Ah...the great school fire of 82
there used to be a building site at the end of our school field...and being "little tykes" we'd always jump the fence and play in the house shells...it was when we used to have summers where all the long grass would dry up...anyway I was into flicking lit matches at close friends, you know you hold the match box in one hand index finger on the end of the match with the match head on the striker and 'flick' the match with the other hand towards your target which would cause the match to ignite as it took to the air...there was a really long hedge sparating said building site from school...and contained in this hedge were a few very old oak trees in various states of life, but mostly dead or drying out. in this hedge which was raised on a bank was a very large colony of wasps...so i decided my next assault would be upon said nest..so I started flicking away and yes the whole bank went up it wasn't long before the hedge caught alight and then a couple of the oak trees went up like bloody great torches...suffice to say I didn't stay around long enogh to see the 3 fire engines turn up...that evening the local constab did the old sweep of the estate looking to educate the tearaways...but by that time i'd bathed and changed...having been caught out previously, after setting fire to our next door neighbours garage, due to the smell of Tiger Tim firelighters and smoke.
(Murun Buchstansangur's hairpiece, Thu 4 Mar 2004, 16:37, Reply)