» School Sports Day

I feel asleep ...
in the sack race once.

Recently diagnosed as suffering from hay-fever, the doc prescribed Piriton. Now as anyone else who suffered from hay-fever in the late 70s will testify, this is described as a medication that 'may cause drowsiness'. Not a side effect I was expecting, to be fair.

So there we were, lined up with sacks on the ground in front of us, the whistle blew and we all dashed forward, stepped into the sacks and bent down to pull them up. The rest of the racers grabbed the tops of the sacks, straightened up, and bounced towards the finishing line.

I, on the other hand, remained bent down, slowly pitched over and (I'm told) performed a very poor forward roll and just lay there - somewhat worrying the spectators.

To this day, the smell of old potato scaks can induce narcolepsy.

Apologies for length, it'll get shorter with use.
(Sat 1st Apr 2006, 12:54, More)