What is happening to our Country .

Good one M

Why do sweets make me fat
Why does wine make me fat
Why do peanuts make me fat
Why is skinny good and fat bad
Why am I not tall

We are a country of Whingers though, hence the Aussie sobriquet 'whinging Poms'. We are all really lucky, think about being a woman in another country whose whys could be:
Why don't my children have enough to eat
Why don't my children have a school to attend
As a woman why can't I vote
As a woman why does my face have to be covered when there is nothing in any religious book that demands that.
As a woman why can't I drive, go out alone, if I do go out I have to ask permission from any male in the house, even my 4 year old son has more rights then I do.
As a girl child why did I suffer from genital mutilation, when there is nothing in any religious book that demands that.
As woman in some countries why am I regarded as something worthless.
As a woman in the UK I am so lucky as I do not and never have suffered from any of the comments I've just made.

nanban the first 5 are answered by the last one. If you were taller the others wouldn't apply. At least that's my excuse

dorsetpentt that is an excellent and timely list. Thank you.

BTW, in the last 10-15 years of my teaching career, we (English Dept.) always marked in pencil. I can remember how depressing my Maths homework used to look when it was returned slashed all over with red pen.

Why do drivers bib their horns so quickly

Why does it take so long for potatoes to get crispy when roasting them

Why is it that when you clean the house it only last two minutes

Why do parents have favourites

Why do I happily choose a colour to paint my wall and when its up ALWAYS dislike it.

Movedalot

Nice post dorset we are indeed a country of whingers and a little foreign travel brings that home forcibly e.g. christchurch earthquake, australian floods.

dorset - a timely reminder of the rights we have to be grateful for. Thank you.

Here I am Home Alone, Christmas sweets all long gone [straight to the bum] and there sits my little Christmas sugar mouse, with his little sweet face, and little string tail. I looked at him, and he looked back - it was of course hopeless ........ xx

Hello there, nanban! I bet you've eaten it. Did he have any friends left over for today.

Nanban don't listen to Movedalot - I'm tall, she's wrong

sel

Sel some of us need out illusions/excuses, please don't take them away

There is some good news Movedalot they have revised the BMI scales so you may be thinner than you thought! The bad news for me is, I'm still overweight, even on the new calculations

Sel, I don't believe it! I pictured you as tall and willowy!
Or at least statuesque...

There you go - tall and overweight = statuesque. Short and overweight = dumpy!

Hmmmmm, statuesque..I'm liking that I can't do willowy but with my Spanx on I can approach oak like. Mature oak

When I was told (secondary) kids might find my use of a red pen "psychologically damaging" I just replied that they shouldn't make so many ballymistakes then.
(If there was a ban in 2008 - nobody told me!)

Very sobering, dorsetpennt

And to continue the original brilliance of this thread....

Why are we so scared to do what is really going to make us happy

Why dont we realise that life is very short and we should appreciate every day

Why do we choose to cry when we could smile instead

Why do grown Adults bicker like children

Why do we follow our bank managers instructions instead of our hearts

Ok I'm done and really looking forward to reading other granetter's WHY'S

x x

Why do my unreachable and /or rude itches always occur when I`m in the presence of other people?

number you are a star

I am not short, I am petite.
Sugar Mouse is definitely deceased.
My bank manager a very long time ago said: borrow as much as you can, as cheaply as you can, for as long as you can. And I agreed.
My country is the best in the world - and I know, I've lived in plenty of others.

Why is there anything wrong in the world - one word - people.

Why cry instead of laugh - one word - people.

dorset thanks for your post, I was checking through this thread feeling with the moaning about how crap this country is. I have pride in Britain and if you look for good it is there .. look for bad and you will find it. British people have a lot to be grateful for.