speechless

there are times when life really sucks (ooh i sound like a angst ridden sixth former there - still if trent reznor and tracey emin can make a fortune out of teenage self pity, then i can throw a "suck" or two into my own blog) you know the drill work might be getting you down, social life isn't really very social, never getting a number on the lottery, sharron stone never returning your calls - you know the usual gripes.... and then the realisation that sometimes someone else just has it worse than you.
take for instance the italian man who has had his marriage annulled and is now having to pay damages because he is impotent and can't do the business for his new missus. he is apparently guilty of abusing her "right to sexuality", (the italian constitution apparently has a section on sexuality in it - only in italy.....)
so not only has this poor chap become the laughing stock because he has no lead in his pencil and this has been made public, he now has to pay for the fact that his missus couldn't have children by him.
she claims that by not telling her of his problem beforehand was "contrary to the principles of loyalty, fairness and good faith". this is why she can get money out of him.
the amount of damages has yet to be decided - but one hopes it includes the figure 69 somewhere in it.

i have to wonder does this then extend in the other direction can men take their wives to court for not providing enough sex (or for demanding too much sex?) who decides just what is or isn't enough, is it a question of quality or quantity. can you do your duty via a quick fumble that leaves a wet spot but doesn't satisfy or do you have to make her scream like angelina jolie (way to go brad) for it to count.

no wonder the italians voted a porn star into government with such laws to keep them in philosophical mass debate (look you knew i was going to do that joke, i knew you knew i was going to do it - so i couldn't let you down - ok!)

so in this case the missus gets off to marry someone else and gets a wad of cash as well.
nice work if you can get it.