Why I love British newspapers

I know that The Daily Mail is often called the Daily Fail, and it’s not hard to see why; the writing is sort of awful, and reminiscent of New York’s tabloid papers (The Daily News, The Post, & Newsday). Still, I think that British newspapers are just not afraid to write the most ridiculous things. That’s a gift.

A gift to me.

This particular article, entitled You’re Not Intelligent Enough to Marry, Bride Told, is so awesome that I will present it almost without comment. And all I’m going to do is give you my favorite excerpt from it:

“Mr McDougall claims Miss Robertson’s learning difficulties are not severe. ‘It’s true she is not very academic,’ he said. ‘But she is nowhere near as stupid as social services are making out.”

Love it! Although it does suck royally that this woman, who they seem to trust with a child, isn’t deemed fit to decide to marry. Boo to that.