h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Having no kids of my own (to my knowledge - har-de-har-de-har), I've never had to answer the one about babies, but I still remember my parents managing to answer this question without mentioning sex at all. Their exact words:

"When a man and a woman have been together a very long time, a seed passes from the man's body into the woman's body"

And that was it. No mention that actual physical contact was involved at any point. Naturally I spent the rest of my childhood frightened to go near anyone of the female persuasion in case I spent too long talking to them and fertilised them by accident.

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I remember being told about a 'special cuddle' that a mummy and a daddy have when they love each other very much...

I also remember seeing todd and phoebe on Neighbours cuddling on the sofa fully clothed, when I was a bit older and knew which body parts were involved, and then, suddenly, phoebe was pregnant, so I thought it could happen through two layers of denim...