The Weird Kid In ClassThere was a kid in my class who stood up every day and told everyone he had new shoes. This went on for weeks, and we all thought him nuts. Then, one day, he stood up and told us a long story about why his family were moving to another part of the country, and how excited he was. The next thing we heard was that he'd died in a plane crash.
Let's hear about the weird kid in your class...
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Fraser has joined the Moomins., Fri 19 Jan 2007, 10:18)
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Sometimes it paysI went to an all boys school in the 80's which was obviously a recipe for weirdness in itself but there was one guy who stood out.
He was always the geeky kid who spent most of his time in computer club and chess club. I vaguely remember him as having the ginger pudding bowl hairdo from hell and he always seemed to smell of biscuits. He had a monstrous temper and even the "hard" rugby boys used to give him a wide berth in case he stared really hard at them and made them explode.
I'm ashamed to say that I'm sure he was bullied relentlessly but now he's a software engineer for a rather large software company based in Seattle, flies planes in his spare time, earns a bloody fortune and lives in a huge house with his wife and 3 kids.
I think he also holds some US patents as well.
The moral of the story - be nice to the weirdo, he could end up being your boss...
(, Fri 19 Jan 2007, 15:03, Reply)
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