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Hands Rick a shovel so he can dig faster and deeper . I wonder just how far he is prepared to go to keep up this gay facade?

Darn - you stopped right at the good bit. Time for the first big test. Come on Rick, pucker up - and don't forget we like to see plenty of tongue

Well that came out of left field! So the straight guy is desperate enough for a friend to pretend to be gay? Although on some level I'm sure it's every gay teen's fantasy come true, I can already see the proverbial train wreck. So if Rick wasn't being bullied in his last school for being gay, I wonder just what did happen. A great first chapter Graeme.

Happy birthday

Another busy week here at GA. Lots to read Thankfully we don't switch to Daylight Savings until the 30th.

Now my anthology story has been submitted perhaps it's time for a prompt or two.

Welcome to GA, Benedicte I hope you enjoy your time here, and as Graeme said, please feel free to contact any of us with any questions you may have.

I love heart, liver, and sweetbreads (thymus, pancreas, parotid gland, testicles). Never had a problem preparing offal, and never had a problem eating it. Actually, when I was in primary school, I looked forward to liver and bacon for lunch, because it was the only time I ever got to have seconds I must admit to enjoying brains myself. Dipped in egg and coated in breadcrumbs. Deep fried. Redcurrant jelly on the side. **drowns in own drool**

For the most part I've lived in a major city (London), but I also spent a huge amount of my childhood with my great-grandmother and grandmother. I can remember preparing kidney and liver at the age of 5 or 6, and by the time I was 9 or 10 I was breaking down game birds. I used to love making sauces and gravies with my grandmother back when we used the bones and the offcuts as the base. I was never a fish fan as a child, but give me a rabbit or a pigeon to break down and I was happy as the proverbial pig in muck. If a parent is happy to feed their child pork, chicken, kidneys and so on, then they can't get angry when someone shows them where that food has come from. I for one have no qualms about eating Babe, Rudolph, Thumper or even Nemo. I remember when I was 12, my aunt told me off for telling my cousin that the venison he was eating was Bambi.

Yup Sasha. Those evil Sigs have done it to us again. Just when we were beginning the Weekly Wrap Up fight back after Mann was stolen from us, they go and pull another "Congratulations" on us In all seriousness though, congrats and well deserved Stellar

I really don't want to frighten anyone so I'll stay quiet

Congrats to all of the winners You've all worked really hard to give our readers stories they love and enjoy.

Congrats Sharon. That's quite some achievement

A lot of story updates by everyone. Well done all

I think the main thing to focus on at the moment Graeme is that your son obviously feels comfortable talking to you about something like this, no matter what he thought your reaction might have been. I'm not sure there are many teens out there who would even discuss their on line activities with their parents. I'd say you can put a big tick in the "Dad's something right raising the boy" box as far as that goes. The fact you haven't landed on him with both feet and grounded him until the next millenium will have a positive impact. It wil mean that there is a far greater chance that he will be prepared to be up front and honest with you about other things in his life instead of doing them behind your back. Of course him using the term "addicted" is concerning, but if there are no immediate worrying signs now that he has been cut off, I'd say the use of "addicted" might have been an overstatement. It could just be his way of comparing his actions to "society norms", or given that the word "addicted" tends to be bandied about a lot more today than it used to, he may just be using the term because he's heard it so many times. In my opinion, given that the only access to the internet your boys have is in your lounge, if he were truly addicted I'd have thought you would have caught him before his confession.

Must check it out. Thanks Lisa

Thanks for reading. Glad the ending came as a surprise.

Thanks Daithi. I think my other reply covers everything.

Thanks for reviewing Rob. I did have a have page reply, but internet went floopy and it went away. Suffice to say thanks for reading

Will check it out.

Thanks for reviewing. The idea of him not connecting everything is indicative of the old saying: we never see what is right under our noses.

Thanks - will check it out.

I have an idea for #307, but if I don't get my antho story done first me gonna in mucho trouble

Congrats Mann You realise that we now expect even more of you

Why could I not have been born in the US during this era