Misconception terminology - I wish to make a correction
Women do not "fall pregnant", not unless they trip and land on an erect cock and in doing so provide sufficient stimulation to result in the emission of semen.

"Got pregnant", yes. "Fall pregnant", no. Not even I am that clumsy and I once fell down a flight of stairs naked.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Tue 30 Sep 2008, 20:53, 11 replies)

Anything is possible.
I accidentally got drunk last week, honest.
( girlinthehole, Tue 30 Sep 2008, 21:02, closed)

It's a
good job you didn't land on an erect cock, the owner of which gets excited by women falling onto it. Isn't it?
(Evilweevil is covered in bees, Tue 30 Sep 2008, 21:09, closed)

i gotta agree wid ya!
THAT type of language comes from and belongs in the 19th century (if not earlier?). nothing more than a method of misogynistic social control.

bleh!
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Tue 30 Sep 2008, 21:32, closed)

Surely one would
become pregnant. I'm not exactly sure how you would get pregnant. Is that like Get Carter?
(Toucan - http://www.titmonday.com, Tue 30 Sep 2008, 22:39, closed)

Is that like Get Carter?
ROFL!
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Tue 30 Sep 2008, 23:58, closed)

no,
you are incorrect. Its an accepted phrase in the English language. I'm surprised none of the pedants here haven't hauled you up on your comment. It goes along with falling ill and falling in love. Though the image of someone falling down the stairs naked and landing on a cock is amusing...
some relevant definitions of 'fall' to help you out:

to succumb to temptation or sin, esp. to become unchaste or to lose one's innocence.

to pass into some physical, mental, or emotional condition.

to come by lot or chance

to come by chance into a particular position.
(lazy killer robot found that beer tastes better when your older, Wed 1 Oct 2008, 4:02, closed)

*belms*
the reason the pedants haven't hauled me up on it is probably because they were smart enough to realise I was exploiting a popular phrase for the purpose of attempted humour.

I bet you're one of those people who whinges about puns.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Wed 1 Oct 2008, 6:19, closed)

I read that
as
"to come a lot by chance

to come by change into a particular position"

I'm just wondering how repeatedly you'd have to change into that particular position before you came- and what the odds are for someone spontaneously ejaculating while at work...
( uberdeity Wondered why Owen Lars knew of the term "hell" on, Wed 1 Oct 2008, 10:58, closed)

maybe the expression
was used partly because it suggested the Fall of Man.
(apeloverage committed the vile act of onanism on, Wed 1 Oct 2008, 7:11, closed)

Yeah
I'm trying to think of the quote from my old english teacher a few years ago, in assembly.

"My wife will tell you that it was at this point, that she fell pregnant. I prefer the term 'was skilfully made pregnant'"

Funny guy.
(ShitBitch, Wed 1 Oct 2008, 10:46, closed)

A Gillian?
You'll be saying people don't 'perform' sex acts either! What ever next?
(Countryslicker, Wed 1 Oct 2008, 16:38, closed)