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Have sold there story, ie, their book is being serielised in That Rag next week, just seen the advert on the tele. Thoughts?

I have a dilemma. Not one of your "boo-hoo a girl I fancy doesn't seem to notice me" type gayboy dilemmas, but a real one. Here goes... a couple of months ago, a mate of mine realised that his business was really in the shit. He needed to generate some new business quick or he was going under. He approached me and asked me to do some business development for him (ie. the toughest part of any business - win more clients). We shook hands on an agreement and I set to work. In a very short space of time, I have generated enough new clients for him to be able to keep his head above water and buy him some vital time to turn his business around. Two days ago, he says that he has had a chat with his accountant, and whilst he is grateful that I have effectively saved his sorry arse, he reckons that from now on he can do it himself and in any event right now he can't afford to pay me, which he had assured me before that he could. Needless to say, whilst I appreciate his position, I feel he has somewhat abused our friendship and left me in a bit of a pickle, as I have not only lost what I thought he was going to pay me, but I have foregone other revenue streams I was working on to help him out. My dilemma is thus... I have realised that he has an excellent and almost unique business model which, if applied correctly, is a potential license to print money. I have also been approached by a potential backer that would turn this round very quickly. In the meantime, my mate has realised that I have the necessary skills to make his business model deliver serious amounts of money, and has now agreed to pay me, and asked me to continue to work with him so we can both get filthy rich. Do I: a. Tell him I appreciate he was in a tough spot, has his own arse to cover and wife and kids to consider, and so will work with him on his business plan for a decent cut. b. Fuck him off, set the whole thing up on my own and keep all the wedge for me. Whilst my mate has had an idea that I would never have thought of without him, when the chips were down, he was prepared to leave me high and dry. That said, if I take the idea, I will also take the clients as it is a very niche market, and there is a good chance my gain will see him go under - and with a wife and kids, and him being a mate, I'd feel a pang of what you humans call guilt. Do I... a. forgive his moment of panic, remember he is a mate after all, and help us both make some decent money out of his idea. b. fuck him off and make myself rich off the back of his idea. Big decision for me, so of course, I leave it for the GF to decide by way of a poll.

I'm always doing them. My mates just sent her child to school after said child complaining of being unwell. Child promptly threw up at the school gates, to make her feel better i mentioned what happened with Lyds this summer.. This years clanger - Daughter complained one morning she couldn't see out of her left eye and her right eye was all blurry, mmm yes i thought, what ever... And i sent her on her merry way to school. She mentioned it to a teacher at lunch time who promptly took her to the optician, who in turn had her rushed her straight to hospital where her vision was declared to have no perception in one eye and just light sensitive in the other. Within 24 hours she'd had CAT scan's, MRI's and lumbar punctures. It got better, when my mum visited - she brought her books to read, save her being bored. (she's got her sight back no, but it does go sporadically, I pay attention now) I think a fair few of you have some stories of your own parenting goofs or those you witnessed as a child? I could do with some belly laughing.

Last year, I remember him kicking off against one of our lads, but I can't remember who it was. Can anyone else remember the incident? I just remember thinking "good, have some of that you shitehawk" when Guthrie belted him on saturday, but then couldn't really remember why.

Mum who microwaved baby gets life Mum who microwaved baby gets life (© ITN 2008) © ITN 2008 A US mother who killed her baby daughter by cooking her in a microwave has been jailed for life. China Arnold's actions were a "heinous atrocity" that was "shocking and utterly abhorrent for a civilised society", Judge Mary Wiseman said. Arnold, 28, intentionally put one-month-old Paris Talley in the microwave and cooked her to death after a row with her boyfriend over whether he was the baby's biological father, the court in Dayton, Ohio, heard. A jury found her guilty of aggravated murder last month. Judge Wiseman said: "No adjectives exist to adequately describe this heinous atrocity. This act is shocking and utterly abhorrent for a civilised society." Her daughter was pronounced dead on August 30, 2005 at the Children's Medical Centre in Dayton. David Franceschelli, prosecuting, said Arnold intentionally put the baby in the microwave and burned her to death and has shown no genuine remorse. The baby's DNA was found inside the microwave in the apartment she shared with her then-boyfriend Terrell Talley and her four children.