Oh, England...

The Nanny State: protecting us from ourselves. It's a lovely idea, if you've repeatedly applied a shovel to your parietal lobe.
Tenet one: We must protect our children at all costs. They are our future, and each little snowflake needs to be kept safe from pedophiles.
Tenet two: our children our too fat and must exercise.

The solution? according to the Daily Mail, the Government will limit the school run, so children will have to walk to school.

Yes, walking. Out in the open where the pedophiles live. This is the ultimate nanny state dilemma. (rise in obesity) Nanny State: No child should be driven to school. (one child is kidnapped) Nanny State: All children must be driven to school. (repeat as needed)

At least in America we accept our own failure to adequately provide our children with the tools or motivations to create healthy lifestyles as a fact of life and move on.

merry presents, y'all

The Christmas Carol 'Joy to the World' has the following line:
"while fields and floods/rocks, hills and plains/repeat the sounding joy..."
I'm sorry God, but that seems a little excessive. Maybe even a little cruel. How long are these inanimate objects proclaiming the birth of a saviour? how do you get them to stop? Especially with the floods. If my house is underwater, having a swollen river tell me to rejoice is just mean. The least that damn thing could do is throw in an apology.
'Rejoice, be glad, sorry I ruined your life and all your earthly possessions'