Men, that wine can damage you

THE EDITOR: This is some advice, or warning if you may, for those men who are worried about breaking the law by “wining on a bumsee” for the Carnival.

That may not be your main problem.

I advise you to put aside some money for medical care for possible injuries you can sustain while carrying out such activity.

Men who wine on a bumsee too aggressively can sustain several types of hernias, in the lower abdomen area, ie, separation of muscle fibres especially in the inguinal canal, which is an area of weakness in the male human.

This type of hernia in men is more common than most people realise and wining on a bumsee is not recommended in light of this.

Other points where muscle and tissue can be separated from bone attachments can be affected.

This is also for those men who want to emulate “bonobo-like behaviour” and visit every pretty flower in the garden.

Be wise as the hummingbird. I am not for one minute condoning this type of activity, for this is not the best example of good moral standards that our children can aspire to.

Ironically, it’s the Catholic Church that put Carnival on the Christian calendar, knowing full well that revelry and bacchanalia have no part in spiritual life.

This festival was originally meant to say “goodbye to the flesh” before the Lenten period, but now it seems it’s meant to embrace the flesh wholeheartedly and without conscience by all and sundry.

JOEL QUINTAL via e-mail

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