A 19st rugby player suffered a stroke while training – and discovered when he woke up that he was gay.
Chris Birch, 26, had proposed to his girlfriend and worked in a bank when he suffered a freak accident in the gym.
The rugby-loving Welshman was trying to impress his friends with a back flip but broke his neck and suffered a stroke.
He was taken to the Royal Gwent hospital where his girlfriend and family waited for news – but said: ‘I was gay when I woke up…’
Chris retrained as a hairdresser and now lives with his partner Jack Powell, 19, above the salon in which he works.
The title of this post is shamelessly stolen from the hilarious Mark Steyn who says “So,whether or not you can “pray away the gay”, you can apparently stroke away the straight.”
I think he should go back to the hospital, something is still broken.
November 8, 2011 at 7:24 pm
Since Chris Birch did not will to become gay but is visited with gayness through the will of God, Birch ought to repect and love himself as God respects and loves him, and this is by remaining a virgin in sexual purity.
November 8, 2011 at 9:09 pm
Closest I got to this was once my older brother slapped me hard in the back of the head. I became….angry.
So- is anyone buying this?
I suppose hitting your head could cause some kind of defect, but….really? Gay?
Why doesn't his Ex-Fiance just hit him again?
November 8, 2011 at 10:04 pm
Reminds me of National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation: "she fell to the bottom of a well–her eyes got crossed; she gets kicked by a donkey–they're uncrossed!" This kid just needs to stand behind a donkey!
November 8, 2011 at 11:00 pm
Oh, there's all kinds of neurological and physiological weirdness that can happen after a stroke, so it doesn't sound impossible.
The difference is that, if you report scrambled speech or not recognizing your parents or tasting lemon in your mouth at all times, the doctors and therapists feel free to help you with the brain injury. Any sexual dysfunction that coincides with a privileged group isn't treated with the same kind of frankness in today's society. (And apparently there are also men out there who are creepy or confused enough to be willing to take advantage of a stroke patient.)
Just wait until that voluntary amputee thrill movement gets hold. You won't be able to get a prosthesis for anything, and the doctors will be chopping off your limbs at the slightest excuse. And you'll be counseled to try and make you happy about it.
November 9, 2011 at 2:47 am
"Chris retrained as a hairdresser …" It's when I get to this part that I know they're only kidding.
November 10, 2011 at 3:49 am
I'm wearing a helmet everywhere I go, even in the shower. I would rather live in a sheath of bubble wrap than wind up with that haircut.
November 10, 2011 at 9:32 pm
"This kid just needs to stand behind a donkey!"
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"I would rather live in a sheath of bubble wrap"
So many jokes….so little time.