Pregnant man fined

The BBC once again scores for understatement:

"Pregnant" man fined in South Africa.

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A South African man has been fined $140 for taking a week off work, telling his employers he was pregnant.

Charles Sibindana, 27, stole a certificate from a clinic during his pregnant girlfriend's checkup, a court near Johannesburg heard.

He then added his own details to the note and submitted it and took seven days off work, seemingly unaware that only women consult gynaecologists.

His employers became suspicious and investigated the matter.

On passing sentence Magistrate Bruno Van Eeden warned Mr Sibindana "not to walk around faking sick letters from gynaecologists" as if he was pregnant, the South African Press Association news agency reported.

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Wonderful stuff:

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His employers became suspicious and investigated the matter.

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Oh come on now Banquo, don't be so terribly unenlightened. :smash:

Gender is a choice nowadays, who are we to deny him his pregnancy?

Yeah, don't you oppress him, you chauvinist pig. He (or she) has every right as a man (or a woman) to choose to fight for his right to become pregnant, as a symbol of his struggle against oppression.

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I can imagine this on a Simpsons episode (or family guy)

I hope his name was Stan. It's only fitting.

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Originally Posted by King Henry V

Yeah, don't you oppress him, you chauvinist pig. He (or she) has every right as a man (or a woman) to choose to fight for his right to become pregnant, as a symbol of his struggle against oppression.

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Symbol of his struggle against reality, more like.

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Originally Posted by King Henry V

Yeah, don't you oppress him, you chauvinist pig. He (or she) has every right as a man (or a woman) to choose to fight for his right to become pregnant, as a symbol of his struggle against oppression.

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Does anyone know whether he belongs to the People's Front of South Africa, or its archrival, the South African People's Front?

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Originally Posted by Pannonian

Does anyone know whether he belongs to the People's Front of South Africa, or its archrival, the South African People's Front?

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It's the one that doesn't have the crack suicide squad.

I've considered using this excuse to book off work. I didn't know I could be fined...

In any case, he was only taking a week off for pregnancy leave. That's hilarious.

Doesn't Lloyd's of London still have a standing 1 million pound payoff to the first man to get pregnant and carry a baby to term? I seem to remember something like that; but it was years ago.