speed
as a leggy gang of gawky 16 year olds, we headed off for the weekend to my friend's family holiday home in the lake district with her 19 year old boyfriend and all his fit mates. trying desperately to hide the geekiness and act cool, my best mate and i nearly choked on our braces and specs as we found a mountain of - gulp - Speed hidden right away behind the beers at the back of the fridge.

in hushed voices we discussed what to do. of course, it didn't take long to establish that we had to join in when it was passed around. but we were both shocked and more than a little bit scared.

at that point, one of the more gorgeous mates arrived to sling some pizzas in the fridge. he looked at the Speed and laughed.

"my gran does that," he said bafflingly - and went on as we goggled at him as agog as two gogs - "jesus, as if a bit of baking powder's going to hide the reek of beer this weekend!"

oh well...
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 18:33, Reply)