Was Humpty Dumpty pushed, or did he jump?

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. circa 1810

The story about this accident prone egg, originally penned in 1810, has suffered some ‘creative’ editing at the hands of the BBC.  You will recall that all the King’s horses and all the King’s men couldn’t put Humpty together again.  However, in the Director’s Cut version they ‘could make him happy again’.

Is this political correctness gone too far?  Apparently, it’s not the first time the BBC has amended a traditional nursery rhyme – in their latest version of Little Miss Muffet, the little girl befriends the spider.  What next? 

‘A ring, a ring o’ roses.  

A pocket full of posies.  

Atch chew!  Atch chew!  

We all took Tamiflu’

I learnt to live with the loss of Humpty.  I comforted myself in the knowledge that all the King’s men, and their horses, did everything possible to save the stupid egg.  Also, something good came of his sad demise.  I learnt, through his example, that climbing large walls could be dangerous…..that cognitive behavioral therapy has stayed with me to this day.

Instant Karma

Cruel to be kind....kind of....

A mother from Victoria has been hauled before police and accused of assault after disciplining her nine-year-old daughter with a wooden spoon, reports the Herald-Sun.

Apparantly, officers warned Claire Davidson she risked being charged with “assault with a weapon” after her daughter revealed during a classroom discussion on bullying that her mum smacked her.

Times have changed haven’t they.  Back in 1972 I probably would have suffered another beating for revealing that I was beaten.  The wooden spoon was the primary symbol of authority in our household – although, we knew we were in serious trouble when my dad undid his belt.

I was ‘disciplined’ with all variety of implements and it taught me that there were consequences to my actions……painful consequences in some cases.  I’ve never urinated into a steam iron since then….

‘Geeks earn $4,600 a day selling penis pills online’

Commander-and-Chief of Botnet Armies

Is your wife wondering why you’re getting all those emails on penis enlargements and premature ejaculation? Well…  You can tell her it’s not your fault and that it has nothing to do with your web surfing habits.  The Sydney Morning Herald reported today that thousands of tech-savvy Eastern European geeks are launching web campaigns for illegal penis pills, fake anti-virus software and counterfeit luxury products – resulting in an avalanche of dodgy emails.  

In a plot that sounds like it’s straight from the script of a Dr Who episode, these geeks secure and command ‘botnet armies’ of infected computers to spam the globe.  Everytime someone buys one of the products, they make a commission on the sale…