child racist
When I was a little fraction (probably about an eigth or a sixteenth)I believed EVERYTHING I was told.

Cliff Burton was still alive

If you listened to a Slayer album in the dark you would die

Tic tacs were in fact health pills and weren't allowed to be given to little children (thanks sis and bro) however my crowning ahem glory came when I was about 6.

I grew up in a small north essex town, it was and still is a quaint little place, now unfortunately full of hairdressers and charity shops, but anyway, it didn't do ethnic diversity, we had one chinese restaurant and that was about it.

One day the USAF came to town, we were all really excited, I got an extra dose of flying saucers and refreshers from Butterflys sweet shop and we went to the town hall.

there they were, all these huge men in shiny uniforms, but one stood out more than anything.

My "friend" whispered in my ear, "Really?" I said "yes, go ask him" was the reply. So I tottered over to this man and said.

"Scuse me mister, why are you painted black?"

I still die a little inside every time I remember this.
(Halfy By light alone, Thu 21 Aug 2008, 21:27, 2 replies)

well
it is true about Slayer.
( enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Thu 21 Aug 2008, 21:42, closed)

hmm
that sounds suspiciously like the small north essex town that I live in currently but then I guess it could be many towns around here!!
(cmouse is pondering about life in other jobs, Thu 21 Aug 2008, 23:41, closed)