Another reason for your little darlings to whine their way through summer - as if they needed one.

Apparently the credit-crunch and economic downturn of the past few months is going to hit kids right where it hurts them this summer - in their parents' wallets.

The six-weeks' holidays is about to become a bargain break for our offspring with less spare cash to throw away on summery-type experiences, according to banking and insurance giant AXA.

Strange but I don't ever remember our parents shelling out hundreds of pounds on toys, trips and treats when we were kids.

Swimming, climbing trees, playing football and cricket and hanging round looking at girls and trying not to get noticed as I recall.

Perhaps the memory dims with age but I remember what my parents said when I moaned about being bored.

Think yourself lucky, all we had was a whip and top and a bag of marbles.

Perhaps our kids might go for that this summer in then interests of economy.

Then again, perhaps not.

Old ones are best
A PIECE in one of the papers this week reminded me of an all-time classic old-man's joke.

Apparently the over 70s are enjoying a good sex life these days. Lucky them.

Swedish sex researchers - it always has to be Swedish, don't they do anything else up there? - found that the number of 70-year olds having sex has gone up in the past 30 years.

But there is an anomaly and a good excuse to sneak in the joke.

Apparently 98 percent of married 70-year-old men said they were enjoying regular sex but only 56 per cent of married women said the same.

Something not right there.

Reminds me of an uncle who is still having sex at 76 which is odd, he lives at number 74.

With thanks to Bernard Manning.

Bat's entertainment
A TEENAGER found a bat in her bra this week.

I'll say that again. A teenager found a bat in her bra this week.

Apparently the thing had got in the 'padding pocket' while the underwear was on the washing line. Call me naive but how many blokes knew about a padding pocket in bras?

We've been being short-changed all these years.

I wonder what the bat thought?

I bet the experience confused his radar.


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