Running awayTwo friends ran away from boarding school. They didn't get too far though - they forgot to check when the last train ran. A teacher found them sitting waiting and drove them back again.
That said, it's not just a thing kids do - the urge to just run is built into all of us. Tell us about the times you've given in and run.
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chthonic, Fri 11 Aug 2006, 13:03)
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Fourth time lucky ...#1: Caught smoking aged about 13. Ran away to the woods to avoid the hell to pay when Dad got home. Built a Ray Mears type bender and hid in it all afternoon and evening. Heard my Dad calling and trying to track me down but held out hidden until hunger saw me creeping home to face the music later that night.
#2: School mate and I called the French Foreign Legion recruiting office in Marseille and attempted to join up one lunchtime. They saw through us.
#3: Age 17. Slept in the garage to avoid consequences of after a particularly heavy night out. Crept in after I thought everyone had left for work, only to find them still round the breakfast table. Cue fireworks, and dramatic 'get out of this house'. So I did. Hitch-hiked down south, got a bedsit and a job, neglected to tell parents where I was for a couple of weeks. Refused to come home, ever. That taught them.
#4: Ran away to Spain to go fruit picking forever. Spent all my money and had a fight with some Spanish military police. Crept back to the UK in shame.
Length? It's not that long, but it's very wide.
(, Fri 11 Aug 2006, 14:31, Reply)
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