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Act natural

Jude Simpson

SimpsonI love the word 'natural'.  It masquerades as a friendly, cuddly little adjective, but is in fact a malicious little hoodwinker.  Take yoghurt, for example.  Whack the word 'natural' in front and it just means 'boring with no flavour'. When juxtaposed with 'family planning', 'natural' in fact means 'doesn't work'.  And (while we're on the subject), if you use the ...

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