a school in pembrokeshire
At school is was one of the quiet fat students, and tall (6'4"), meaning I carried a fair bit of weight without looking like a beached whale/ball on legs.

Anyway, the was a practical session for A-level physics where the class was split into small groups who had to build bridges using a finite amount of cardboard, cellotape, string and glue. the fun part was to see how much weight they could hold before collapsing. The conventional kg weights were used, and when they proved insufficent, it was decided to use people, with my 18+ stone (115+ kg) bulk providing the upper weight limit. The bridge held, barring a cut caused by the tread of my shoe. I then decided to get down the quick way & jumped off the table, only to land on the access panel to the electrics.


I managed to inflict a semi-circular crater on the panel. The panel itself was made from wood about 1 to 1.5 inches thick. I could see this was the case, as the top the dent was about half an inch beneath the underside of the floorboard. It was afterwards I found out about the electrics and large nails that lurked beneath. I also had to report the damage to the caretaker's supervisor - surprisingly I wasn't charged for the damage. They did have to put a desk over the hole to prevent trips; this also inhibited access between classrooms.(The school had a weird set up were you could only access certain classrooms on the top floor using each staircase, with interconnecting doors for a fire escape which students used to cut through if they came up the wrong stairs).

Since leaving they've replaced the floor and I've shed the excess.

Also remember an incident in English on my 16th, when the English teacher and head of year made a comment regarding my birthday that I wasn't in the mood for. So i decided to pull her chair out from under her as she went to sit down. All I got was a bollocking after apologising - not detention or suspension. the others grumbled that if anyoneelse had tried it they would have been in it neck deep.
(trainee mad doctor is currently trying to build a secret laboratory, Sun 1 Feb 2009, 14:05, Reply)