Sometimes I get totally thrown by the voiced thoughts of people I thought were friends. It happened on friday and threw me into a state of slumpedge.
I was in the kitchen at toy library and I said something that reminded one of the ladies about a catch phrase of an old game show host called Michael Barrymore.
Unfortunately for Mr Barrymore, he was involved in a party that included drug taking and the death of a guest in a drowning in the swimming pool - the tv stations didn't want to be tainted by this sort of thing and he was dropped faster than a cupcake full of scorpions.
So - one of my toy library compatriots said "wasn't there some kind of scandal with him?" She looked pensively for a second "was it because he was gay?"
"being gay isn't a crime you know, it isn't illegal!" I said.
To which she replied with this stunner:
"But what about the little boys," she screwed up her nose "you know, fiddling and things."
There have been times in my life in which I've been struck dumb. This was not one of them.
"being gay and being a pedophile are completely different things!!!" I retorted.
She gave me a patronising look and moved on.
I still haven't quite got over it.
Seriously, it's the twenty first century!! Can we get beyond these ridiculous conceptions!!!
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