Astounding

[Johnboy]

According to a liver specialist on BBC Radio 4 this morning who explained that a litre of Vodka has the same amount of calories as two litres of cream. I wouldn't have guessed that in a month of Sundays!
JB.

[retropants]

good lord really? I had better start drinking baileys then

[Geoff]

Try burning them as a comparison, then again perhaps not.

[Motherwoman]

Why is just about everything so bad for us? How did we get this far without keeling over?
And while I'm in grumpy old woman mode why are doctors overweight when they know all the answers.....?

MW

[Primrose]

Have you noticed that almost every day now there is some kind of (scientific) study published in the press proving that something or other is either good or bad for us. I don't know what most of these studies are meant to prove unless it's just academics trying to get published. I'm not quite sure where they all get their proof from but apparently in the h
Happiness stakes, the top item of twenty things which make most people happy is finding a forgotten £5 note in their jeans pocket.

All I usually find in my husband's pockets is a pile of disintegrated Kleenex tissues which he has forgotten to remove before throwing them into the washing machine. Spending time having to try and remove all the millions of bits of white fluff which then cling to every item on the washing line and have to be painstakingly brushed off does not appear anywhere on MY top twenty happiness items!

[PLUMPUDDING]

Not much of a dilemma then Johnboy, I would go for the cream on my dessert any time. I do have an interesting vodka though with a hint of chili and strawberries that my son brought back from his travels that is delicious served ice cold.

I suppose it is everything in moderation.