I KNEW it was over
I used to work the sound box at school, and although there was meant to be a team of about seven of us supervised by my physics teacher, only me and my mate actually knew how to work it properly, so we'd usually get left with all the work. We were generally happy to do this - it meant we didn't have to sing a hymn and we could play cards or comment on whatever rubbish the people giving assembly were spouting.

I was at the back of the stage behind the curtains for morning assembly. They'd organised a 'special' assembly, which meant jiggery pokery with lights and CDs they'd shoved into our hands 5 minutes previously etc etc. My mate was off sick, so I was there trying to do everything by myself with buttons at opposite ends in the 10 seconds it takes the headmistress to walk up to the lectern.

Meanwhile, my physics teacher who I liked immensely (really funny guy, friendly, into tech stuff and particle physics, so just my cup of tea left on my bedside table when I opened my eyes) was standing there staring into space twiddling his thumbs.

I was getting more and more pissed off with all the wires etc and lack of room to maneouvre, so just as the head was coming to the stage and time was almost at an end I stood up to my full height of 4'11" and said in my best mock-teachery tones

"When you've quite finished fiddling with your fingers, would you like to flick that switch?"

I couldn't believe I'd just said it to him....

...we looked at each other for a moment, then I watched stunned as he leant over and quietly obeyed.

Shows how much I know....he never even mentioned it afterwards!

To the Dr: I you're out there, I salute you *does so*
( Hampster Squared has stuff at www.tilla.co.uk, Thu 21 Jul 2005, 23:55, Reply)