Electric Fence
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A story in our local paper detailed how equipment used to provide high voltage fencing to keep cows in a field had been stolen,and used to electrify children's playground equipment.
This was described by people as 'sick and vile'.
Being vocal about the disparity between how this equipment was used upon animals and people,I chose to comment about the 'electric fence used on cows'.
This evening,only shortly after discussing this item on Facebook,the programme 'It was alright in the 1970s' was discussing sexual diseases and its effects upon her sex life and remarked that such diseases were like 'an electric fence around a cow'.
Quite a bizarre analogy,but all the more bizarre in terms of its timing.
Date submitted:Thu, 22 Sep 2016 23:55:37 +0000Coincidence ID:8880
