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Tay

Joined: 08 Oct 2006
Posts: 2811
Location: Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Posted: Thu Feb 01, 07 12:22 pm Post subject:
Very true, and apparently the most effective way to administer drugs, intravenous aside. I'd prefer not to try it though. Awful the idea of an enema is, they can save a lot of embarassment.

MarkS

Joined: 01 Aug 2006
Posts: 2626

Posted: Thu Feb 01, 07 12:58 pm Post subject:

Tay wrote:

Awful the idea of an enema is, they can save a lot of embarassment.

mind boggles

Tay

Joined: 08 Oct 2006
Posts: 2811
Location: Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Posted: Thu Feb 01, 07 1:28 pm Post subject:

I should have added, if you are female...

Apparently, when women give birth, it is fairly normal for them to 'make a mess' IYSWIM. To avoid this, often enemas are given prior to the birth. My SIL had heard horror stories about what happens, but was so keen to get the baby out as it was well overdue, her and her hubby went got a take away curry to kick start things. As she usually has a korma (wuss), she decided that this wouldn't be enough, so went for a 'hot' bhoona. The curry did the trick, and a couple of hours later, she went to hospital. She regretted the curry later...

mochyn

Joined: 21 Dec 2004
Posts: 24585
Location: mid-Wales

Posted: Thu Feb 01, 07 3:58 pm Post subject:
Anyone else feel this may be a lttle more information than is abxolutely necessary?

Blue Sky

Joined: 30 Jan 2005
Posts: 7658
Location: France

Posted: Thu Feb 01, 07 5:02 pm Post subject:
Yep, especially us faint-hearted "blokes"

Tay

Joined: 08 Oct 2006
Posts: 2811
Location: Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Posted: Thu Feb 01, 07 7:58 pm Post subject:

Sorry.

I thought I'd add it as I had no idea that accidents frequently happen during childbirth, and therefore you should ask for an enema beforehand, and under no circumstances have an Indian meal (which I'd heard was a popular way to help encourage the baby out). I'm sure I'm not the only one on here yet to have kids, so thought that it might be useful for others to know about.

I'll zap my post if you'd prefer - just tell me.

Penny Outskirts

Joined: 18 Sep 2005
Posts: 23385
Location: Planet, not on the....

Posted: Thu Feb 01, 07 8:02 pm Post subject:
I just thought I'd catch up on living in France - nope, enemas and "accidents" in childbirth - only on Downsizer (I thought giving birth felt like having the biggest poo of your life to be honest!)

moules and frites

Joined: 13 May 2006
Posts: 21

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 07 4:33 pm Post subject:

I cannot wait until my French property is finished and we can sell up and move over . I went working on my property last week and it is really hard to come back to the UK. By the way Britain came 37th in the same poll which says it all .

Properties with acres of land from £25K , low crime, better weather, superb schooling and health services , better (and cheaper) standard of living , easy to get back to UK for other family etc .

I could buy a farmhouse with five acres of land in Brittany or a beachhut at Bournemouth for the same money ....

Property tax in Brittany £140 per year ... ( includes tv license)
Council tax in Poole Dorset £2000 per year ...

Burglar gets caught in Poole, takes 200 other offences into consideration and gets community service.
Burglar gets caught in France minimum sentence two years.

I cannot think of one thing that Brittain is better than France for/at ..............I was going to suggest cricket .......LOL

I am English , my wife is Hungarian and I have family living in Germany but sorry France is best ...........

Ooh La La !

Northern_Lad

Joined: 13 Dec 2004
Posts: 14210
Location: Somewhere

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 07 4:38 pm Post subject:

moules and frites wrote:

I cannot think of one thing that Brittain is better than France for/at ..............I was going to suggest cricket .......LOL

Most top designers in most fields are British. Note that that symbol of French engineering, the bridge over the Massife Central is designed by a Brit.

Hell, they wanted to join us back in the fifties.

One of the reason services are so plentiful and cheep in France is that it does not play fair when it comes to nationalisation and protectionism.

Blue Sky

Joined: 30 Jan 2005
Posts: 7658
Location: France

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 07 4:48 pm Post subject:
Don't listen to him M&F He's just a rusty old tin-can from up North (and we can say whatever we want 'cos he probably won't be back online 'til Monday)

Blue Sky

Joined: 30 Jan 2005
Posts: 7658
Location: France

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 07 4:50 pm Post subject:
Shit, I forgot! We're on french time here and he is still at work (online) Run for the hills .......

moules and frites

Joined: 13 May 2006
Posts: 21

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 07 4:58 pm Post subject:
Having thought about it British music is far better than French , a week of Breton radio was quite hard going . Have to get the sky dish fitted asap for the digital radio.

Blue Sky

Joined: 30 Jan 2005
Posts: 7658
Location: France

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 07 5:10 pm Post subject:
Classic FM comes through on broadband really well, If you like that sort of thing

boisdevie1

Joined: 11 Aug 2006
Posts: 3897
Location: Lancaster

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 07 5:38 pm Post subject:
British music better than French? Any culture has it's fair share of carp music but France has some pretty good talent - Axel Red, Patrick Bruel, Florent Pagny, Goldman, Renaud - I could go on. I think if I listened to Radio 1 for any amount of time I'd suspect that British music was not that good.

Blue Sky

Joined: 30 Jan 2005
Posts: 7658
Location: France

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 07 6:08 pm Post subject:
Wot's Radio one then? Patrick Bruel .... chanteur exceptionnel!

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