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I was going to say don't worry, and that things were the same when I were a lass – Madonna's 'Erotica' and Blonde Ambition tour, teen magazines having sex advice and position of the month.

With little girls, companies quickly realise that that they don't want things aimed at their age group, because little girls desperately want to be 16/17/18. Hence why Bratz dolls are dressed like lapdancers and you can get thongs and padded bras for 8 year olds.

Then I remembered that, as I've mentioned before, 9 girls at my school got pregnant between the ages of 13-15. ABANDON ALL HOPE!

Seriously, I don't know what the answer is. Kids come under a huge amount of peer pressure – I was bullied because I didn't drink, didn't smoke, didn't wear makeup at school and didn't have sex with guys in their late 20s.

Most of the girls I knew put their entire self-worth in how attractive they were to the opposite sex over anything else. There's no magic formula as to which kids will 'fall' either – the girls that got pregnant came from a range of homes – broken homes, chaotic homes, loving middle class homes – and from the different 'ability' groups (A stream, B stream, C stream…don't think there were any from the D stream, mainly because the D stream was all boys!)

Just keep an eye on them, and don't stand for any nonsense! ;)

I got to blue belt at Tae Kwon Do and Yellow at aikido before my knees gave out… never managed to break out a hadoken on anybody though. :(

I always associate Quavers and Dairy Crunch bars with swimming, as they used to be the post-swim vending machine staple.

Needs more spokey dokeys.

Why oh why can't I view Mrs Toast's contributions?

I use Photobucket, not had any issues with it before. You're not missing much!

And I actually have no idea who the guy with the pump is, I just remember the other photoshops that were done with the picture. Seemed a shame not to merge the two! :P

Kids on trampolines piss me off!

The Dominican Republic has fantastic beaches, especially around Punta Cana. The catamaran trips are usually fantastic, especially when you have a mental Dominican chap talking fluently in English, Spanish, French AND German to everyone on the boat… then making everyone Coco Locos.

I've only ever been in Decemeber/January, weather was lovely the first time, a bit variable the second time.

Oh, and do try and smile when you have your photo taken at Punta Cana airport! ;) Hopefully your airline will give you the migration forms on the plane, if not, remember to have your own pen handy.

And I've literally spat out tea over my monitor at Alexxx's contribution, good work! :lol:

Mrs toast's effort is truly the most delightful thing I've seen for a long time

Why thank you, I like to think that it has a contempary feel, whilst also retaining a sense of innocence and naivety. The silouhette represents 4xj's inner gnar, and is juxtaposed with the teddy bear which reflects his youthful enthusiasm.

I'm particularly proud of the spokey dokeys.

"Overbiked"

when was the last time you went a walk or cycle and didnt stand on dog poo or get it all over your tyres and clothes

Er, I've never actually managed to get dog poo on myself or my bike in three years of riding (on a trail named after a mtber's dog), and I think I last acidentally trod in dog poo about… I dunno, ten years ago?

Sheep poo, on the other hand…and foot, and tyres, and coat…

I refer to my bike as a 'he', and call him The Professor. I'm glad it's the saddest and crappest thing I can do, it means I can sink no further! Live action roleplay, here I come!

"onanism" – I had to look this up!

Via Google with safe search off, I hope! :P

S Darko. I doubt the maker's commitment to Sparkle Motion. :(

Alien Vs Predator. How in the name of all that is good and holy can something that features both Aliens AND Predators go so horribly wrong?

Indie rock
R&B
Dance music
Football
Soaps
Fruit
Reality TV
Twilight
High heeled shoes

I'm properly chuffed t'husband encouraged me to start biking. We don't normally bike together though, sometimes I even go biking and leave him at home. Although he threatend to never let me go riding alone again after I had an off two weeks ago. That resolution lasted a week… :P

Going to Glentress on Saturday for a week for our anniversary, can't wait! :D

IQ of 162 and gets her cover blown doing glamour shots? Not a very good spy is she????

Intelligence doesn't always correlate with common sense…

The only people who can wear sunglasses indoors and not be criminals are Rob Zombie and that ginger dude from CSI. IT'S A FACT!

Clubber, at my school we had 5 girls in my year get pregnant between the ages of 13 and 16. Three had abortions (at 13 and 14), the other two kept their kids (one 14, one 15 year old – the sight of pregnant girls in school uniform is pretty terrifying). Most were accidents, but the one got pregnant deliberately at 15 to stop her 26 year old boyfriend from leaving her. :/

I think only one of them had a boyfriend of the same age, 14. He told her they didn't need to use contraception because he was sterile. He also told her that if she didn't have an abortion he'd dump her, which he did anyway a couple of days after the procedure.

My school rocked! :lol:

Described as being very "quiet and sensitive" on my reports, bit of a swot, got on better with the teachers than I did with most of my classmates. Did well in most subjects, enjoyed English and art the most. Absolutely loathed sport – our school was very competitive, so would focus on the people in the school teams during PE, everyone else was treated like an irritant.

I was a bit of a loner after most of the girls in my year decided you were only cool if you'd lost your virginity by the age of 14 to your 25 – 30 year old boyfriend, and got hammered in carparks on cider. Thought that was pretty tragic so declined to join in, preferred to listen to metal, wear a ridiculously oversize denim jacket with patches sown on, and play on my Amiga. I think 'Nerdy Metaller' would probably be the most apt description.

Look, I have hair and I'm smiling, so I clearly look like those women.

Most common celebrities people tell me I look like is Ozzy Osbourne or Janice Joplin…

I have no useful contribution to make!

The Safire is fairly similar to the Stumpjumper, I believe, but with the world's tiniest, shortest top tube. I felt really precarious when I demoed one, ended up getting a Stumpjumper Elite instead.

Some people are bizarrely insistent on women riding women specific bikes – on the demo day, I had one of the Specialized chaps telling me I should get the Safire and change the length of the stem and get layback seatpost rather than trying the Stumpjumper. :/

I've just started wearing Kyle Straits for XC trail centres. I've got gammy knees (three operations so far), and I'm a bit of a cautious rider – I wish I'd got some earlier.

The Professor (Stumpjumper) and Cletus (Inbred).

I have no shame!

What do you want to do with the box? Play games or watch movies? The answer will ultimately decide your choice.

^ This. 360 is generally the winner in terms of performance on multiplatform games, but the differences are generally quite slight. Also think about exclusives – would you rather have Gears of War and Alan Wake or Little Big Planet and Uncharted? All awesome games, btw.

Also remember Microsoft are launching a new slimmer 360 this autumn, which means the original style models will come down in price. Main difference are the looks and the new one has a Kinect port, so if you get Kinect it won't need a seperate power supply.

This picture is so awesome it needs reposting.

They're not letting people out early at my place, if they want to watch the match they have to book 1/2 day off. They've unblocked net access to Radio 5 though, so people can listen to it.

Lord, grant that Marshal Wade,
May by thy mighty aid,
Victory bring.
May he sedition hush,
and like a torrent rush,
Rebellious Scots to crush,
God save the Queen.

To be fair, it's only encouraging the crushing of rebellious Scots, the one who tow the line are fine!

Maybe if it had more verses about getting convictions for assault and nobbing your best mate's missus/your nanny/old prossies the England team would sing with a bit more gusto…

No noticeable difference in traffic this morning – the worst road I have to cross was as busy as usual, and there was another junction that’s normally pretty quiet that was also very busy. That said, I managed to belt (by my standards) into work, shaved 10 minutes off my usual time! I’m pretty fortunate with my route in, most of it is country lanes and a good chunk of bridleway. Love the summer, and the baby bunnies sproinging about.

Again, would probably apply to a few people! :P

We had a sweepstake, and people decided to make little flags for the team they'd pulled out. I'm quite heavily rooting for Germany to win, I want that £37!

Loved that machine!

Mrs Toast, I'm intrigued as to what you typed into google to get that 1st pic?

It's Carrot Top, an American… well, I think he used to be a comedian, he's now mostly known for his weird plastic surgery.

Alas, Carrot Top always springs to mind whenever anyone utters "Redheads are hot". :| Trust me, that's one of his more flattering pictures as well…

its a ginger thing. REdheads = hot. Always.

:|

I tend to man up.

Indeed, .duncan should listen to the man with the HEART OF AN OX!

Now I have the Bravestar theme stuck in my head…

When we went last year there was parking and a hose, but no toilets or cafe or owt. Town's very close by though, so we did the blue in the morning (lots of fireroad -_-), went into down for lunch, and went back and did the red in the afternoon.