News Headlines

[ailbhe]

I was thinking, after Emer got hold of a sharp knife while standing on a stool in the kitchen, what the papers would say if she'd fallen on it. "Woman with very public history of PND and rage issues claims 'this time was an accident! I swear it was!'" or similar. Pithier, obviously, but there you go. "Mentally unstable mother claims tragic tot slaughter 'accident'"?

Ho hum. I can only hope my mental state is largely hormonal, because it's no fun at the moment.

Edit: micheinnz came up with an all-purpose one:

HORROR CHILD TRAGEDY ALL MOTHER'S FAULT

so there you go.

Comments

[sidheag.livejournal.com]

You know, I think it's probably very, very difficult for a child to cut themselves badly with a sharp knife, at least unless they're trying to cut something with it (and even then, cutting a finger off is about the worst imaginable). Even if she'd fallen on it, it would have had its blade flat on the ground before she landed on top of it.

[ETA: as doubtless the prosecution would have argued :-) Hope you feel better soon.]