No sex, please, we want to stay Belgian

[xavierxalfonso]

Bickering Belgian politicians should be starved of sex until they can create a new gummint *, says married Belgian politician **.

Ah, Belgium! The elections happened last June, but the various parties have been unable to agree a government. The world hasn't ended, The country continues to function; not least because the national government is

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[ext_252688]

Somebody's been reading Trojan Women.

[ext_252688]

*coffembarrassedcoff* I mean of course Lysistrata. *coff*

[xavierxalfonso]

Yes, it has a long pedigree. Apparently it was a similar effort in Kenya, though, that proved the spur.
I rather like the Grauniad's take on it: http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/feb/09/sex-strike-belgium?INTCMP=SRCH (see last paragraph)