A very British record

[OneFootInTheGrave]

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3369623/It-is-quite-mad-that-Im-a-grandad.html

A LAYABOUT dad bragged yesterday about the prospect of becoming Britain's youngest grandad.

The scrounger, 29, said he was chuffed his 14-year-old daughter was pregnant and crowed: "It's quite mad... I'm about to be a grandad.

"I was 14 when my daughter was born - and now she's having a baby."

The schoolgirl became pregnant by her 15-year-old boyfriend and is expected to give birth in August.

The pair, from South Wales, are pupils at the same comprehensive school and have been dating for several months.

She announced her news to pals on Facebook by updating her status to "looking for a pram with the mr".

Wales

[Snotty]

If youre not interested in walking up hills then there is little to do in Wales except get drunk and screw

[Zoetstofzoetje]

That's nothing. I remember a case from (Portsmouth?) where a 45-year old was a greatgrandmother. She got pregnant when she was 15, and the youngest offspring now gave birth to a baby girl. 45, 30, 15, and 0.

That different from my family. My greatgrandmother was alive until a few years ago, but she was born in 1899! And then my other grandmother died two years ago as well, she was born in 1929. She was proud to be the only person who received more pension than she had paid herself

[ColdPhoenix]

We've had 29 year old granddads before. And this one might even be 30 by the time she pops it in August:

http://www.nealirc.org/Gerontology/FamilyRecord.html

Youngest grandfather:

The youngest grandfather whose history is authenticated is Fale Wright, following the birth of a baby girl to his son, Stephen, and his girlfriend, both 14 years old, Dale Wright of Warwickshire, Britain, became the youngest known grandfather at age 29. Mr. Wright, who was also 14 when Stephen was born, was astonished when his son told him his girlfriend was expecting, but did all he could to be supportive. "I wish it hadn't happened," he told the press, "but I couldn't shout at Stephen too much because I'd done the same at his age." Asked what he thought about his father becoming a grandpa, Stephen remarked, "I think dad was more concerned about being a granddad than me having the baby. I've got to be careful about calling him granddad now he doesn't like it too much."

I find this more impressive:

Youngest grandmother:

The youngest grandmother whose history is authenticated is Mum-Zi, a member of Chief Akkiri's harem on the island of Calabar, Nigeria, became a mother at 8 years and 4 months. Her daughter also delivered a child at age 8, making Mum-Zi a grandmother at age 17.

[Elok]

Do they have that abstinence-only sex ed rubbish in the UK too, or did the condom break, or do the doofus Welsh just think a condom is something you put on your finger to keep the slime off when you get to third base?

In any case, granddad needs a pimp-smack for his parenting skills.

[OneFootInTheGrave]

the sun and misinformation

and the Nigerian case - 8 year olds having kids... ugh... not much more to say.

as for the Welsh, I bet they are not aware that condoms exist at that age.

[Provost Harrison]

We're letting the wrong people reproduce...

[Snotty]

Been around the world and found
That only stupid people are breeding.
The cretins cloning and feeding.

Present company excepted of course

[Provost Harrison]

Well alas I am not reproducing...this is the problem with the educated today, we are not creating offspring.

[OneFootInTheGrave]

As the 21st century began, human evolution was at a turning point. Natural selection, the process by which the strongest, the smartest, the fastest, reproduced in greater numbers than the rest, a process which had once favored the noblest traits of man, now began to favor different traits. Most science fiction of the day predicted a future that was more civilized and more intelligent. But as time went on, things seemed to be heading in the opposite direction. A dumbing down. How did this happen? Evolution does not necessarily reward intelligence. With no natural predators to thin the herd, it began to simply reward those who reproduced the most, and left the intelligent to become an endangered species.

eh

[Zoetstofzoetje]

Well alas I am not reproducing...this is the problem with the educated today, we are not creating offspring.

This is not new, it has happened for all of human history. The successful always have had less children than the unsuccessful. And those in power shag their cousins more often than not, leading to issues in general health of the ruling family.

I think it's a proliferation strategy. If you're doing well, making sure that 1 child makes it is the best strategy. If you're doing so-so, it's better to have lots of children, in the hopes that at least one of them makes it (so you know that someone will push your wheelchair).

[MOBIUS]

The Valleys are the pits (excuse pun!).

There was a great story about people trying to stop the expansion of a landfill in the area because lots of cases of babies being born with birth defects.

Turns out after much investigation that the cause was a case of alcohol abuse with a healthy dose of inbreeding on the side!

The Valleys start just 10 miles north of Cardiff...

[MOBIUS]

We've had 29 year old granddads before. And this one might even be 30 by the time she pops it in August:

http://www.nealirc.org/Gerontology/FamilyRecord.html

I find this more impressive:

Isn't all this just proof that God is a paedophile? Why would it be possible for an 8 year old to get pregnant if he didn't intend them to be ****ed by dirty old men?

Not only that, but the old sleazebag is probably watching!

[Barnabas]

In the past the wealthy lived more, had more kids, and had more lovers (wife + women they ruled over)

[Asher]

Been around the world and found
That only stupid people are breeding.
The cretins cloning and feeding.

Present company excepted of course

Harvey Danger