wrong with dating. We have to give our girlfriends expensive gifts otherwise we won’t get laid. It seems as if all dating is prostitution but this just spells it out. The only reason this continues is that they know they’re ...
Valentine’s Day used to be about flowers and chocolate, but now it’s about sexy lingerie. While I know I should be annoyed at yet another marketing ploy to make women feel less than sexy in their own skin — this ad just made me giggle. Despite rumours to the contrary, most men will not be ...
Dubai gets a lot of attention for its staggering displays of wealth, as it positions itself as a London-meets-Disneyland on crack. But that wasn’t the experience for one British couple, who face a 30-day jail sentence for kissing. Back in November, the two defendants were casually strolling through a beachfront shopping mall when the offending ...
A school in England has cancelled Valentine’s Day to reduce the “emotional trauma” that will be experienced by those who don’t get cards. They will even go so far as to confiscate any Valentine’s cards found among the students. Parents think it’s silly and confusing for the kids but the school says: Ashcombe is a primary school ...
Scientists have found that sperm swim faster when they have a competitor. So if you want to increase your chances of pregnancy you should make sure you have more than one lover! Scientists “found that sperm from promiscuous mice swam 5 micrometres a second – or 0.00018 km/h – faster than sperm from monogamous males.” ...
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