Originally Posted By: King Brown
As for the babies, Canada is in big-time trouble if we don't get more of them---fast.


King, This reminds me of a story. Some of our dear friends on Vancouver Island are a Frank and Lonnie, a couple in their late forties who have never had children. We were at dinner with them recently (with our 12 year old son who adores Frank, who first taught him to fish). Frank and I were discussing various things, including Canada's population (about 33 million), land mass, oil reserves and such. We were discussing Canada's very slight population growth which is still slowing and almost appears to be to the point of diminishing.
Anyway, I asked Frank why he thought Canadians were commonly not having children. I expected a long discussion.
He looked up and, with his deep voiced Canadian accent, said: "Hedonism."
I about choked on my food. I still think it is a classic one word answer.
Best Regards, Jake

R. Craig Clark
jakearoo(at)cox.net