monster placenta

I've just read an article about sex education on the BBC news website and one of the comments made me laugh my head off:

I went to school in a large fully comp in Feltham, West London. These were the days when your parents had to sign a consent form for you to have sex education. I was about 14 (1975) and the school had hired a film about childbirth. Being that it had the film for only a short period, it was decided to show it to as many as possible in one sitting. So there we all were, about 150 of us in the school hall, watching a 16mm film with diabolical sound, of a woman giving birth. There was the usual noises and comments as the film progressed. After the baby appeared, the voice over mentioned the placenta would follow. At this point the projector jammed, which caused the film to melt from the centre of the picture outwards. The mother in the film was still on screen, so at first everyone thought the melting of the film was the placenta coming out, but it just got bigger and bigger and bigger, and the gasps of horror got louder and louder and louder, until the entire screen was filled with what we though was placenta, the illusion broken by a lone voice shouting 'the films on fire!'

Pandamonium ensued, and 150 young minds were scarred for life. Possibly my favourite school memory.
Karl, London

DOOM

I've just been re-reading some old Sirius/Remus fic and I'd forgotten how genuinely funny some of them are. I know you're supposed to claim that you don't care for the popular trends but I really did love the style that a lot of those fics had. I don't know whether it's the knowledge of impending death and doom and heartbreak, but I could never resist the lighthearted stories that take place before Peter's betrayal. They all have such a bittersweet edge when you know what's coming: doom, death, betrayal and doom with a hint of regret and pain. I think that's why I liked Clark/Lex back in the day as well.

Also, lonelybrit made me read a Top Gear fic today involving Top Gear Squid and Boris Johnson. o_0 I'm not sure whether I should feel dirty or not.