Russian babies

I'm overdoing the blogging today, but there was a very entertaining piece on the news this evening about the Russians, who apparently have taken to swinging their newborn babies around by one leg in order to increase their brain power (or something)*. Apparently, it was on YouTube, but it's been banned. Because of the safety issues, you understand. Well, I say that if the Russians want to swing their babies around (and those babies don't mind too much), why not? And aren't they lucky not to have Big Brother spoiling all the fun?

I wonder whether they got the idea from Michael Jackson?

*There's a special name for this practice - of course - but I've forgotten what it is. Maybe someone should have swung me around by my leg when I was a baby. To late now, sadly.