A delicious item of news appears in today’s Times to lighten, if not light up, your day.
It is reported that Melbourne brothel owners have asked the state authorities to exempt their premises from its ban on smoking in the workplace to stop their employees returning to the streets to ply their trade to escape the ban.
Speaking on behalf of the brothel-owners in explanation of their request, a spokesmen for them is quoted as saying:
‘People smoke when they fornicate’.
While that might well hold true of the more steamy Ozzies, we sedate Pomms prefer to postpone the mandatory cigarette reserved for these occasions until stumps are drawn at close of play.