Cancer is a cruel killer. It creeps up on us when we aren't expecting it. But cake is not cancer. A doughnut does not creep up on you.
A state school class can only learn as fast as its thickest child. Your kid misses stuff, mine has to wait while yours catches up.
Nothing makes me want to scream louder than oldies doddering on to a train at a slow shuffle when the rest of us are just trying to get on with our day.
Ladies, I urge you never to buy a black bathroom suite. 'CBB' decided this would be glamorous. 'CBB' was wrong.
Women are a strange thing. Like watches, houses, and cars, you really only need one at any moment in your life (French men disagree).
Clear rules provide huge amounts of freedom: freedom to be safe and freedom to work efficiently because things are in order.
Simply put, some people think they are above rules or even that rules are there to be broken. Once you start teaching that to your kids, this country is really in trouble.
When you own a car, you want to keep it looking good, maybe even give it a wash once a week. When you own a house, you try to keep it maintained and don't let the rot set in. When we own something, we look after it. We need to make the same choices with our bodies.
There are important rules in life - like not parking on yellow lines or stealing from your neighbour. But some rules are made to be broken.