Won’t the Women’s Institute sue?

The editors would like to stress that the two organisations depicted here are totally dissimilar to the Women’s Institute on many counts – not least because many of the members of that laudable institution are not possessed by demons, do not wield the occult like a baseball bat in a ghetto, and (unlike Ms. Zimmer) do not view death as an “optional extra”.

Words of Wisdom

A marriage is always made up of two people who are prepared to swear that only the other one snores.

— Terry Pratchett, The Fifth Elephant

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