ALWAYS THINKING

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(A story stolen fron my brother-in-law, The Sage of Blyth)

 

Now I’ve retired I’ve adopted a routine whereby I get all my chores done first thing so the rest of the day’s my own.  This morning, for instance, I’d read-the-paper and had-the-shit so I settled into my shed in front of the log burner, put the coffee machine on and started thinking.

All sorts.

And every argument I had in my head I won by clear philosophical thought.

Now after an hour or so my mind turned to one of the great imponderables; is it more painful for a woman to give birth to a baby or for a man to get a kick in the nuts?

I found this quite intractable for a while, not least because of the impossibility of head-to-head comparison.  A man can’t possibly imagine the pain of childbirth and a woman can’t imagine the pain of a kick in the nuts.

Eventually however, I did solve the conundrum and can announce to you all unequivocally that it is the man who suffers the greater pain.

And here is the proof.

Sometime after giving birth a woman will often say, “I think it would be nice if we had another baby”.  But you never hear a man say “I think it would be nice to have another kick in the nuts”.

Always thinking, me.

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John Coopey

Wed 23rd Mar 2016 18:59

...and another thing, Harry. You're not offered gas and air or pethidine or an epidural in expectation of a tollchock to the yarbles.

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Harry O'Neill

Wed 23rd Mar 2016 16:05

John,
I am eternally grateful that I fathered well before all this `go in and see it born` thing (but I like it on the tele)

Nuts?..never!...but I was butted a few times :)

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John Coopey

Wed 23rd Mar 2016 09:57

Thanks Vicki. As I said by way of introduction, this is a story of my brother-in-law so I only stole it.

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Vicki Ayers

Wed 23rd Mar 2016 09:07

Hahahaha! Keep thinking John!! As always love to hear to read xxx

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