Macho rugby player has a stroke....wakes up Gay!!

Temaz

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.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2058921/19st-rugby-player-Chris-Birch-stroke-gym-accident-wakes-gay.html#ixzz1d8VyWuAV

Immaculate Pasta

But I thought all rugby players were gay?

foxyboxer

He caught the Ghey.

stovelid

Sweet mother of suffering jaysus.

foxyboxer

stovelid wrote: »

Sweet mother of suffering jaysus.

http://files.list.co.uk/images/r/coab2-lst074720.jpg

aido179

"although they were having a break from each other at the time"
sounds like a good excuse to get out!

Naomi00

Why would a 19st person try to do a backflip anyway


Weird story.

FearDark

Its in the Daily Mail it must be true.

Mr. Incognito

Hmmmmmmmmm

I wonder.

Was it the stroke or was the stroke a convenient excuse.

Fascinating

super_furry

What did he have a stroke of?

AnonoBoy

"Eh...... it was the neck injury what did it."

Suuuuuuurreeee.......

Downlinz

Daily Mail, probably a BS made up story by some gay dude trying to make a point that the gayness could be in anyone. And in usual Daily Mail fashion they won't check their facts and run the story anyway.

Son Of A Vidic

super_furry wrote: »

What did he have a stroke of?

Bad luck?

Geekness1234

He should be isolated immediately!

whiskeyman

I knew it. It all makes sense now.
All rugger bugger types are actually closet homos, and it takes a dramatic injury to make them realise this.
Thank you Daily Mail for your excellent scoop!

Oranage2

So all gay people have to do is a 'front flip' to be straight?

mikemac

Gayness caused by brain damage......interesting

suicide_circus

Brokeneck mountain?

MrSing

Judging by the pic of him its hard to belive that he wasnt always gay!

NoHornJan

super_furry wrote: »

What did he have a stroke of?

Doctor Jimbob wrote: »

A knob, apparently.

Crouch, Touch, Pause, Engage.

sgb

Wonder what medication (if any) he is on to make him better

Bodhidharma

I dont get why they keep mentioning his size and the fact that he worked in a bank, probably because that's 'normal' unlike being a flakey gay hairdresser.

God bless you Daily Mail, sterling work as ever.

(he does seem to have gone super gay in fairness)

Bobby Baccala

NoHornJan wrote: »

Crotch, Touch, Pause, Engage.

FYP

marcsignal

had a stroke of what exactly ??

To be honest, if I spent many hours a week with my head practically up another man's arse, I'm sure I'd turn gay too.

landsleaving

marcsignal wrote: »

had a stroke of what exactly ??

I see you've read the thread.

tolosenc

I like the evidence they give for his prior heterosexual lifestyle:
1) Proposed to his girlfriend
2) Worked in a bank

Indubitable

When I saw this thread title, I just knew it would be a Daily Mail article.

Teclo

Oranage2 wrote: »

So all gay people have to do is a 'front flip' to be straight?

No, that's how women turn lesbian.

Dyr

Temaz wrote: »

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2058921/19st-rugby-player-Chris-Birch-stroke-gym-accident-wakes-gay.html#ixzz1d8VyWuAV

Just looking at the pictures, not only did that stroke make him gay, it turned him into a poof as well :eek:

Ray Palmer

Shocker brain injury casue people to be different!

Really not a surprise. The worst one is that some brain injuries casue people to lack empathy or basic human connections. Saw a guy on TV who had a minor car accident and then simply didn't care about other people. That included his wife and kids. Just wasn't bothered if they were alive or dead. Apparently it is a common injury due to the shape of the brain cavity.

A guy I went to school had an accident that put him in a coma for a month. Afterwards his personality was completley different. Didn't like either of them but his friends were a bit miffed.

To me it always proved the notion of a soul as nonsciences if a bang on the head can make you a different person.

EdenHazard

why did he have to become a hairdresser?

gcgirl

Screams closet case, stroke was just a ploy I'd say to come out!

Dyr

Ray Palmer wrote: »

Really not a surprise. The worst one is that some brain injuries casue people to lack empathy or basic human connections. Saw a guy on TV who had a minor car accident and then simply didn't care about other people. That included his wife and kids.

Would have happened to him once he hit 40 anyway

Logical Fallacy

If he is trying to impress the boys with his backflips then he's already gay tbh.

OneArt

Woho, then I should have a stroke to become not-asexual.

*grabs 10 packs of smokes*

parker kent

Ray Palmer wrote: »

Shocker brain injury casue people to be different

I've heard of brain injury changing accents as well. All sorts of things can happen people with brain injury. It is not as ridiculous as some are suggesting. Obviously the way the paper handled the story is ridiculous.

Ray Palmer

parker kent wrote: »

I've heard of brain injury changing accents as well. All sorts of things can happen people with brain injury. It is not as ridiculous as some are suggesting. Obviously the way the paper handled the story is ridiculous.

Foreign accent syndrome not massively uncommon either. Small strokes can casue it, with people waking up in the morning with unusual accents. It is permenant. Amnesia although overly used in books and films is actually much rarer and often permenant too.

It really does knock off a lot spirituality arguement as we are basically machines made of meat

minidazzler

How the fcuk did he lose 8 stone? Seems alot!

Ciderswigger

That capital g in the title threw me off course.

Wakes up Gay.... Mitchell? Byrne?

Logical Fallacy

parker kent wrote: »

I've heard of brain injury changing accents as well. All sorts of things can happen people with brain injury. It is not as ridiculous as some are suggesting. Obviously the way the paper handled the story is ridiculous.

Ray Palmer wrote: »

Foreign accent syndrome not massively uncommon either. Small strokes can casue it, with people waking up in the morning with unusual accents. It is permenant. Amnesia although overly used in books and films is actually much rarer and often permenant too.

It really does knock off a lot spirituality arguement as we are basically machines made of meat

I saw a TV show about a dude who was in an accident, ended up in a coma, woke up after about 8 days and was able to paint spectacularly. Before that he had no artistic desires or ability what so ever.

Brain injury is a weird fish.

ScumLord

Ray Palmer wrote: »

Really not a surprise. The worst one is that some brain injuries casue people to lack empathy or basic human connections. Saw a guy on TV who had a minor car accident and then simply didn't care about other people. That included his wife and kids. Just wasn't bothered if they were alive or dead. Apparently it is a common injury due to the shape of the brain cavity.

The weirdest one of them I saw is people that don't get an emotional attachment from things they see (family) but do when they hear the voice alone. A guy would swear the woman in front of him wasn't his wife (as in she feels more like an imposter posing as his wife) but if she went into the other room and called him on the phone he instantly recognises her as his wife.

KeithAFC

Sounds like an excuse.

Nodin

EdenHazard wrote: »

why did he have to become a hairdresser?

There was a vacancy and Gay Central sent him.

Sky King

He'll be getting a lot more strokes now.

snowy1965

Bambi wrote: »

Just looking at the pictures, not only did that stroke make him gay, it turned him into a poof as well :eek:

You know this is why there are so many problems in the world still. So this guy has a hair cur that you might associate with gay people. However fact is I know many gay guys who you would never be able to tell are gay. You are looking at stereo typical gays & being rude in the process.

Stop putting people down, there is a very good quote about people in glass houses should not throw stones you know

challengemaster

sgb wrote: »

Wonder what medication (if any) he is on to make him better

Probably suppositories...

snowy1965

I find it so sad that people are so incredibly rude about this kind of story, always mocking the people involved etc, looking for some excuse to be rude as if it is the only way they can justify their own existence.

The fact is genes can be turned on or off by the brain. This guy had a stroke, which in turn will cause a deprivation of air to the body & will cause his brain to make new pathways to keep working properly. That can of course make the brain in turn switch the guys genes around too, thus causing him to become gay when he was prior to that totally straight & not just making out that that was the case & that he was so far in the closet it wasn't true. You see what most of the people making these stupid comments do not understand is that being gay is not a chosen lifestyle, god knows I know enough gay people who tell me if they had had the choice they would have been straight due to all the rubbish they have to put up with from homophobic idiots. Rather than choice it is genetic This is why the brain can cause a change in sexual orientation

The brain is an incredible thing, capable of so much more than what people realise. Unfortunately people see stories like this & all they can do is mock & be rude instead of looking at it as the incredible story it is as to how the brain does this kind of thing which is totally stunning. I feel sorry for his fiance' though she did not deserve this & I hope that she gets over it & realises that she could have done nothing, just as he couldn't have done anything to prevent it.

Resi12

‘I was gay when I woke up and I still am. It sounds strange but when I came round I immediately felt different."

Um.. Maybe that was waking up from having a stroke? What he woke up and looked around the room and thought "I like dick"?!?

Nobody that feminine looking 'wakes up gay'. I'm sorry, if anything he accepted it from the shock that he almost died and through that he started to live how he always wanted from there on. The stroke is an excuse and as a gay man, a horrible one. What a fool.

snowy1965

Resi12 wrote: »

‘I was gay when I woke up and I still am. It sounds strange but when I came round I immediately felt different."

Um.. Maybe that was waking up from having a stroke? What he woke up and looked around the room and thought "I like dick"?!?

Nobody that feminine looking 'wakes up gay'. I'm sorry, if anything he accepted it from the shock that he almost died and through that he started to live how he always wanted from there on. The stroke is an excuse and as a gay man, a horrible one. What a fool.

Look at the photo of him before the accident for heavens sake! He did not look feminine at all. You obviously are a homophobic guy by your post. You have no idea about genes or about how the brain works. So you are busy putting your homophobia out there for the world to see instead. Go you, I hope your proud of yourself for being such a bigoted fool who refuses to learn things.

Saila

super_furry wrote: »

What did he have a stroke of?

gayness