Several good friends of mine are either pregnant or have recently been pregnant. Well, it seems that perhaps these couples would have done much better if they had taken a quick trip to Russia beforehand.
According to an article in today’s edition of The Denver Post, Russia has declared September 12th to be the Day of Conception. Faced with a national crisis of low birth rates and an aging population, the Russian government has decided to give its citizens a day off from work in order to, ahem, make a different use of their time. Couples who give birth to a child nine months later (June 12) will receive prizes which include cars, refrigerators, and video cameras.
Mission work to Russia suddenly got a lot more appealing…
…I could use a new car…
That should improve national morale…I’ll stop now.