More tests are required
1. You must pass basic map reading before you are allowed to have a Sat Nav.

2. Having kids is a privilege, not a right. Your suitability as a parent will be tested and you are only allowed to procreate with the correct paper work. Not sure how this will work but a bit like an MOT I think.

3. You are only allowed to go on holiday if you can name 2 interesting facts about the place you are visiting.

4. You will only be allowed back in if you know another 2 when you return.
(LetsGetDownToIt, Thu 22 Sep 2011, 13:30, 9 replies)

I would like to subscribe to your news letter
as your ideas intrigue me.
( Funkenschlag still likes dogs more than cats, Thu 22 Sep 2011, 13:32, closed)

I like this.
You speak sense.
( girlinthehole, Thu 22 Sep 2011, 13:35, closed)

3a And can say "hello", "goodbye", "yes", "no" and "thank you" in the local language
"Another beer, please" is highly recommended, too
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Thu 22 Sep 2011, 13:39, closed)

I used to think that some sort of childbirth license would be a good idea,
until I found out that Marilyn Manson was in favour of it, too. I still think it's a good idea, but I generally refrain from supporting it in public, now (no one has worked out a way of sterilising newborns, either, which throws a massive spanner in the works).
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Thu 22 Sep 2011, 13:45, closed)

Lets face it, if you had to get a licence to proove you'd make a good parent, the human race would quickly die out.

( girlinthehole, Thu 22 Sep 2011, 14:08, closed)

People who are likely to make the best parents
are the least likely to have children, it would appear.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 22 Sep 2011, 22:34, closed)

Put bulk oral contraceptive hormones in the water supply
after inventing an antidote that is available only on strictly-controlled, government-approved prescription.

That'd work. Probably.

Me, I'm going to start the black market in the antidote and retire a bazillionaire. Then wonder why all the fish are girls.
( shinyshinyscalp less a man, more a way of life, Thu 22 Sep 2011, 16:50, closed)

Read Piers Anthony's Bio Of A Space Tyrant series
It's excellent. This exact idea is implemented in order to control population levels.
(EuroSong I love horse meat: best of all the animals, Mon 26 Sep 2011, 16:07, closed)

1) after seeing a sign that says "your satnav is wrong, no through road" i wholeheartedly agree.
(MrHammerHands last checked the time on, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 1:00, closed)