24-04-2025
'Times have changed, you should try and get out more'
Women just as likely to have torn jeans, tattoos and swear
SCOTT Marmion in his letter to The Press regarding the Supreme Court's decision on the definition of a woman states that a woman is someone that anyone in the street could tell in seconds flat.
Perhaps that was the case years ago when woman were more likely to wear flowery dresses, white stiletto heels, and drink Babycham.
Now they're just as likely to have torn jeans, arms covered in tattoos, drink pints and swear like troopers.
Times have changed Scott, you should try and get out a bit more often.
D M Deamer,
Penleys Grove Street,
Monkgate,
York
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