On 2/2/13 8:07 AM, True North wrote:
On Saturday, February 2, 2013 8:27:19 AM UTC-4, ESAD wrote:
On 2/2/13 7:16 AM, True North wrote:

On Saturday, February 2, 2013 1:19:51 AM UTC-4, Stig Arne Bye wrote:

ESAD wrote:







In every category of social welfare that matters to ordinary people,



the United States just sucks.







How many weeks of paid maternity leave provided by various countries?







Canado 50







Norway 44







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A minor correction:







The maternity leave regulations in Norway have two different time



periods to be choosen from:







a) 44 weeks with 100% of regular wages, OR



b) 54 weeks with 80% of regular wages.







As per january 2013, the maximum annual maternity leave payment provided



by the public social welfare system in Norway is limited to NOK 492,732



(equal to approx. US$ 91,250).















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That is impressive.

If we could only figure out a way for men to get pregnant, little Snottie could have a job for life. ;-)







There is a wonderful movie from the 1960s, starring Sophia Loren and

Marcello Mastroianni, called "Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow," which

consists of three vignettes. The first depicts a town in Italy in which

Ms. Loren works at an illegal job selling bootleg cigarettes. Under

Italian law of that day, she cannot be arrested so long as she is

pregnant, or within a six months of giving birth. So, naturally, her

husband in the movie, Mastroianni, works very hard at keeping her

pregnant. Your comment about our boy Snotty and a "job for life"

reminded me of that movie.



It's a really first-class movie, and sometimes it shows up uncut and

uninterrupted on one of the movie channels.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yesterd...y_and_Tomorrow


That young Sophia was a real looker...Snottie, not so much.



I suspect Snotty always looked like a greaseball.