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He's way ahead on my scorecard at the minute like.

Ken Barlow now. Always found him creepy. It's all in the eyes...

I'm currently on a train. There's a Chinese man next to me absolutely howling down the phone at someone. There's also a very loud, posh woman a couple of rows back talking overly loudly to "Richarrrrrd dahhhhling" and it's thoroughly annoying. They better all be getting off at the next stop.

Good God, she's scary in every way.

Anything else?

"Do as I say, Michael and start a thread!"

Why don't you just have a nice, quiet drink with your wife? I'm sure both the diamond wedding party and the kids will appreciate that.

Brilliant

The blokes love it!

New specs and sunglasses.

Ghost - Enchanted Bloom Balenciaga - Paris Bvlgari - Omnia They're my posh ones at the moment but I just wear SJP's New York day-to-day which is cheap and cheerful.

What the fuck?!

Oo-er

I know

I'm not sure I'm entirely happy with my name now being a substitute for that word!

I was listening to a mother on the radio the other day. She has a son who had the MMR vaccine and from that day on behaved differently and was subsequently diagnosed with autism. Her stance was an interesting one in that she absolutely does not believe that "MMR causes autism" but through her own experiences and research has come to a tentative conclusion that maybe some children are born pre-disposed to autism and something in the MMR acts as a trigger to that. It doesn't cause it per se, but it sets off a chain of events which leads to the child developing the condition. She went on to have another child and I think that despite everything she had him immunised also and he has, so far, shown no signs of the condition. She was extremely sensible, eloquent, non-hysterical and analytical and it was quite refreshing.

Nah, not for a wedding. I'm going to wear old ones that I bought for another cousins wedding 7 years ago. I've only worn them about 3 times and no-one will remember!

I bought a dress. I draw the line at buying shoes aswell though

Hippocrocopig. Not her though, obviously

A bit selective? The bairn has had all of his recommended immunisations to date. Vaccines that have been used for years where the benefits outweigh the potential risks. I made one decision for him not to have something where the long term risks weren't known, and I took that decision as a mother with a little bit of medical knowledge, not as a pharmacologist. You mentioned a couple of months ago that you have a daughter. How old is she? Do you consider that her immune system is as fully developed as an adult? I genuinely can't remember as it was 4 years ago, but rest assured that it wasn't Wikipedia or Netmums.

Cos it stops the bairn from being able to open the drawers?

Why is this such an issue?? I always wash ALL bedding on a higher temperature

It avoids you cos it wouldn't be able to put up with your fucking whingeing if you actually caught it

Because I read an awful lot around the subject and made the decision based on the fact the drug was rushed through, unable to ascertain the long-term effects and he was only 9 months old with an immature immune system. I absolutely wrestled with my conscience about it but I wouldn't dream of giving him a regular flu jab at that age and the "Swine Flu" was a sensationalised variant of regular flu. Yes people died from it but I see people die of "flu" annually - it's not just whipped up into a media frenzy. Obviously I cacked myself every time he sneezed for the rest of the winter but I'm happy with my informed choice at the time. As for missing your flu jab? My grandma had the jab and got rampant flu and she won't ever have it again. We're offered the flu jab every year at work - some years I've had it and some years I've not but am yet to get flu in any form. (Famous last words )

I can understand parents being wary of the vaccine 10 years ago in the height of the scaremongering, but do think it's foolish to not let the bairns have it now. I refused to let my then 9-month old have the swine flu jab in 2009 when he was "sent for" by the GP surgery.