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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Not quite weird?I went to a somewhat posh public school so being weird was almost obligatory. There was this one feller, named Martin Freeman I think, who was always picking on this other kid named Clive Welham. Poor old Clive had alopeacia so his hair was a bit random and tufty. Anyway old Martin liked to yell out really loudly at Clive at random intervals in class. And what did he choose to yell? 'Boorman'. We knew not why, only that he referred to Martin Boorman the top dog Nazi guy.
Eventually our French teacher (and there're some good stories about him) called Freeman out and made him write a 1000 word essay to explain his actions.
The next day we are all surprised that not only has Martin done the essay but that 'Trev' the teacher is going to read it out.
Obviously it was 20+ years ago, so I hardly remember it now but the gist was that Martin's dad had been in the SOE in the war and was aware of a plot to allow Boorman to escape to England and assume a new cover story. As such the yelling was an attempt to catch out the Nazi as he pretended to be Welham. Inventive we think, but utterly nuts. I'd like to think he went on to write anarchic comedy but he's more likely inside or in the Army now. Good luck though whatever you're doing mate!
(, Sat 20 Jan 2007, 18:07, Reply)
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