Bits & Bobs 46

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25583

Today I was speaking to a neighbour, a young woman with a four month old, who said it was taboo to breast feed in Asian culture.

As she has just said 'Asian' culture, rather than any specific background, cultural, regional or religious, I thought I'd Google this to find out more. I googled 'breastfeeding Asian taboo'

Don't be Mimi. Especially at work.

Jem · **Posted:** Fri May 27, 2016 13:56

Mimi wrote:

Today I was speaking to a neighbour, a young woman with a four month old, who said it was taboo to breast feed in Asian culture.

I've never come across that in any of the support work I did

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25583

It's not something I'd heard of either. I should say that this girl is breastfeeding, but she was telling me of how it was very difficult to get support from friends etc because of the taboo, but she was lucky as her mum had breastfed against the taboo and told her to go for it and her husband is supportive.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Fri May 27, 2016 14:02

Mimi wrote:

Today I was speaking to a neighbour, a young woman with a four month old, who said it was taboo to breast feed in Asian culture.

As she has just said 'Asian' culture, rather than any specific background, cultural, regional or religious, I thought I'd Google this to find out more. I googled 'breastfeeding Asian taboo'

Don't be Mimi. Especially at work.

What the fuck do they feed them at birth? She's bonkers.

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12243

Curiosity wrote:

Mimi wrote:

Today I was speaking to a neighbour, a young woman with a four month old, who said it was taboo to breast feed in Asian culture.

As she has just said 'Asian' culture, rather than any specific background, cultural, regional or religious, I thought I'd Google this to find out more. I googled 'breastfeeding Asian taboo'

Don't be Mimi. Especially at work.

What the fuck do they feed them at birth? She's bonkers.

Straight to formula.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Fri May 27, 2016 14:07

I am doing my self evaluation for work.... i hate writing about myself

MaliA · **Posted:** Fri May 27, 2016 14:09

KovacsC wrote:

I am doing my self evaluation for work.... i hate writing about myself

Just say you're ace at everything and give yourself top marks. They'll negotiate it down probably so you might as well start high. There's probably no penalty for this approach. And you need more training.

JBR · **Joined:** 2nd Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 3211

Probably best not to ask us to add anything for you, though.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Fri May 27, 2016 14:10

JBR wrote:

Probably best not to ask us to add anything for you, though.

yes, I can see where that can go wrong

JBR · **Joined:** 2nd Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 3211

JBR wrote:

Probably best not to ask us to add anything for you, though.

Except, perhaps, for MaliA's "brazen through, man" advice. Which we should all take.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Fri May 27, 2016 14:14

Yes, true...

Pundabaya · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5016

Mimi wrote:

Today I was speaking to a neighbour, a young woman with a four month old, who said it was taboo to breast feed in Asian culture.

As she has just said 'Asian' culture, rather than any specific background, cultural, regional or religious, I thought I'd Google this to find out more. I googled 'breastfeeding Asian taboo'

Don't be Mimi. Especially at work.

Lol.

myp · **Posted:** Fri May 27, 2016 14:16

Mr Russell wrote:

Curiosity wrote:

Mimi wrote:

Today I was speaking to a neighbour, a young woman with a four month old, who said it was taboo to breast feed in Asian culture.

As she has just said 'Asian' culture, rather than any specific background, cultural, regional or religious, I thought I'd Google this to find out more. I googled 'breastfeeding Asian taboo'

Don't be Mimi. Especially at work.

What the fuck do they feed them at birth? She's bonkers.

Straight to formula.

Which is wonderful, considering the water quality in some of the poorer areas.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

Mr Russell wrote:

Curiosity wrote:

Mimi wrote:

Today I was speaking to a neighbour, a young woman with a four month old, who said it was taboo to breast feed in Asian culture.

As she has just said 'Asian' culture, rather than any specific background, cultural, regional or religious, I thought I'd Google this to find out more. I googled 'breastfeeding Asian taboo'

Don't be Mimi. Especially at work.

What the fuck do they feed them at birth? She's bonkers.

Straight to formula.

Considering cultural taboos tend to be historic rather than emergent, I very much doubt they were putting babies straight on formula in the 16th century.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25583

Curiosity wrote:

Mimi wrote:

Today I was speaking to a neighbour, a young woman with a four month old, who said it was taboo to breast feed in Asian culture.

As she has just said 'Asian' culture, rather than any specific background, cultural, regional or religious, I thought I'd Google this to find out more. I googled 'breastfeeding Asian taboo'

Don't be Mimi. Especially at work.

What the fuck do they feed them at birth? She's bonkers.

No, she's not. She wanted to (and did) go against the taboo and has breastfed since. She was telling me that she was so worried about the cultural taboo causing trouble when she was in public that she took a bottle, but her boy had no interest in the bottle so she was so grateful that he almost forced the first out-of-home feed, so now she just 'whips them out anywhere'.

And yes, many women choose to go straight to donuts from the first feed.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25583

Oh my god, my phone autocorrected formula to donuts and it's the best thing aboop my day :DD

I love my phone.

myp · **Posted:** Fri May 27, 2016 14:22

Mmmm, donuts.

Jem · **Posted:** Fri May 27, 2016 14:24

Mimi wrote:

so now she just 'whips them out anywhere'.

Like me! Except I don't have the excuse of breastfeeding any more :DD

Mimi wrote:

Oh my god, my phone autocorrected formula to donuts and it's the best thing aboop my day :DD

I love my phone.

Best autocorrect of the year.

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12243

Aboop

Curiosity · **Posted:** Fri May 27, 2016 14:33

Mimi wrote:

Curiosity wrote:

Mimi wrote:

Today I was speaking to a neighbour, a young woman with a four month old, who said it was taboo to breast feed in Asian culture.

As she has just said 'Asian' culture, rather than any specific background, cultural, regional or religious, I thought I'd Google this to find out more. I googled 'breastfeeding Asian taboo'

Don't be Mimi. Especially at work.

What the fuck do they feed them at birth? She's bonkers.

No, she's not. She wanted to (and did) go against the taboo and has breastfed since. She was telling me that she was so worried about the cultural taboo causing trouble when she was in public that she took a bottle, but her boy had no interest in the bottle so she was so grateful that he almost forced the first out-of-home feed, so now she just 'whips them out anywhere'.

And yes, many women choose to go straight to donuts from the first feed.

I know that modern parents can sometimes do that, but a cultural taboo across all of Asia seemed somewhat unlikely based on the regular availability of formula and clean water in the less 'first world' parts of it. If it does exist it is bloody odd that such a thing has caught on in the modern world, going against millennia of tradition.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Fri May 27, 2016 14:35

I had a sports massage on Wed, I can only just walk properly now... fucking hell did she hurt

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25583

'sports massage'

KovacsC · **Posted:** Fri May 27, 2016 14:47

yes, not one Craster has

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14487

https://edfries.wordpress.com/2016/05/2 ... or-gotcha/

Article on the first colour arcade game

myp · **Posted:** Fri May 27, 2016 17:44

Very sad that this month's Shell Driver's Club newsletter is not from Bilge Stores.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

It's funny because she's in customer services.

Grim... · **Posted:** Fri May 27, 2016 19:33

BILDGE

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Blige, surely?

Anyway, we fired a member of our team today. That was a bit sad.

But she was a fucking incompetent nutjob so pretty good overall.

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12243

MrChris wrote:

Blige, surely?

Anyway, we fired a member of our team today. That was a bit sad.

But she was a fucking incompetent nutjob so pretty good overall.

Story please.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Heh. The amount of typing that would require would piss off ruth as she's trying to watch telly. Cottage

MaliA · **Posted:** Fri May 27, 2016 21:33

MrChris wrote:

Heh. The amount of typing that would require would piss off ruth as she's trying to watch telly. Cottage

BeexBQ

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

I'm not sure I know when that is. I can't be arsed to use one search function.

Grim... · **Posted:** Fri May 27, 2016 21:42

MaliA wrote:

MrChris wrote:

Heh. The amount of typing that would require would piss off ruth as she's trying to watch telly. Cottage

BeexBQ

Ahem.

Grim... · **Posted:** Fri May 27, 2016 21:42

MrChris wrote:

I'm not sure I know when that is. I can't be arsed to use one search function.

http://www.beexbeeque.co.uk

myp · **Posted:** Fri May 27, 2016 21:54

You can't ahem someone when the URL is exactly that

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Is there an ahem etiquette?

Grim... · **Posted:** Fri May 27, 2016 22:00

Lonewolves wrote:

You can't ahem someone when the URL is exactly that

http://www.goingtothecricketinstead.biz

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25583

Grim... wrote:

MrChris wrote:

I'm not sure I know when that is. I can't be arsed to use one search function.

http://www.beexbeeque.co.uk

Your site is cute this year. I like the weather.

I want to click to be assigned food. Maybe I can just post some.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25583

And you can post it back to me cooked.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

MrChris wrote:

Heh. The amount of typing that would require would piss off ruth as she's trying to watch telly. Cottage

How loud do you type?!

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

I'm sorry I have a cold.

MaliA · **Posted:** Fri May 27, 2016 22:35

Cras wrote:

MrChris wrote:

Heh. The amount of typing that would require would piss off ruth as she's trying to watch telly. Cottage

How loud do you type?!

He dictates.

myp · **Posted:** Fri May 27, 2016 22:55

Grim... wrote:

Lonewolves wrote:

You can't ahem someone when the URL is exactly that

http://www.goingtothecricketinstead.biz

Sad that you didn't buy that

Grim... · **Posted:** Fri May 27, 2016 23:03

I suspect I'll never own a .biz.

myp · **Posted:** Fri May 27, 2016 23:14

Grim... wrote:

I suspect I'll never own a .biz.

Pleb

Kern · **Posted:** Sun May 29, 2016 15:26

Oxford, May 2016:

MaliA · **Posted:** Sun May 29, 2016 18:39

Kern wrote:

Oxford, May 2016:

Superb.

myp · **Posted:** Sun May 29, 2016 20:14

Classism in action :'(

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Superb +1

NervousPete · **Posted:** Tue May 31, 2016 11:52

So sat at work with a traveller's protest outside on the steps of the Law Courts, campaigning for justice for two men from their community who have been jailed for holding a man in slavery for 14 years.

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales ... f-11405928

They're playing Bob Marley freedom songs loudly and chanting. Definition of irony: Playing freedom songs to win freedom for men jailed for denying people freedom. (Some bang-up reporting by the Wales Online there, by the way. A photograph of three policemen in front of a van with the headline, 'Three Policemen in front of van'. Next I expect them to try and interview the cockerel one of the travellers has.)

Not sure what they're hoping to achieve since they've already been sentenced, but hey...

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