OK, if you don't have a sense of humour, this is politically incorrect ;-)
Gossiping
On February 18th 1992, Joyce Blatherwick, a close friend of Agnes Banbury popped round for a cup of tea and a chat, during the course of which she told Mrs. Banbury, in the strictest confidence, that she was having an affair with the butcher.
After Mrs. Blatherwick left at 2.10 pm, Mrs. Banbury immediately began to tell everyone, swearing them all to secrecy. By 2.30 pm, she had told 128 people of the news. By 2.50 pm it had risen to 372 and by 4.00 pm that afternoon, 2774 knew of the affair, including the local Amateur Dramatic Society, several knitting circles, a coachload of American tourists which she flagged down and the butcher’s wife.
When a tired Mrs. Banbury went to bed at 11.55pm that night, Mrs.Blatherwick's affair was common knowledge to a staggering 75,338 people, enough to fill Wembley Stadium.
from an email
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