I've just had a thought - is there a site like The Jenny McCarthy Body Count for Wakefield?

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Don't know but according to this there have been 11 confirmed deaths from measles in the UK since 1999.

I looked at that Jenny McCarthy site and one of the links took me to the most teeth-grindingly annoying thing I have ever read - click at your own risk!

Fflaps, your link reminded me of this: http://www.theonion.com/content/node/37376

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Twenty seconds... you give up and turn off the Jeremy Vine show.

I wouldn't chinge your mind with a pinted stock.

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i nearly pissed myself i laughed so much

Fuck. Me. Blue. What a load of wholemeal organic hippyshit.

What a load of toss. I honestly can't imagine her books on the comedic side of motherhood being all that funny.

Blimey, what is it with ex playboy models trying to act as authorities on things which they are in no way qualified to comment on?

Stick to getting your tits out Jenny, you where quite good at that.

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Something tells me that any child brought up on that nonsense is going to a chain smoking, cheese burger scoffing, drug popping little bastard by the time they are 16 just to piss mommy off.

That's not annoying it's hilarious

For all the handwoven yogurt bollocks, McCarthy is still a heavy smoker...

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic ... sters.html

Two words, esp about the aspirin advice - Darwin Awards.

This really annoys me. First the Mail complains about hospitals being hotbeds of 'superbugs'. The NHS tackles this issue with new and more stringent hygiene procedures. Then the Mail complains that now you're more likely to catch something else because germs like E Coli are being 'ignored'. The NHS can't win.

I know our hospitals and the NHS aren't perfect but ffs, it riles me to read these moans about how horrendous and dirty and unhealthy our hospitals are, when in reality they're really not that bad compared to much of the world. 'Venture through the swinging doors' - ffs!!! The way the article makes it sound like you're taking your life in your hands every time you go to hospital - talk about hyperbole. Fine, if hospitals are so dangerous, next time you break a limb or collapse a lung, stay home, where of course there are no germs whatsoever, with some aspirin and an extra blanket then! See how quickly you get well, if at all.

And yeah - the aspirin advice - personally I'm allergic to aspirin so don't take it but while I know a small amount can be good for people whose blood is already prone to clotting, just taking heavy doses whether you need it or not is a recipe for stomach problems, at the very least.

I think it's the angle the story approaches it from which hacks me off. Rather than doing their usual thing five or so years ago or rooting around for a story where a someone in a hospital forgot to flush after taking a number one, they're taking this approach where dirty hospitals are already a presupposition for the sake of this story, automatically planting the seeds in their readership's minds through the assumption.

This is the thing about cleanliness - people DON'T NOTICE when it is clean. Of course in a hospital it's expected, but the same goes for anywhere else - a clean street, or park, or shop is the given. People don't remark on the cleanliness, because there's nothing there to remark about.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... chool.html

OMG OMG OMG - I am waiting for the deluge of 'my child didn't walk till he was 3 and there's nothing wrong with HIM, thank you very much' and 'global developmental delay is all the fault of single mothers' and probably a bit of white supremacy as well. Failure to reach milestones can be an indicator of global developmental delay? Who would have thought it?

33 comments so far and the vast majority exactly as predicted....why am I not surprised? 'My child was late to walk but is now doing a PhD at the age of 10, therefore this study and all like it are rubbish and designed to make ME, individually, feel bad.' God help us.