Taking A Page Out Of Jean Milburn’s Book
EDITORS' CHOICE, FUNNY, HEALTH & BODY, HOSPITAL, PARENTS/GUARDIANS, RUDE & RISQUE, UK | HEALTHY | SEPTEMBER 4, 2020
My mother is a retired midwife. I was raised with a clear understanding of motherhood and everything it entails. As a ten-year-old boy, I would read her professional magazines. I could have an intelligent conversation about menopause or explain an epidural. Then, in my early teens, this happens.
Mum: “Hey, [My Name]. How are you? You won’t believe what happened last night. We had a model breast.”
Me: “A model— Wait, what?”
Mum: “We had some professional development training to do in breastfeeding, and they had a model breast for it.”
Me: “Er, model breast?”
Mum: “A model of a boob; it’s supposed to imitate a functioning boob. It came complete with a nipple that dispenses a liquid.”
Me: “Right… but almost all midwives are women. Aren’t there enough boobs in a maternity hospital for this to be obvious?”
Mum: “We all thought that, so we repurposed the training boob.”
Me: “I— Wait, what? A model boob was supplied to your colleagues for training and… Where is it now?”
Mum: “In the bathroom.”
Me: “Model breast in our bath… huh?”
Mum: “Since we didn’t need it, we reused it as a soap dispenser.”
Me: “I… What?”
Mum: “We obviously didn’t need it, so we might as well put it to good use. So, we glued it to the wall of the staff bathroom and added liquid soap. Press the nipple and soap comes out.”
I nearly peed myself with laughter.
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