i am not any kind of gym type but its related
A few years ago and i am walking over the hills from one village to my home town (8 miles of baking sun and lots of up) and it occurs to me maybe my mum is at the health spa/timeshare/gym place they have near Langdale, so i nip in, spot her car and nip in to have a pint on the outside balcomy and wait for her to emerge from which ever place she is having bits of her body cut off, polished, toned, replaced. As i enjoy a smoke and a beer a HUGE muscle bound tanned meathead sits next to me. I am not confident in the company of such alpha males and squeek a hello.

Turns out i used to go to school with him and he had vanished at some point down south. He'd ended up going to cambridge and got into rowing and was now finishing a PHD in biochemistry or some such. fascinating guy, looked like he ate steroids by the pound but it was all just hard work and training.

Peak of physical fitness: Check
Incredibly bright and educated: Check
Utterly charming: Check
Bought me a pint: Check

never felt so small and useless in my life...

Until he told me how he was in the Lakes volunteering with disadvantaged youths as a mountain leader and first aid guy until he went to africa to build wells.

The bastard :/
(DreddPirateBob has watched every scifi film ever on, Mon 13 Jul 2009, 12:08, 6 replies)

Was his name Legless?

( Bob Todd whee, Mon 13 Jul 2009, 13:36, closed)

why?
because he is a nice guy with some interesting stories to tell and a flair for making things interesting?

as opposed to a boring weirdo?
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 13 Jul 2009, 13:43, closed)

If by 'interesting' you mean 'obviously fabricated', yes.

( Bob Todd whee, Mon 13 Jul 2009, 19:39, closed)

It puzzles me
why you give a shit...
( chart cat has an itch, Tue 14 Jul 2009, 6:34, closed)

:D i know he doesnt seem real, but he is. promise!
I've emailed him to find out if he has a facebook or blog or some such. Not talked to him in a couple of years but by now he's probably an astronaut or ninja or something. I tried to find some mention of him through his rowing and phd but no luck. And i dont really want to post his real name (i might be spelling it wrongit occurs to me now) without permission.
(DreddPirateBob has watched every scifi film ever on, Mon 13 Jul 2009, 19:00, closed)

What car did he drive?

( idonthaveafunnynickname Drink-Aware? Sure. I'm aware I want another drink., Tue 14 Jul 2009, 4:39, closed)