http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1067 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Sat, 18 May 2013 20:09:20 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1067#post-2727 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:56:46 +0000 John Square 2727@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Thank you for your kind words!</p> <p>It's also good to know my score would have been much the same if I'd edited the sub down to</p> <p><blockquote><strong>Welsh people: "Crazy and Expensive" says report.</strong><br /> Also: Davina McCall breastfeeding grown man</blockquote></p> <p>Is that how one gets on the ticker? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1067#post-2724 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:40:48 +0000 curry muncher 2724@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>"5" for the Davina McCall mental image alone </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1067#post-2722 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:04:48 +0000 John Square 2722@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>oi! some of us live in wales AND have mental health problems!</blockquote></p> <p>Move. That'll fix both your problems.</p> <p>(all the above is meant in jest, btw... I'm no racist! </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1067#post-2719 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:46:47 +0000 PluckyMunky 2719@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>oi! some of us live in wales AND have mental health problems! </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1067#post-2716 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:35:26 +0000 Ostsee 2716@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Free Wales - with every five gallons </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1067#post-2714 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:20:16 +0000 MrChigleysAunt 2714@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I gave you 5 for the headline - which brought on a mild asthma attack. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1067#post-2712 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:17:23 +0000 John Square 2712@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p><strong>Mental health problems are costing Wales £7.2bn a year, a report claims.</strong></p> <p>Promoting better mental health would save money and boost life expectancy by seven-and-a-half years, said the All Wales Mental Health Promotion Network. It estimates costs at over £1bn for the Welsh NHS, over £2.5bn in lost economic activity and nearly £3.5bn in the loss of quality of life for sufferers.</p> <p>However, Gavin Prestwyck, Tory spokesman for Mental Health Issues queried the figures. "The £3.5bn in quality of life loss seems mysterious. Even if you assume every Welsh person is insane- which sounds plausible to me- that means that every Taffy is worth at least £1,167, which is preposterous. Rugby team excluded, you can by a six pack of mixed Welshies for £9.99 on eBay with free P+P on a 'buy it now'. We also feel that the £2.5bn in economic loss is unlikely. We know full well there has been no economic activity in Wales- aside from low-level bartering- since the pits were closed in 1984. Their numbers just don't add up" </p> <p>His view was echoed by Michael Coutt, Director of Studies at the Lenstull Health think tank. "This report extrapolates wildly from flawed precepts. For a start, living seven- and-a-half years longer sounds good, but what if you live in Port Talbot? It's a ghastly place- extending your life by seven years is not a good thing if you live there. If you have a mental illness as well, being helped to live past 50 would certainly count as a form of abuse"</p> <p>Professor Sir Mansel Aylward, chair of the All Wales Mental Health Promotion Network, said: "Mental illness is widespread. Here at the AWMHPN, we think that people need to be shown that being a swivel-eyed lunatic is a bad thing. A lay person might assume that not feeling a need to wear trousers, speaking a made up language and holding a profound belief that Davina McCall is your mother isn't a problem, but we need to show that it is."</p> <p>"Having said that, if she was your mum, you'd never have been weaned off the tit, would you?" </p>