Goosey Lucy Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 This gave me something to think and smile about yesterday. I was stopped by a friend yesterday who wants to bring her daughters to meet my hens as they watched Jamie on tv and are now interested in hens etc. She went on to ask "How do you know you can eat the eggs? I mean, how do you know they've not got a chick inside?" I explained that we only had girls and that they lay an egg every day more or less. She looked confused so I tried to elaborate. I explained that hens are like women, we produce an egg every 28 days or so, it only results in a baby if it is fertilised by a man. No man=no baby. Hens are the same except they produce an egg every 24 hours or so, no cockerel=no chick, only an egg. She looked even more confused. "What do you mean you don't need a man to produce an egg? I thought the man made it happen?" So I explained again that she ovulates every month, that's why she has a period, if the egg hasn't been fertilised you have a period. I swear she doesn't believe me. There was another mum there who also didn't seem to understand what I was talking about. And they have 5 children between them! She also said that she had bought her first free-range chicken in the supermarket that day, she was about to pick her usual standard bird but felt everyone was watching her, disapprovingly so picked the free range bird instead. I can understand people not knowing about a hen's reproductive cycle but she seemed completely ignorant of her own biology! And she's not young, either! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 I wonder if she calls it 'the curse because that would explain what it is. I find things like that quite scary (her not knowing basic things liek that I mean) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goosey Lucy Posted January 17, 2008 Author Share Posted January 17, 2008 Yes, I was really surprised and shocked. I worry about how many people are unaware of their bodies and how they work. Of all the mums I know, she's not someone I would have thought wouldn't know such basic information. She has two girls as well so unless they pay attention at school they are going to grow up not knowing how their bodies work either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Oh that had me in stitches Lucy, thanks for a much needed laugh this morning HOn. Does she know that you can get pregnant through your tummy button???!!! I'd swear that Rosie knows more than her! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Does she know that you can get pregnant through your tummy button???!!! yes dear. Thats it exactly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Oh dear, that is funny, but so scary as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 I never cease to be amazed at just how ignorant and uninformed peole can be It's scary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goosey Lucy Posted January 17, 2008 Author Share Posted January 17, 2008 It's just that I thought she was quite intelligent and aware! Just goes to show, you can never tell... I've done Sex Ed classes for 10 year olds, never thought I'd be giving them for 30+ year olds! I just wonder what else she doesn't know! We're going out as a big group tomorrow night, what myths and white lies can I put into the conversation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 So much for our education system. A generation or so ago that would have been understandable, but now, with TV and magazines etc it's gobsmacking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillfamily Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 OMG ...............i'm speechless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Scary isn't it!!! GL - I was going to say how you'll be able to tell your group about all the things they could catch from toilet seats............ but some littlies may believe me if they read it here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 GL - I was going to say how you'll be able to tell your group about all the things they could catch from toilet seats............ but some littlies may believe me if they read it here Can't you get pregnant from loo seats too??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 of course!!!!! - although they mostly arrive by stork........ and are left under gooseberry bushes!........... aren't they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 That is staggering, I would have thought any woman who has a child these days would at least have the knowledge of how the whole process worked. My children are better informed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tessa the Duchess Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 I love the subject line Tessa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 That level of ignorance is a bit scary - if she's a fairly well educated person goodness knows what some of the rest of the population think is going on "down there". It's lucky that schools tell kids far more than in our day, hopefully they'll be informed enough to pass it on to their kids. What on earth do they think periods are for . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paola Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 GL - I was going to say how you'll be able to tell your group about all the things they could catch from toilet seats............ but some littlies may believe me if they read it here Can't you get pregnant from loo seats too??? Thats how it happened for me I no longer sit but hover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 GL - I was going to say how you'll be able to tell your group about all the things they could catch from toilet seats............ but some littlies may believe me if they read it here Can't you get pregnant from loo seats too??? Thats how it happened for me I no longer sit but hover You can get 'up the duff' from sitting on some seats too - we had a pregnant seat in the last place I worked:roll: Lesley - I was found under the rhubarb leaves; no gooseberry bushes in my folks' garden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 we had a pregnant seat in the last place I worked:roll: They only work for people who would prefer not to conceive at that particular time. They never work for those who want them to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clur Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Could explain why they have 5 children between them?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feemcg Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 You wouldn't believe some of the 'misconceptions' I heard when I ran a Youth Sexual Health drop-in clinic - couldn't put any of them on here though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 You wouldn't believe some of the 'misconceptions' I heard when I ran a Youth Sexual Health drop-in clinic - couldn't put any of them on here though Oh, go on Fee; I could do with some laughs this afternoon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goosey Lucy Posted January 17, 2008 Author Share Posted January 17, 2008 You wouldn't believe some of the 'misconceptions' I heard when I ran a Youth Sexual Health drop-in clinic - couldn't put any of them on here though Ooh please tell, I can try some out tomorrow! I did have to tell a Year 5 lad not to hit his upstanding member with a brick once. The other lads suggested he use two! (Boys can be so cruel ) This was only in a discussion in class, it wasn't happening at the time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 I bet that will be moderated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 I bet that will be moderated! Not by me, I can't stop laughing long enough! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...