Encouraging uniform behaviour
A Midland school is banning girls as young as 9 from wearing skirts - because girls are wearing them too short. Walkwood Middle School in Redditch has told girls aged 9 to 13 to wear trousers from September, and to wear shirts like the boys, instead of lighter fabric blouses from next year. Head teacher David Doubtfire said the ban was necessary to get some of the girls to cover up at school because their skirts were far too short, making them appear "unladylike". (Source: BBC.co.uk)
Only thing more horrific than dating a fat person ...
The San Jose Mercury News advice column received this letter: "My son, who is 21, has been dating a girl for three years. When they began dating she was tiny, but she has gained significant weight. She is petite, about 5ft 3in (1.60m), but I'd say she weighs 150 pounds (68kg). My son says it bothers him that she has gained weight, and he has tried to encourage her to work out with him. She has a foot injury that prevents her and she says she has gained weight since going on birth control ... She eats a lot of carbs, especially pizza ... She's endangering her health as well as hurting her appearance ..."
Humour site Bad Advice You Were Hoping For replies: "You've correctly identified the most major obstacle to your son's continued romantic success: the fact that your son's girlfriend has put on more weight than his mother is comfortable with ... The only thing more horrific than dating a fat person is for one's own child to date a fat person, whose distribution of adipose tissue is scientifically proven to block their ability to be funny, lovable, kind, decent and intelligent. One wonders if your son's fat girlfriend has ever considered how hard it is for her boyfriend's mother to be seen in public with someone else who is dating a fat person?"
