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If you have had kids then biologically speaking you are not a failure
I you abandon your kids and they end up running riot on a council estate then that would be a failure
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It's not that bad. Just think, you could be a success, and that would never do
Hard Brexit now!
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Well actually, maybe not
In evolutionary terms, if you have kids you are a success. That's it. Bye.Originally posted by Gold DalekIf you have had kids then biologically speaking you are not a failure
I you abandon your kids and they end up running riot on a council estate then that would be a failure
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Looking rather lardy though - and aren't you worried about your cholesterol level these days?I'm a failure too... the War Criminal James Tiberius Kirk is still at large & uneaten..."I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
- Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...Comment
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Careful, O trusty minion, you might choke on his wig.Originally posted by zeitghostI'm a failure too... the War Criminal James Tiberius Kirk is still at large & uneaten...

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I hadn't thought about it before, but I suppose that's true. In the great scheme of things, my footy medals don't count for much.Originally posted by DundeegeorgeIn evolutionary terms, if you have kids you are a success. That's it. Bye.
But what about drone bees, or whatever the ones are called that don't have offspring themselves? Their definition of success is the queen's offspring. So, if they can be a success by proxy, why can't people?
And now this kind of carry on is getting into the human race. What about a surrogate mother, who is implanted with fertilised eggs of another woman? Which woman is the success?Comment
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People can't because it's not the way the species works.
I'm a success then as I have 1.5 children!Serving religion with the contempt it deserves...Comment
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