I learned from this informative forum that the F-word is an acronym for Fornicate Under Command of the King. Estonian president just decreed a similar command. But that'd be called FUCP, wouldn't it?
Any volunteer?
EDIT: brxndxn pointed out that it should be under Consent not command as mentioned above.
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Any volunteer?
EDIT: brxndxn pointed out that it should be under Consent not command as mentioned above.
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TALLINN, Estonia - Worried about a declining population, Estonia's president has urged the country's 1.4 million residents to make more babies.
"Let us remember that in just a couple of decades the number of Estonians seeing the New Year will be one-fifth less than today," President Arnold Ruutel said in a speech broadcast live on national television Wednesday.
Estonia's small population is getting smaller by the day, according to statistics from the Social Welfare Ministry.
Estonia registered 16 live births per 1,000 people in the late 1980s when it was under Soviet rule. In 2001, there were just 8.7 live births per 1,000 peoples, the ministry reported. The company declared independence in 1991.
Estonia's economic success may be partly to blame. The pro-Western Baltic Sea coast nation has been held up as model of post-Soviet reform and was one of 10 countries invited to join the European Union (news - web sites) last month.
"Women are postponing having children to look after their education and their careers," said Pirat Laur of the World Health Organization (news - web sites)'s Estonia office.
During the 1980s, the average Estonian woman had her first child when she was 20. As of 2001, the average women having her first child is 28.