Tristram Shandy complains that his parents were not paying sufficient attention at his begetting because:

Pray, my dear, quoth my mother, have
you not forgot to wind up the clock ? ----
Good G -- ! cried my father, making an
exclamation, but taking care to moderate
his voice at the same time, ---- Did ever
woman, since the creation of the world, in-
terrupt a man with such a silly question?

http://www.tristramshandyweb.it/home.htm

Afterthought: So perhaps Ms. Connolly's future children will blame their criminal tendencies on the fact that she was reading Agatha Christie rather than War and Peace at their begetting.


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