My friends at BBC news are pleased to report that women who exercise by doing housework reduce the risk of breast cancer.
For my final competition of the year, can you guess the gender of the researchers?
If you need a clue, it was the same team who earlier in the year found that sitting in a recliner watching soccer was the equivalent of acupressure on the points most associated with arthritis, liver disease and knob-rot.
We should applaud such scientific discoveries and reward these researchers with titles and cash.
So, come along ladies. You missed a bit in the corner. And please bob down if you are walking in front of the television.
I see it as my moral duty to allow any female reading this blog to come round to my place and tackle the piles of dust.
ReplyDeleteI hate to disagree, Dave, but I would rather that they were tackling that pile of ironing rather than reading this blog.
ReplyDeleteI think one of the 'rathers' is superfluous, Vicus.
ReplyDeleteWomen, so they tell me, can multi-task. So no doubt they can read your blog and do the ironing.
No-one has turned up here with a duster though.
All absolutely true - it's why we live 10 years longer than men.
ReplyDeleteHere. Have a cold can of beer, Vicus. It's coming straight at your head.
ReplyDeleteI hope you'll be clearing that mess up afterwards, Cherry.
ReplyDeleteWielding the hoover for exercise can take all sorts of forms, such as beating researchers to a bloody pulp. That would work up a sweat.
ReplyDeleteCompletely off-topic, old chum, but could you clear-up something for me? I mentioned your name yesterday to a fellow-blogger, who said I was pronouncing it wrongly.
ReplyDeleteIs the 'i' in Vicus pronounced 'eye', as in 'viking' or is it as in 'vicar'?
These girls seem to be a tad on the touchy side, don't they?
ReplyDeleteCP, Realdoc, have a break and a nice cup of tea. I would make it for you if I knew where the kitchen was.
Dave. An interesting dilemma, and I have written about it before. yet to be resolved
If there is anyone out there blessed with erudition, then maybe they could let us know.
Thank you Vicus. I am sorry (having only arrived at your blog part way through the year, and not yet having worked right through your archives) to raise a subject which has clearly been raised before, by, indeed, your goodself.
ReplyDeleteThe help you got back then was fairly useless, but you eem to have a better class of reader these days. Perhaps you should ask the question again. I feel sure that any lawyers present, for instance, will be fluent in Latin.
I never heard that "ducking down" request having anything to do with the television. But what do I know? My floor is covered with old Vanity Fair magazines and once a year I turn them over. Saves SO much time vs vacuuming.
ReplyDeleteI think it'd Vic as in Dick or Prick isn't it?
ReplyDeleteMargaret, please get back to the laundry, dear lady.
ReplyDeleteWeecooss Scoorra. I can see RBT saying it now.
ReplyDeleteAt last a thread worthy of my comment. Sadly I have to go and do the washing up and then pop out for a few things I need tomorrow for Sarah's breakfast.
ReplyDeleteI spent all day cleaning and cooking.
ReplyDeleteIs there some sort of prize for me now?
each time i try ironing or vacuum cleaning i bugger up my back so i won't be doing anybody else's housework for them either.
ReplyDeleteif you want something done, do it yourself boys.
Oh dear... as I am hoplessly domestically challenged...well, you know.
ReplyDeleteI am a lawyer and though I'm not fluent in Latin I think Richard has it right.
ReplyDeleteTedward. I would have taken your opinion had you not confessed to your profession. And I won't be paying any bills either.
ReplyDeleteNo, Margaret, I think it's pronounced Juan Kerr.
ReplyDeleteHas nobody said "While you're down there" yet? Tsk boys, I hope you're not going soft on us. Although it wouldn't be the first time. Stand up and fight you wet nellies.
Dafty Rainbow! Welcome back. Glad you've got all those little jobs done! Clever girl!
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