I sometimes sit in awe at the sheer stupidity of people, When i hear about a stupid thing that someone has done or i see someone being blatantly dumb i always think of the episode of "Absolutely Fabulous" where Edina is in court on a multitude of charges and goes on a rant about how hard it is to get through everyday life due to stupid people, here is part of said rant -

"Why, oh, why do we pay taxes, huh?! Just so we can have bloody parking restrictions, and bloody ugly traffic wardens, and bollocky pedestrian bloody crossings! Why not just have a "Stupidity Tax?" Just tax the stupid people"

I was just reading the Evening Standard website and they have written an article about the governments intentions to make sex and relationships education compulsory in primary and secondary schools starting with pupils aged 5. I think this is long overdue! Other countries do this already and their rates of teenage pregnancy and STI/HIV infection are considerably lower than the UK's but as usual whenever sex and children are mentioned in the same sentence some beige cardigan wearing uptight virgin in Milton Keynes has to write in and it's happened again today!!

"How does sex education for 5 year olds stop teenage pregnancy? Let's allow children to be children for as long as we can."

Well dumbass let me explain - it's not like schools are going to be giving condoms to small children but i would think a good way to start would be by letting children know where babies come from and also letting them know what to do is right and wrong in terms of their bodies ie - if an adult touches them sexually. The process of delivering sex education is a long one and should be built up gradually but a good change would be to not just focus on the biological aspects. If i had learnt at school that sex could be painful, about feelings, relationships and break ups rather than trying to get my head around long division (which i have not used once since i learnt it) i may be a more rounded and sorted individual.

If this education is introduced children and young people should feel able to negotiate the sex they want, have lots of information about safer sex and generally have a positive attitude towards sex. I can pretty much guarantee that the person's attitude above will lead to him having 5 grandchildren by the time he is 35

To end with humour, the Radio Times have run a survey to find the best TV put downs and there are some classics!

Mrs Merton - The Mrs Merton Show. To Debbie McGee: "So what first attracted you to the millionaire Paul Daniels?"
Roseanne Conner - Roseanne. To husband Dan: "Your idea of romance is popping the can away from my face."
Carla - Cheers. Cliff: "I'm ashamed God made me a man." Carla: "I don't think God's doing a lot of bragging about it either."
Patsy Stone - Absolutely Fabulous. "One more facelift on this one and she'll have a beard."
Jim Royle - The Royle Family. Nana: "Is this hat too far forward?" Jim: "No. We can still see your face."
The Professor - The Mary Whitehouse Experience. "I have here a copy of your book, Origins of the Crimean War. It smells of poo." "That's because it's been inside your mum's bra."
Dr Perry Cox - Scrubs. Dr Elliot Reid: "I don't think you understand the severity of the situation here. I am dangerously close to giving up men altogether." Dr Cox: "Then on behalf of men everywhere - and I do mean everywhere, including the ones in little mud huts - let me be the first to say thanks and hallelujah."
Gary Strang - Men Behaving Badly. "Let's face it, Tony, the only way you're gonna be in there is if you're both marooned on a desert island and she eats a poisonous berry or a nut which makes her temporarily deaf, dumb, stupid, forgetful and desperate for sex."
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