Captain Haddock
- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
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True story.
When I was teaching at DGSB and still had my yacht one of my colleagues asked if I could take him and his two sons out sailing.
We spent a while tacking backwards and forwards in the harbour and everyone having lifejackets I suggested we departed the Western Entrance for an hour 'at sea'.
Lovely sunny day and my colleague had fallen fast asleep when one of the kids said 'Mr F, I think I'm going to be sick'.
Told him to puke downwind and the poor little bugger turned puce and tried to turn himself inside-out.
Once things had settled I told him not to worry as Nelson had been sick most days at sea.
'What! Nelson Mandela?' he replied.
As I said true story.
1. WTF are they teaching in History nowadays?
2. What are they teaching in Geography? How longs the sodding crossing to Robben Island?
"The world is still a weird place, despite my efforts to make clear and perfect sense of it".
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
victor matcham- Registered: 5 Oct 2021
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- Location: Dover
- Registered: 22 Jul 2016
- Posts: 3,094
Well, I think what's called for is: Horatio the musical. Certainly one would have a number of genres to choose from.
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Guest 2547- Registered: 1 Apr 2018
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Lloyd George knew my father. My father knew Lloyd George.
Guest 3925- Registered: 28 Nov 2020
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I was chatting to a work colleague a few years ago and we were talking about the Berlin Wall and our experiences of it. A much younger colleague overheard and asked what the Berlin Wall was!
I also met Princess Anne a couple of weeks ago and when I told my 15 year old what I'd done, he replied " who is she"........and he goes to DGSB!
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,923
I met the lovely Princess Alice who was the Duke of Edinburgh's mother many years ago, but to widen the subject a little.
Worryingly I have noticed when watching almost any quiz show the number of times teachers do not know the answer to the simplest general knowledge question.
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victor matcham- Registered: 5 Oct 2021
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How I Wrote Elastic Man- Registered: 5 Dec 2020
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I am a Norfolk man and glory in being so
Button- Location: Dover
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How I Wrote Elastic Man wrote:I am a Norfolk man and glory in being so
How do you feel about heights and pigeons?
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,322
"Normal for Norfolk - or NFN - most likely came from doctors to indicate the patient betrayed a peasant or rustic streak, or as a form of exasperation with patients who couldn't describe their symptoms."
"The world is still a weird place, despite my efforts to make clear and perfect sense of it".
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
Matey
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 11 Oct 2021
- Posts: 178
We watched Family Fortunes the other night and one of the questions was ' Name a famous Dame'. The two teenage boys in the family admitted that they didn't even know what a 'dame' was! - Honestly!
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Life without a dog is like a salad without lettuce.
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 6,025
Yes I saw that .
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Edna.
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How I Wrote Elastic Man- Registered: 5 Dec 2020
- Posts: 106
#9
As it goes, not that keen on heights!
Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,322
Christopher Biggins?
"The world is still a weird place, despite my efforts to make clear and perfect sense of it".
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
How I Wrote Elastic Man- Registered: 5 Dec 2020
- Posts: 106
I don't believe Mr Biggins is one of us
Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,322
Renowned pantomime dame though?
"The world is still a weird place, despite my efforts to make clear and perfect sense of it".
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
How I Wrote Elastic Man- Registered: 5 Dec 2020
- Posts: 106
I only think of him as lukewarm
