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Bumped in to my boss in lift this morning and told him. He's not happy either

That's bloody outrageous. I can't stand the way paranoia has led to the acceptable vision of men as all potential paedos.

You can't even glance in a playground and smile to yourself remembering what it was like to be care free and full of energy just playing all day long. No, now all men must have some other reason for looking at kids. FFS.

So much harm is being done to kids by paranoia, they lose out on normal relationships with adults in their lives because of some horrific, yet thankfully not common, cases.

Seriously, don't let it stand. I don't know what to suggest but I wouldn't stand for it.

It is ridiculous. Scouting is full of Mums who didn't want Cubs or Scouts to be closed down for their sons/daughters, yet these people don't know what Scouting is about, so now you get Cubs and Scouts knitting, or being taken to tame holiday parks for camping...I'm not saying that a man would automatically be a better choice, but in my experience most of the men in Scouting have done it all before and know what they are doing.

I wouldn't ask them if the press would be interested, tell them you've been in touch with the press. Then copy the letter to select local papers that you think will be sympathetic to your cause.

Grrr! Had an operation today and had a local anesthetic. It didn't, at least not properly.

I could feel every cut and it hurt a lot! I suppose it wouldhave been worse without any injection, but it still bloody hurt! Now tanked up with tramadol, which also doesn't seem to be doing much for the pain, athough I am feeling a bit high...

Hope the operation was nothing serious. I'd have thought they would have tested before proceeding. Some people need more local anaesthetic than others. It won't take away sensation but should numb any pain. Hope you recover ok.

FECKING GERMANS!

If, after getting married, you want to change your name, you have to pay to declare your new name at your nearest embassy. You have to make an appointment 3 months in advance using an online form buried deep within the London Embassy's labyrinthine website. If you then want a new passport, you need the name change certificate. For this you then have to (separately) pay and arrange for Berlin to send you a certificate. If you then want a new passport you've got to once again arrange an appointment at least 3 months in advance and then travel to London.

But they're not content with a Kafkaesque bureaucracy that would embarrass Byzantium and has you travail your way through a needlessly complicated certificate-based Holy grail Quest where instead of telling you what you need all at once they dole out the clues one by grudging one like a teutonic self-important Mr. Bumble.

Oh no.

Because the online form you need to make the appointment doesn't fecking work!

Der Computer sagt "Nein!"

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!

dunno about fecking germans but fecking english and fecking Indians foreign english from 3 company and I dont have a 3 mobile constantly harrassing me, dunno how they got my address and phone number, and then they tried again with an Indian, I like to play around with them so I spoke in urdu a load of gibberish then hung up

Which makes a change from you speaking a load of gibberish in English

how can that be possible when I haven't spoke any English atall? as im currently in "hermit" mode

Vasectomy. The cutting wasn't too bad, it was the tugging of the tubes that made me feel sick... The tramadol also didn't do much for the pain, but I was so out of it, I didn't really notice and fell asleep.

The doc whipped the dressing off this morning and said there was no swelling and it all looked good. I should go back for a check-up next week, or sooner if I have problems. Not using any pain meds at the moment - I felt a big hung over this morning! But at least it doesn't feel like somebody has kicked me in the 'nads at the moment!

* FAINTS *
* THUD *

Nobody its touching my pipework unless they're female and unarmed.

^^^Evidently you've not heard of the woman who bit off her man's bits!

It'll be like having a tooth out. You feel the injection and you'll feel the dentist tapping away at your tooth but you shouldn't feel any pain until the anaesthetic wears off.

Hope you get back to having sex soon!

That was what I was expecting. But on the right side, I could feel the cut, like when I've cut a finger etc. A sharp pain. The actual cutting of the tube was numb, like I would expect.

On the left, it was the other way round, I hardly felt the cut, but as he was adjusting position, clamping etc. I felt the pain, then the cutting of the tube was like somebody had kneeded me in the nuts and the the tieing off felt like he was yanking something from the depths of my stomach. Then I felt evety prick of the needle ashe sewed me back up, just like I had stuck a needle in my finger.

At the dentists last time, it was similar. The first filling was fine, I didn't feel a thing, but the second one was as though she hadn't given me an injection at all...