(Der Spiegel)
Germany's World Cup Baby Boom
Last summer's mix of sun, beer and excitement during the football World Cup appears to have produced a massive hormone rush in German bedrooms, gardens and back alleys. Nine months on, birth clinics across the country that hosted the tournament are reporting a much-needed baby boom. . . .
"[w]hat was any art but ... a sheath, a mould in which to imprison for a moment the shining, elusive element which is life itself - life hurrying past us and running away, too strong to stop, too sweet to lose." - Willa Cather, Song of the Lark
Thursday, February 22, 2007
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I laughed for a good few minutes when Trivial Kate passed this on:
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My favourite part:
It remains to be seen whether Germany will get another baby boom in nine months' time after it won the handball World Cup earlier this month.
Didn't we go over this in HS? You can't get pregnant from...
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