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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Barred from ChadWell, not me, but a friend.
A mate of mine (X) was doing some charity work in Chad - a mainly desert country in the middle of Africa. One day he met a comely Chadian lass and, even though there was a language barrier (he couldn't speak French, she couldn't speak English), he went back to her house for tea.
When he got there he was introduced to the girl's mum, who welcomed him into the house rather eagerly. During the meal, the mum said something intelligible to X and, not wanting to be rude, he nodded his head in pretend agreement (in the same way I do whenever talking to a Glaswegian). The mother then turned to the girl and let forth a similar stream of words, to which the girl said "oui".
To X's astonishment, the mother then said, in English, "You are now engaged!". "Like f*ck am I," thought X, who bolted out of the house and left the country as soon as possible.
The longshot of it is, he's not allowed back in Timbuktu - which is obviously a great inconvenience, given how it's right in the middle of the Sahara Desert.
(, Wed 16 Aug 2006, 17:37, Reply)
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