Scene: With a patient in my medical exam room

Doc: How old are your kids?
Patient: Forty-four and 39 from my wife who passed away, and from my second wife, 15 and 13.
Doc: That’s quite the age difference!
Patient: Well, the older ones didn’t give me any grand kids, so I made my own.

The Isle of Man Medical Society has supported a bid to see a public vote on introducing assisted dying laws.
Chief Minister Alfred Cannan has called for the referendum before the assisted dying bill could become law, insisting "the public must decide".
The society has supported Mr Cannan in calling for the vote, while also further expressing its concerns over safeguards and professional ethics.
In an open letter, the society said it wanted to see an "informed, inclusive discussion that respec