Comments on: What a state it is, the drag I’m in

By: Kate

Kate — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:11:54 +0000

PS - Nigella annoys me a bit.

By: Kate

Kate — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:11:26 +0000

Yes, we do practice a bit on those dummies but frankly they are rubbish!! Much better to pratice on a real person!! hee hee!!
But for things like breech deliveries the dummy is our only option because they happen so rarely these days.

By: Gloria

Gloria — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:14:00 +0000

Nigella is just awesome. I love how she eats loads, and not that heathily either! And looks amazing and sexy and just comes across as such a nice person. She’s my hero.

By: Kathye

Kathye — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:37:12 +0000

I watched Dawn Gets a Baby and thought it was great, despite having had 2 I had never seen someone else give birth and although I knew the theory of some of the things she looked at it was really interesting to see how they were actually used, actually the main thing I thought at the end of the programme was how much more she had explained to her than you do when you “are” actually expecting!

So anyway, yes another recommendation to watch it

PS - Kate do you get to practise on those dummys when you train?

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:09:55 +0000

Gloria is both good looking and good cooking so I think it must be more to do with being famous, on the telly and having, probably, quite a lot of money. Also - Nigella’s kitchen is bigger than ours.

I was trying to work out a way of making a joke about the fact you said that Nigella would be good cooking - it made me think of cooking Nigella… but I couldn’t work out a way of doing it and making it sound funny - I thought maybe if I explained the principle you could work out your own jokes.

By: Mat

Mat — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 13:19:14 +0000

Yeah, communism is only good if everyone’s rich! It works in Cuba, kind of. A lot of people are happy and they’ve got really low infant mortality rates and an excellent health service, but their standard of living is pretty poor compared to average housing standards here. They’re also under a dictatorship, so that has its own problems.

Gloria, why would you rather be Nigella Lawson? Cos she’s good looking, or good cooking?

By: Gloria

Gloria — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:56:38 +0000

Andy’s a bit of a Communist on the quiet. I agree with a lot of the principles, but as Pete said, it would only be any good if it was done properly. When it isn’t, you get Russia. And Romania. And various other Eastern European and South American countries where things are not so good.

The Royal family is an institution! And let’s face it, they don’t really hold all that much weight any more so there’s no harm in keeping them. They’re not even the richest family in the country any more, so I don’t begrudge them their titles. I’d rather be me any day. Me, or Nigella Lawson.

By: pete

pete — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:33:27 +0000

Now don’t get me wrong-I don’t have a problem with the individules in the royal family…well…not one the whole…

…but I do think I have an answer to harry’s problem…

…REPUBLIC REPUBLIC REPUBLIC!!!!

Why on earth do we need a monarchy??? And why, by some accident of birth, should one person be born more important than everyone else? I vote that we become a republic…

…hummm….

…now that I am thinking about it…lets go all the way and become Communist! It would be so good if it was good properly!

By: Kate

Kate — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:38:09 +0000

Sorry this is totally off the subject but Gloria - you should go to BBC iplayer and watch Dawn Gets a Baby - I just watched it and it’s hilarious. Plus, it’s interesting. In fact, everyone should watch it.

By: Gloria

Gloria — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 13:16:01 +0000

I agree, you’re not talking rubbish.

I heard on tv the other day, someone who used to be a jihadi (is that right?!) said that the Taliban (is that the right group of baddies? I’m feeling a bit blonde today!) “wouldn’t bother risking going after a member of the Royal family” so they might as well as have been honest about Harry being there. But I can’t help thinking, ‘maybe they would’ and is it really worth the risk? I mean, I agree that Harry is just like any other member of the armed forces and is putting his life at risk just by the job he’s chosen to do, but at the same time, he’s not QUITE the same, is he? I think the media black out was entirely justfied, to protect the other members of his squadron (or whatever) if nothing else. To say it’s the end of free press is just ridiculous.

I feel quite sorry for Harry, actually. I bet it’s the closest he’s ever been to being normal, being in Afghanistan. No body guards, no press, no-one knowing (or really even trying to find out) where he is or what he’s doing. He must have loved it!