Does anyone remember
those rubber aliens that used to be sold, in little plastic eggs filled with slime?

Well, when they were popular they were banned in my school. All students were told that they had to get rid of their aliens before the next day.

This started a great game of "hide the alien", where the object was to put your slime covered toy somewhere where a teacher would find it and have to pick it up to confiscate it. Several appeared behind radiators, in paint pots and so on.

The best results came from the group of kids who decided to throw their aliens onto the assembly hall ceiling, where they stuck. It was too high for the caretaker to knock them down with a broom, so there they stayed.

Assemblies for the next few weeks were made very interesting as aliens gradually peeled away from the ceiling...
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