Monday, 23 March 2020

When Habits Become Bad.

And here’s another problem with the corona thing: it’s impinging on the practice of our treasured and traditional social habits.

British people can no longer shake hands when they meet. The French have to say bye-bye to la bise. Young boys on Lambrettas in Italy have to stop pinching girls’ bottoms. And the poor Swedes have to accept that taking a sauna stark naked with sundry strangers of the opposite sex is no longer de rigueur.

The final upshot of this must surely be that sex, even between consenting adults, will soon become illegal. Any woman found to be in the terminal stages of pregnancy in nine month’s time will be sent to prison rather than the maternity unit. As for the men, well…

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