This was broadcast on the news here in England this morning.
There is, of course, a value to the Idea, but like any 'overruns', there are some quite amusing assides to it.
One idea proposed is that of a 'push button' (as in doobell) main switch on the washing machine, which reads figerprints, ensuring that one person is unable to operate the machine twice in a row (That one made me laugh - they actually demonstrated it - and plan production of the gadget for the marketplace!
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One advertisment shows a devoted husband (who is wearing heavy duty bright green work gloves) wrestling with an ironing board, trying to work out how to open and set it up. This is followed by the display of a 'Macjho man' doing the ironing. To make him feel less inhibited doing women's work, the board has an attachment (Which is a set of variable weights, attached to his ironing hand, so that he can build up his arm muscles whilst ironing!).
One comment from a British viewer (who emailed in a tongue-in-cheek comment to the BBC), read :- Women are biologically adapted to do the washing up, as demonstrated by the fact that they usually have smaller shoe sizes than men, therefore enabling them to reach the washing up bowl more easily than men!:biglaugh: )
The news article itself, from:- http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1388188/posts, is as follows:-
[size=+1]SPANISH LAW TO OBLIGE MEN TO SHARE HOUSEWORK[/size]
deutsche presse via email no url | 4/21/5
Posted on 04/21/2005 7:59:11 AM PDT by NativeNewYorkerMadrid (dpa) - The Spanish parliament Thursday approved legislation making divorce speedier and easier, while ordering men to share childcare and housework.
The draft legislation, which needs to be pass through senate, allows couples to file for divorce three months after getting married instead of one year.
Couples may divorce without previous separation and without citing the cause.
The legislation allows judges to order shared custody of children even when the parents have not reached such an agreement, a point criticized by women's associations and which may change before the law takes a definitive form.
The law has come under criticism from Spain's Roman Catholic Church, which opposes Socialist Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero's liberal social policies. The law contains a point for Spanish men, notorious for leaving nearly all housework to their wives. It mentions that married partners need to share domestic responsibilities and care of the young and elderly, in addition to living together, being faithful and helping each other.
:woohoo: :bonk:
There is, of course, a value to the Idea, but like any 'overruns', there are some quite amusing assides to it.
One idea proposed is that of a 'push button' (as in doobell) main switch on the washing machine, which reads figerprints, ensuring that one person is unable to operate the machine twice in a row (That one made me laugh - they actually demonstrated it - and plan production of the gadget for the marketplace!
)One advertisment shows a devoted husband (who is wearing heavy duty bright green work gloves) wrestling with an ironing board, trying to work out how to open and set it up. This is followed by the display of a 'Macjho man' doing the ironing. To make him feel less inhibited doing women's work, the board has an attachment (Which is a set of variable weights, attached to his ironing hand, so that he can build up his arm muscles whilst ironing!).
One comment from a British viewer (who emailed in a tongue-in-cheek comment to the BBC), read :- Women are biologically adapted to do the washing up, as demonstrated by the fact that they usually have smaller shoe sizes than men, therefore enabling them to reach the washing up bowl more easily than men!:biglaugh: )
The news article itself, from:- http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1388188/posts, is as follows:-
[size=+1]SPANISH LAW TO OBLIGE MEN TO SHARE HOUSEWORK[/size]
deutsche presse via email no url | 4/21/5
Posted on 04/21/2005 7:59:11 AM PDT by NativeNewYorkerMadrid (dpa) - The Spanish parliament Thursday approved legislation making divorce speedier and easier, while ordering men to share childcare and housework.
The draft legislation, which needs to be pass through senate, allows couples to file for divorce three months after getting married instead of one year.
Couples may divorce without previous separation and without citing the cause.
The legislation allows judges to order shared custody of children even when the parents have not reached such an agreement, a point criticized by women's associations and which may change before the law takes a definitive form.
The law has come under criticism from Spain's Roman Catholic Church, which opposes Socialist Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero's liberal social policies. The law contains a point for Spanish men, notorious for leaving nearly all housework to their wives. It mentions that married partners need to share domestic responsibilities and care of the young and elderly, in addition to living together, being faithful and helping each other.
:woohoo: :bonk:
