Saturday, January 14, 2006

Idiot-proofing

If germ-proofing has resulted in the rise of deadly super-germs, what will come of making things idiot-proof?

My friends and I discuss this regularly - we're living in the age of anti-Darwinism where only the idiots are still breeding.
It's true isn't it?
The people you love, the ones you think are great parents with fantastic kids, stop at two, or even three.

Then you meet people with three kids to three different arseholes. (What happened to once bitten, twice shy?)
Or the woman I met recently with 12 children, who found a new partner when her teenagers stopped being eligible for pension payments - and found herself in hospital, in labour, at the same time as her 17-year-old daughter.
It's a joy to see them down the street together with matching prams, sharing a cigarette.

It's only just occurred to my family (not to mention me) that I can still have more kids.
And I'm sure, secretly, my parents have revived their dream of my finding a nice yuppie lawyer or international doctor.
And when I think about it I'm torn between 'ohmigod, then I'd be one of THEM' and 'maybe it's my genetic DUTY to breed a few more gorgeous, incredibly-loved kids'...to balance out all the sad, pension-sucking freaks who lined up with me at CentreLink the other day.

CentreLink scares me.
I need a new job like NOW so I never have to sit next to the incredible farting woman and the tooth-picking thong-wearer ever again!
Or a nice lawyer to breed with...LOL

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