Yesterday afternoon on my lunch break:

Kid: Mum! I don’t want them done up, everyone else doesn’t so I’m not gunna!
Mum: Look just do the damn laces up will you, you’re only going to fall over and break your neck..
Kid: NO, I won’t, it’s fine I wear them like this all the time, stop nagging!
Mum: Fine but when you break your neck you can damn well feed yourself.

Obviously karma is having a little fun because just as the kid gets that triumphant look on his face which every teenager gets when they think they have won an argument against their parents he steps right on his shoe lace, wobbles back and forth, the triumphant look instantly gone and then he bites it in truly spectacular fashion.
I think what almost caused me to choke to death from laughing the most is when he picks himself back up he meekly bends down and ties his shoe laces into perfectly cute little bows and walks off completely beaten.

Or even if you are not, Happy Sex Family Contact Day to you!

To counteract falling population rates a region of Russia is encouraging people to take the day off of work to have sex, if a baby is born exactly nine months from today then you can win a range of prizes from SUVs to TVs.

Could be an interesting conversation a few years down the line when you ask why your parents decided on having you..’well you know that snazzy SUV in the drive that all the neighbours are jealous of? Well it’s a funny story..’

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