Men [rolls eyes]

[Suz]

What a pity it's all an urban legend though, it would have been unbelievable if it was true!

Suzanne

[Andy Hall]

But it is true.

Some while ago, I was on a shuttle from Heathrow to Aldergrove, and Ian (The Ian) was on there. He said that this was the case, so it must be right.

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember "Suz" saying something like:

Actually, it rings a bell. My brother picked up a Victorian household management book with just such kind of stuff in it.

Other areas covered were first aid - by crackey, they had some deadly cures then; and the book warned against sending daughters to further education as it would be a waste of time since women's brains weren't suited for it.

[Stephen Gower]

If you actually have a copy of this book, then the people at Snopes would like to hear from you:

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Stephen Gower saying something like:

kicked around for ages, but I haven't seen it for years.