[george wythe]

But they say Madonna - who caused outrage when she called our hospitals 'old and Victorian' - has talked her out of it.

Now Miss Paltrow, who is often fulsome in her praise of Britain and whose husband is English rock singer Chris Martin, has apparently decided on a home birth at her mother's house in Los Angeles.

One friend said: 'Madonna told her all these horror stories about how bad the English hospitals are.

LOL! They want the best of both worlds... socialized medicine for the peasants, but private medical care for the aristocracy.

Since so many Europeans don't rinse their dirty dishes, I wonder what they do to sterilize medical instruments :-)

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Since so many Europeans don't rinse their dirty dishes, I wonder what they do to sterilize medical instruments :-)

Some things are better left unknown, especially when dealing with people who think changing their underwear more than once a week is a waste of precious soap and water.