Casserole Babies

For dinner today I fancied trying out a sausage casserole mix type thing that had been advertised on TV recently.  In order to make it you need the usual ingredients; water, onions, mushrooms, and sausages of course.
Whilst preparing the ingredients I became interested in what was written on the back of the packet (other than the instructions).
There is a warning towards the bottom that says 'To avoid suffocation keep away from babies and children'.  This was referring to the plastic bag that came with the packet.  I realise this is a very practical warning and should be taken very seriously, however, to someone like myself, who takes a rather skewed view on most things, I considered the warning and began to think of other ways in which this could be interpreted. 
For example, what if you were to take the view that the warning might suggest not giving the bag to a child in case they decide to suffocate you with it instead of themselves (not that I'd wish that on any child).  Just supposing you have a rather demonstrative child who likes to inflict pain on others for the sheer fun of it (kids like that do exist).
Or, the other way to look at it might be that its a good idea to stay away from children in general in case they bring about a sudden loss of breath (not entirely, just asthma symptoms or hyperventilation).  I found myself in just that situation last week.  Well, almost, it was more like exasperation.  A colleague of mine has just become a grand mother for the I don't know how manyth time, and she insisted on showing me pictures of him.  I am indifferent to children to say the least, and I don't have any of my own (that i know of!) However, I am one of those people that babies generally seem to cry around, so avoiding them (with or without bags) is done at all costs.

It's Not Big Or Clever

Tonight saw the final episode of series three of Mrs Brown's Boys, as broadcast on BBC1 in the UK.  Whilst I am not really a fan of the show, I have endured it over the weeks of its current run.   There must obviously be some appeal for a certain section of the British public, especially considering more than 7 million people have been tuning in to keep up with the events of its main protagonist (and, some would say, antagonist) Agnes Brown and her family.
To say I understand its popularity is somewhat of an overstatement.  I have been hoping that there would be something in it to change my mind, and I could then say I enjoy it, but alas no, I am still struggling on that front.
Mrs Brown seems to spend all her time interfering in her children's lives without any of the fallout you'd expect from such put upon offspring (most kids would have dishoned someone that annoying).  And, of course when she's not interfering she's swearing and generally being vulgar to boot.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not a prude, far from it, I love nothing more than a good double entendre, and have been known to swear like the proverbial trooper (not that I've ever met a trooper, or heard one swear either), but as kids we were told it's not big and its not clever.  In fact my mum once told me 'we'll have no f*cking in this house'; to which i found incredibly funny, and repeated on several occasions in the days that followed. Admittedly I was a 15 year old boy who still found the word 'bollocks' funny (actually that still makes me chuckle a little). 
Maybe the simple, vulgar nature of the language is its overall appeal. 
I guess what I'm trying to convey here is the slightly hypocritical nature of the world we live in.  Its not big or clever when kids do it but its hilarious when adults do it on, and watch it on TV.