On women's underwear and astrology, and choosing your own gender

OK, it is a day for silly news stories and I haven't a lot of time free to think.

Perhaps the silliest concept yet though was something that I read on the German version of Yahoo today where you can decide the sort of underwear women prefer by their astrological signs.

So try this if you speak German.

http://de.lifestyle.yahoo.com/blogs/leben/das-w%C3%A4sche-horoskop-sternzeichen-und-ihre-dessous-vorlieben-081759583.html

If you don't, a few quick points (not enough time to give all details), Pisceans like beautiful stuff, Leos flashy stuff, Sagittarians loads of stuff, Scorpios matching sets, Taureans and Cancerians practical and nothing too expensive, while Capricorns are not too bothered all told usw.

Maybe useful if you work in a department store selling such garments. Replace "what would you like, madam?", with "may I ask you when your birthday is?", and away you go.

Do I believe it? No, but what would a mere male know about such things?

Then there was what I was reading in an old copy of "Stern" in the doctor's surgery waiting room this afternoon. Apparently now when filling out official forms in Argentina you can choose whether you are a man or a woman - accurate description it does not have to be apparently. The detail given was fairly brief, but it seems that there were very few critical comments about it.

Could be very useful when it comes to retirement in countries where women retire before men do, officially. A sudden change from being a man to a woman overnight and you can get several years extra pension. Somehow though, I cannot see you getting away with it!