BTW I haven't mentioned that I might be volunteering with Samaritans soon! I'm going to an Information Day this Sunday and hopefully they take me on. It'll be very eye opening, and I hope I can help people through difficult times.

Aww yay, that sounds great! Really good opportunity, let us know how it goes x

I'll be glad when this World Cup malarky is over.

Although I'd not heard of Neymar until now, and I'm glad I do.

Oh wow that's pretty major! They can be real lifesavers so it's good you're doing something this worthwhile.

Thanks guys! I don't know if I'll definitely be doing it yet, I'm going to the Information Day this Sunday and then presumably they'll tell me if I'm in and then there's obviously training to be done

Erm, I would like to say 26 but add 20 years to that 😢😢 or in gay years I'm dead!!!

Hey you're not a silver surfer yet, you're still a daddy

Woman sat at the next table in the coffee shop was annoying today. She was asked about her new bf...

"he's nice"
"he's so nice"
"he's a nice guy"
"he's been on his own since July last"
"he's nice"

Part of me wanted to say "quit rubbing it in" and the other half wanted to say "nice? is that the best you can come up with to describe him?"

Urgh I bloody hate people who brag about their relationships, even more so on social networks when every status is about his/hers relationship. I'm just bitter and twisted aren't I?

Yeah is that really the best she could come up with? What about 'he's so gorgeous' or 'he brings me breakfast in bed' or something like that?

You know what bugs me too? when your bestie says her best friend and soulmate is her boyfriend. OK so I guess we're not besties anymore then lol!

LOL! I can imagine that is extremely irritating. Luckily my bestie isn't in a relationship Yeah does that mean your not besties? It's not been thought through has it?

Since we were at nursery. If I was at nursery I'd just pull her pigtails and say "I don't like you now!' But for some reason we can't do that at our age

Haha no we can't do that now, apparently its 'childish'

Full of cold yet again

😂😂 I'm a real daddy too!! I get the best of both 😆😆

I was going to ask how many "cubs" you had but that's a little weird.

How many?

Thought I'd bump up the thread to page one (where it belongs) How's everyone's Saturday? I've spent most of mine on a sun lounger enjoying the sun

Don't know if anyone's seen on twitter but Ian Thorpe has revealed that he is gay in an interview with Michael Parkinson.

Good on him I have to say. He's suffered quite a bit in his personal life the past few years and I wish him well.

Well good for him for being able to finally do it. Its a shame he's had to go through the crap to get to that point.

No sun up the far north, I was working today so it's all good, are you on holiday?

The owner of Thorpe Park?

Oh that sucks It's supposed to thunder here later so that's the end of the nice weather. No I'm not on holiday unfortunately, it was either sunbathe in my garden or go into town

Lol no! He's an Olympic swimmer.

I shouldn't laugh.. but PMSL! (I mean that in the nicest way though!)

I'm guessing you weren't very old back in the days of the Sydney '00 and Athens '04 games. (And the Manchester '02 Com Games) The guy was big news in swimming back then.

What kind of stuff has he had to deal with in his personal life?

The only thing I remember from Athens 2004 was Paula Radcliffe being a big letdown. And I didn't know until recently that she shat in the streets during a marathon

I believe he has had to deal with depression.


lol oh yes. We try to forget that bit!

I'll be honest I remember bugger all from them games as well. Other than the hoo-haa over the fear it wouldn't be ready on time.

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Does anyone know if the Parky interview with Thorpe will be on UK telly?

Here's something that struck me this morning upon pondering the Ian Thorpe's interview; the majority of celebs coming out in the last 6 - 12 months have been male. I wonder why that is?
Is it just a weird stat or are there less famous ladies that have made the headlines in '13-'14?

The only female stars that have came out recently that I can remember are Ellen Page and Raven Symone.

Well you did better than me. I couldn't think of any off the top of my head.

Of course, now you mention them I do remember that they had come out. Just strikes me as unusual that it seems to be predominantly male 'celebs'.

BTW I had to cringe at the radio newsreader reading out that "Ian Thorpe has come out as gay". Seems a bit of an old fashioned clunky way of saying it. Surely the wording now is "has announced/revealed/declared that.."? Nit picking I know, but it just felt like it was something from 20 years ago.