Knit-a-Tit.
The financially pressed NHS has commissioned the Mother’s Union in Somerset to hand knit 150 breasts.
They are ‘cheaper than’ the £35 a boob version they used to buy.
The fake breasts will be issued to health visitors and community nurses who help support new mothers.
‘In the past, trainers had to use balloons to demonstrate feeding skills,’ said infant feeding specialist Louise Stickland.
What did they do before balloons were invented? You know the 2000 odd years B.B?
Before we could afford outreach workers to go and teach new born babes how to suck……
Jeez, no wonder the country is broke.
However, whilst searching for a suitable picture to illustrate this (the Mother’s Union appear to be using up every scrap of red, blue and brilliant green wool they have left over after knitting all those blankets for the Crimean war…..)
I found this knitted object. Answers on a postcard please as to which group of health workers commissioned it……
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May 28, 2010 at 16:38 -
I know this one. Gastrologists. Good colour choice for the anus, it seems apt.
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May 28, 2010 at 18:56 -
I expect it was Colon the Baabarian….
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May 28, 2010 at 17:19 -
The group of psychologists who are studying the “Cabbage Patch Kid disemboweler”
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May 28, 2010 at 17:20 -
An example of woolly thinking if ever I saw one, although I’m loathe to jumper to conclusions.
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May 28, 2010 at 17:23 -
Hah, spin me another yarn.
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May 28, 2010 at 17:25 -
Oh, purl-ese!
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May 28, 2010 at 17:27 -
Don’t get the needle!
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May 28, 2010 at 17:29 -
Well don’t make me cross, Titch!
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May 28, 2010 at 17:30 -
There seems to be a pattern developing here…
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May 28, 2010 at 17:32 -
You’ve made me lose my thread now….
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May 28, 2010 at 17:35 -
That’s because you got all crochety..
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May 28, 2010 at 17:44 -
This is such a close knit community I thought Thaddeus would have cottoned on to this thread by now,
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May 28, 2010 at 17:59 -
To be fair, weave not weft him much room so far.
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May 28, 2010 at 17:59 -
May 28, 2010 at 18:03 -
You want me to be fair-I’ll think it over..
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May 28, 2010 at 18:06 -
I thought you would if Aran that by ya.
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May 28, 2010 at 18:09 -
May 28, 2010 at 18:29 -
“Ms McFadden said: ‘You can buy model breasts, but they cost around
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May 28, 2010 at 18:32 -
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May 28, 2010 at 18:50 -
Oh dear, Alan, oh dear, oh dear, oh dear! I don’t know what’s worse: inflated or uninflated!
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May 28, 2010 at 20:06 -
To all contributors – thank you. This thread made my day.
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May 28, 2010 at 21:07
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May 28, 2010 at 22:40
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