this didn't actually happen to me...but to a mate of mine when we were about 15.
We both went to quite a posh school and their punishments for even the most menial things were pretty severe. For example, getting to school late more than three times in a term gave you a detention. As you can imagine there was quite a large group of 'regulars' at detention of friday.
Anyhoo.... so this mate of mine, having served many many detentions allready that term saunters into school about 1/2 an hour late and bumps into the head of year. Like a flash he's lying his arse off before he realises what he's doing. He tells the teacher that while waiting for the bus someone tried to get him into their car. He managed to fight them off but the shock of it made him late for school.
The teacher goes nuts. Phones the lads parents and the police.
To cut a(n all ready) long story short, the lad had to take a police line up, pretending he couldn't identify the attacker cause his memory was blocked because of the shock.
He got 3 weeks off school to 'recover', forced into weekly therapy to help him come to term with his traumatic experiance and got a hartfelt mention in the school magazine at the end of the year.
plonker!
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Thu 27 Nov 2003, 15:27,
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We both went to quite a posh school and their punishments for even the most menial things were pretty severe. For example, getting to school late more than three times in a term gave you a detention. As you can imagine there was quite a large group of 'regulars' at detention of friday.
Anyhoo.... so this mate of mine, having served many many detentions allready that term saunters into school about 1/2 an hour late and bumps into the head of year. Like a flash he's lying his arse off before he realises what he's doing. He tells the teacher that while waiting for the bus someone tried to get him into their car. He managed to fight them off but the shock of it made him late for school.
The teacher goes nuts. Phones the lads parents and the police.
To cut a(n all ready) long story short, the lad had to take a police line up, pretending he couldn't identify the attacker cause his memory was blocked because of the shock.
He got 3 weeks off school to 'recover', forced into weekly therapy to help him come to term with his traumatic experiance and got a hartfelt mention in the school magazine at the end of the year.
plonker!
I once saw a photoof some elephants bathing off Aberystwyth beach. I pointed it out to a female friend saying it was the sole survivors of a travelling circus boat that got shipwrecked off the African coast. Unfortunately all the African tigers, the last few in the world drowned, but the lucky elephants being such strong swimmers made it all the way to Wales with the assistance of the gulf stream only to be shot by the Welsh as sea dragons
Poor K**** was heartbroken at the plight of the tigers, massivly impressed by the elephants swimming skills and disgusted at her country folk.
she has a really important job in the treasury now, scarey innit?
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Thu 27 Nov 2003, 16:46,
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Poor K**** was heartbroken at the plight of the tigers, massivly impressed by the elephants swimming skills and disgusted at her country folk.
she has a really important job in the treasury now, scarey innit?