anonymous would-be-parent asks "Guru, where do babies come from?"

From these nice birds:



Yes, it's a stork. It's a euphemism, which I usually try to avoid, but for this I will make an exception.

The only exceptionally fun part of making babies is the first hour or so. After that, it's all downhill.

Nothing has helped curb population growth more than childbirth videos being shown in sex-ed classes. If I liked stats, heres where I would put a lot of numbers to support my statement. It would be a sound bet that people that have sat through these government endorsed scare sessions are less inclined to create the next generation. Some PhD probably wrote a 20 page paper affirming these sentences already.

Some things in life are better not knowing.

Stick with the stork.

Comments...

Merriman - Hour?

"First hour of so?" You're an ironman. I have to scotch guard my pants, just in case.

sheldong - technicalities

Well, it depends on how you define an hour or so.

The hour could start with the idea, and end with me sound asleep.

So that would leave a lot of room for variance in the amount of action time.

Also, when dealing with amounts of stamina, sizes of anatomy or lengths of fish caught, always round up. It's the law.

leo - and

notice the "or so" as well.

Sheldon is not a lawyer, but he fully understands the concept of "escape clause".

kat - hehehe

dude, I think in BIO 12 we had to watch one of thosev scarring child birth videos. Hell. Tt worked for me :3

kat - damn :\

I can't type :\

Merriman -

Hooked on crack whores - it works for me. ... so that's what I was doing on Queensway ...

Devon -

Indeed

Devon -

Actually, Sheldon, I think childbirth videos have very little to do with the decrease in the Total Fertility Rate that has occurred in Western nations over the past 60 years. Perhaps the most significant factor is the increase in education: whereas prior to the Second World War, most people did not complete high school, today the majority of people complete high school and go on to college or university. As a result, many people delay starting their families. The average age of a Canadian woman giving birth for the first time is 26 or 27 (check Statscan for exact numbers). And because woman do not have unlimited fertile years, starting later means having fewer kids. Unlike horny old men, who can still get women pregnant in their 70s!

But yeah. Storks rule!

sheldong - education

The amount and type of education has changed.

I'd say that 60 years ago in North America, kids weren't being fed childbirth videos and scary talks about venereal disease. This has become an important part of today's "education" so we can't talk like they are two separate things.

That would probably have a big part in their choice to do large amounts of post-secondary education instead of popping out tons of babies.

The increasing amounts of people that choose to take Engineering degrees also work to further lower birth rates.

Also, I wouldn't be surprised if I was shooting blanks myself. That would be cool. But I won't chance it. Scary sex ed classes said that would be a bad idea.

sheldong - VD

Well actually I can't say that kids weren't being taught so much about VD, but I would guess that it was probably less emphasized and graphic.

leo - less kids 'n shit

Also, the more industrialized and technologically advanced a country becomes (and, more importantly, the more social services a country has), the less value there is in having a lot of kids. If you're a farmer, you need a truckload of kids to run the farm and feed you when you get old. If you're a lowlevel factory worker in a third world country its the same deal. If you're a nutty asian you need sons to keep the family name alive and preserve your honour.
If you're looking forward to a nice cushy pension and know that the government will cart you around when you retire, then it's suddenly much less important to crank out the kids like there is no tomorrow. You can sit at your desk and work until you're seventy no problems, so you don't need someone stronger to take over either.
Seriously, if women didn't still have a biological drive to have a kid at one point, all the western nations would be almost extinct by now.

german leader -

They should have randomized power breakdowns in all major cities maybe once every two years in average. Then it would have the same effect as the power breakdown in newyork in the 80s (?) - a lot more children than usual dating back to that day.
Guess what fun it would be if you knew that you are expected to get it on when the elevator stops.

Oh and sheldon: the Engineering argument is so true!

So I'm looking for a well educated university graduate, blondes and social sciences preferred, who is willing to engange in the act of mating with me - all for our economy's sake.

kat - awww

That kinda makes being an engineer a little more sad :\

sheldong - stickshifts n safetybelts

The talk about power outages causing increases in population got me thinking about another thing that has annoyed me for quite some time.

New cars have bucket seats!

Bring back the bench seat. Bench seats are better for sleeping, screwing and just all round looking cool.

Not only would it help Canada's birthrate, it would increase our pimpin' factor by 10 billion.

leo - alright

sheldon, just because you spent the last half week screwing on the bench seats of your old beater, doesn't mean the rest of us want to hear about it.

sheldong - its healthy!

saves money on Armour All!

also need to shake out the rust somehow.

Merriman - Population

Don't get me started on the car sex topic. You don't have it bad until your friend starts having sex in your car with a random slut ... while you're in the car ... and you have to clean it up afterwards.


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