why wy?

There was a documentary on SBS last night, about a Jewish couple who had 17 children. All their own, which is more than enough to make your own football team, plus reserves, trainers and a coach. It's very sad, the thought that even if I got the baby factory started right this minute, I would be menopausal before I hit no.17. So much for increasing (or diluting) the brain pool.

I know I already have a quote for the week, this is for next week:
"The prevailing philosophy is that we each stand on our own feet; so I take it that the adjunct to that is that we each sit on our own bottoms - and don't expect the state to mollycoddle them!" - Dr Thomson, chief advisor to the British civil service, who resisted a peitition to switch from hard toliet paper to a softer sort.

It's from neil gaiman's blog, and so is this one about the top 50 things to eat. I'm all for the numbered roast duck.