Always look on the bright side of life.
Religious Education. Senior school.

I thought I'd left my days of being force-fed religion behind me when I moved up from Catholic junior school to a non-religious grammar school at the age of 11.

What I didn't plan on was Religious Education being part of the syllabus. For 3 years.

The only highlight of this 40 minute weekly lesson came in the end of year exam.

"What was written on a sign that was nailed above Christ when he was crucified."

The answer, as any good Catholic boy will tell you, is "INRI" which basically translates to "Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews."

What it did NOT stand for, as one 1st Year pupil put, was "Always look on the bright side of life."
( SeasonTicketless is too often the statue, and rarely the pigeon., Fri 20 Mar 2009, 7:31, 3 replies)

That's carved on some wag's gravestone
in a cemetery near here. I took photos of it.
(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Fri 20 Mar 2009, 8:37, closed)

Could stand for...
"Initiate Nail Removal Immediately!"

Thanks to Neal Stephenson for that.
(flimflam_machine, Fri 20 Mar 2009, 11:29, closed)

or
"Nature renewed by fire made whole"
(Sathington Willoughby, Fri 20 Mar 2009, 19:21, closed)