The loss of poons recently has made me reflect on my weekend just gone
To put into context... the last minute planning of this happened before I'd learnt about poons.

About 2 weeks ago, I commented something on a flickr page of my sisters best friend, some constructive criticism on how to use her camera better. From this, we quickly set up a friendship ourselves. We both suffer from depression, both of us suffering some major marital issues, both of us needing a relatively neutral pair of ears to talk to.

Over many a long night, we have talked in great length about how deep our depression has taken us, and in her case about how isolated she feels by a very overbearing family. Just last week, something clicked inside of her, and the shit very quickly hit the fan. She had hit a new rock bottom, and very little was getting through to her. She was starting to descend into the dangerous spiral.

I could not cope with the thought of losing anyone else (after my wife and I separated), even though we'd been friends for little over a week. After discussing quickly with my sister, I decided that this weekend gone, I was going to drive all the way from my home in Central Scotland, to Cardiff where they live, and my sister and I would take her out of the environment she was in, even for a day, and go and enjoy ourselves.

We chose to go to the zoo, as all three of us are photo nuts, and there was no chance of getting near alcohol what-so-ever. All three of us had the best time ever, and when we dropped our friend off back home, my sister had told me that it was the happiest she'd ever seen her recently.

Now this is not a self promoting post to slap myself on the back for the "knight-in-shining-armour" act, but a simple reminder to all to remember that we SHOULD go out of our way to help our friends out, especially when they are running lower than normal. I sincerely hope that the boost we gave our friend was enough to help steer her away from the dark path, but if my friend still chooses to spiral down into the dangerous path, then at least I can say she had a blast on the way!

Even though I never knew poons, I can't help but feel like a "car-crash bystander".
( DavyBoyInGravyJoy Grey Goose Vodka on Ice, nothing finer, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 14:29, archived)

which was nice

( Tyronne Get To Falkirk, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 14:30, archived)

what is a poons, sorry?

( spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 14:30, archived)

.
b3ta.com/links/Goodbye_Poons
( DavyBoyInGravyJoy Grey Goose Vodka on Ice, nothing finer, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 14:31, archived)

Oh fucking diddums.

( Dave Trouser ; the people's choice - 75% agree, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 14:34, archived)

guy who posted on /qotw and /links who died recently

( executiverocker only wears C&A, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 14:31, archived)

No loss then.

( baldmonkey a frothy foul-smelling vaginal discharge, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 14:33, archived)

there is
the booze industry ,they have not had such a loss in demand since Princess Margaret and the Queen mother died.
( Tyronne Get To Falkirk, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 14:35, archived)

you can be such a nob.

( sleepybinky, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 14:36, archived)

I MISS POONS. PRINCESS OF MY LIFE etc.

( sleepybinky, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 14:36, archived)

People die.
So it goes.
( baldmonkey a frothy foul-smelling vaginal discharge, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 14:36, archived)

PEOPLE DIE AND YOU ARE STILL A NOB.

( sleepybinky, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 14:37, archived)

This.
They may as well has posted that an African orphan just died. So?
( Dave Trouser ; the people's choice - 75% agree, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 14:38, archived)

they did?
time to stop that charity direct debit then.
( Tyronne Get To Falkirk, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 14:39, archived)

who are you?

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 14:31, archived)

i`m Batman

( Tyronne Get To Falkirk, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 14:32, archived)

No, I'm Batman

( Theoban What of it, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 14:33, archived)

No, that was Bruce Wayne

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 14:35, archived)

Jesus was Batman?

( Theoban What of it, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 14:36, archived)

I don't venture on talk much
I normally get anally raped by the spiney toed monkeys! I normally spend my time on /links and occassionally /board... but as I'm doing neither here, I'm posting this on /talk
( DavyBoyInGravyJoy Grey Goose Vodka on Ice, nothing finer, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 14:32, archived)

People here get confused by long, serious posts.
I know I do.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 14:37, archived)

Sorry
pretends to dissapear back to /links but secretly lurks here anyways
( DavyBoyInGravyJoy Grey Goose Vodka on Ice, nothing finer, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 14:38, archived)

I read to "We both suffer from depression, both of us suffering some major marital issues, both of us needing a relatively neutral pair of ears to talk to"
Then assumed you wanted QOTW
( Gooch Is neither here nor there, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 14:32, archived)

I can do a very good deal on some rope.

( Tyronne Get To Falkirk, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 14:32, archived)

Yeah
I'm on the waiting list for Jeremy Kyle! :-)
( DavyBoyInGravyJoy Grey Goose Vodka on Ice, nothing finer, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 14:33, archived)

I heard she's deathly afraid of animals and you just made things worse, you heartless bastard you

( Theoban What of it, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 14:33, archived)

my wrist is pink. i got hot tea on it.

( sleepybinky, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 14:34, archived)

I'm confused
Did you have a spit the tea out in lolz moment?
( DavyBoyInGravyJoy Grey Goose Vodka on Ice, nothing finer, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 14:47, archived)

Ah that's quite nice :)
Did she have big tits?
( Donkey Gums @mattcomedy, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 14:34, archived)

40DD
Post natal!
( DavyBoyInGravyJoy Grey Goose Vodka on Ice, nothing finer, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 14:34, archived)

oh, she's a fatty,
shame,

but yes you did a nice thing and I would try to do the same in your position.

not for a fatty though.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 14:38, archived)

lolz
Fat chix need loving too... but they gotta pay!
( DavyBoyInGravyJoy Grey Goose Vodka on Ice, nothing finer, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 14:41, archived)

she DID but they got ACCIDENTALLY CHOPPED OFF when she squeezed through the fence into the PENGUIN POOL.

( sleepybinky, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 14:35, archived)

Oh NO! D:
I think I was a penguin in my past life.
( Donkey Gums @mattcomedy, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 14:37, archived)

I find depression a curious thing.
I have shit times and shit happens to me, do I just cope better?
( GrandmaOfShoes, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 14:37, archived)

I could wax lyrical about this
But in a nutshell, yes you cope better. Have a cookie!
( DavyBoyInGravyJoy Grey Goose Vodka on Ice, nothing finer, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 14:39, archived)

yeah, probably.
some people get shitter times than others, and some people just break.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 14:39, archived)

depends if you are vulnerable from genes or upbringing
www.hearingvoices.org.uk/images/stress.gif if you have higher vulnerability then it takes less stress to make you ill. worth bearing in mind that childhood trauma is often a factor which increases someones vulnerability if you feel like saying some people are mentally weak.
( tickle I was away, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 15:25, archived)