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bad sex awards: how about childbirth?

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Elasticwoman · 28/11/2007 16:55

Article in the Times touched on the literary award for bad sex in a novel. I wondered whether any one has any contributions for a literary bad birth in a novel?

Can't think of any toe curlingly embarrassing childbirth in fiction myself, but a funny one in Adrian Mole, when Adrian witnesses the birth because the nurses mistakenly thought he was the baby's father, so we see the birth through his eyes and then the fun of the nurses' horror when they realised who he was! (Thanks Sue Townsend - a memorable scene.)

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onebatmother · 07/12/2007 10:36

! is dp fervent royalist?

TinyTimLivesinVictorianSqualor · 07/12/2007 10:28

I just did stars, I actually did enough to make 'Prince Edward'

onebatmother · 06/12/2007 21:41

have just realized that the number of stars aren't faithfully repeated when you press 'post'. VS, HOW many stars did you intend?

onebatmother · 06/12/2007 21:38

Now * is driving me crazy!!

This outing thing is crack isn't it.

Prunie · 06/12/2007 20:59

The one I know is rather handsome
And so pleasant

TinyTimLivesinVictorianSqualor · 06/12/2007 20:28

Although my DP is banned
He will be disappointed, after telling him, 'men do go on MN, even *** goes on there' he was almost siging up.

Just the problem of a name that was suitably manly for the mens room, unisex enough for the 'ugh, a man is reading this' threads and had ample opportunites to namechange that was stopping him.

onebatmother · 06/12/2007 20:25

Any friend of Ricky Ross, Lorraine McIntosh, James Prime, Dougie Vipond, Ewan Vernal or Graeme Kelling is welcome here.

Prunie · 06/12/2007 19:46

OOh I know one of Deacon Blue

onebatmother · 06/12/2007 19:27

not.. sparkly lurex? For the Abbey? Oh, Swedes.

TinyTimLivesinVictorianSqualor · 06/12/2007 18:31

pink or brown???

awayinNaeManger · 06/12/2007 18:25

it's taken me nigh on 2 hours to read this thread LOLing all the way!

Swedes2Turnips1 · 06/12/2007 17:27

Ah yes must do profile - with pictures. Tomorrow. Tonight, I am going to a concert in the Abbey, DS2 is singing in the choir. Will take Grazia and sit near the back. Will be wearing snood of course.

onebatmother · 06/12/2007 16:59

look someone etc part 2

onebatmother · 06/12/2007 16:57

look someone's done it for us

onebatmother · 06/12/2007 13:49

swedes when are you going to do a profile?

onebatmother · 06/12/2007 12:45

must do work must do work

onebatmother · 06/12/2007 12:43

perhaps a Dickensian goitre?

onebatmother · 06/12/2007 12:42

did you mean your neck is already too big to accommodate Swedes snood!? that's quite big for a neck.

TinyTimLivesinVictorianSqualor · 06/12/2007 12:41

I think I prefer the first one, just looks like a hairnet, no neck problems there.

onebatmother · 06/12/2007 12:38

lol swedes!

I had in mind something a bit less taliban for VS - something a little like this.

Then again, this is very pretty

TinyTimLivesinVictorianSqualor · 06/12/2007 12:33

I think my neck is too big.

Swedes2Turnips1 · 06/12/2007 12:28

VS and OBM - Happy Christmas and happy knitting
I have got three now, pastel pink (with matching leg-warmers), brown and sparkly lurex for clubbing. I don't mind if you steal my look.

TinyTimLivesinVictorianSqualor · 06/12/2007 12:26

I thought I was doing a really good impression, but obviously not.

onebatmother · 06/12/2007 12:23

'Korean' is quite specific..

onebatmother · 06/12/2007 12:22

at you VS, at you.

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