The Virtual Pub
Come Inside... => Saloon Bar => Topic started by: Snoopy on January 20, 2012, 09:21:02 AM
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Minor has a cold. His nose and top lip are very sore and he feels generally unwell BUT like a good little soldier he trotted into school yesterday.
It seems that in this part of Wales (I can speak for no other) the "Welshies" consider it bad manners to blow your nose in public ..... no alternative is suggested so I suppose they either sniff a lot or "cuff it". sick2:
In every class yesterday he was reprimanded for pulling out a handkerchief and blowing his nose. Each teacher told him he should raise his hand, ask to be excused and leave the room before blowing his nose. Since he was, and still is, in a permanent snot running situation this struck him as unreasonable so he tried dabbing at his nose instead of blowing it. This too was not liked. Many pupils objected (using the teacher to bully him) and again the teachers tossed him out of the room.
He was also subjected to a tirade from one teacher, later taken up by several of the class, that using a handkerchief was "Being Posh" and he should use tissues. Not unreasonably he asked if he would then be allowed to blow his nose in class and where was he supposed to dispose of the used tissues. Again "Get Out!" and a bony finger indicated the door.
He spent more time in the corridor than he spent in class so today I have kept him off school. I have telephoned the attendance officer at the school to explain his absence as required. She tells me that she personally considers handkerchiefs to be "unhygienic" and tissues are better. In answer to my question as to whether the staff would prefer a boy to have a couple of hankies in his pocket or to be filling the class room waste paper basket with snot filled tissues drew no reply.
The sooner we sell this house and move back to civilisation the fucking better! cussing:
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Unbe-bleddy-believable.... noooo:
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I must admit that when the THW used to come home complaining of this we put it down to her "telling a tall story" to try to get out of school, which we knew she disliked, but he is so keen to be there that we have to believe him. The THW, being a girlie, always used tissues and she too was thrown out of the room for using one but surely chaps carry a handkerchief. I never get dressed in the mornings without putting a clean hankie in my pocket. Kleenex is used for other purposes in my book. whistle:
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I must admit that when the THW used to come home complaining of this we put it down to her "telling a tall story" to try to get out of school, which we knew she disliked, but he is so keen to be there that we have to believe him. The THW, being a girlie, always used tissues and she too was thrown out of the room for using one but surely chaps carry a handkerchief. I never get dressed in the mornings without putting a clean hankie in my pocket. Kleenex is used for other purposes in my book. whistle:
My Mum always ensured I had a clean hankie in my pocked when I went to school... :thumbsup:
I remember many of the kids didn't have them though and the sleeve was their preferred method of snot removal.... sick2:
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I must admit that when the THW used to come home complaining of this we put it down to her "telling a tall story" to try to get out of school, which we knew she disliked, but he is so keen to be there that we have to believe him. The THW, being a girlie, always used tissues and she too was thrown out of the room for using one but surely chaps carry a handkerchief. I never get dressed in the mornings without putting a clean hankie in my pocket. Kleenex is used for other purposes in my book. whistle:
My Mum always ensured I had a clean hankie in my pocked when I went to school... :thumbsup:
I remember many of the kids didn't have them though and the sleeve was their preferred method of snot removal.... sick2:
Historically the reason that buttons on the cuffs of gentlemen's jackets became fashionable was that the Navy had them sewn onto the uniform sleeves of Midshipmen. Officers could afford linen handkerchiefs and ordinary seamen used scraps of canvas or their fingers to blow snot over the side into the sea but Midshipmen could not afford the linen, nor could they be seen to behave like common sailors as they were "Officers in Training" so brass buttons were thought to be a way of stopping them "cuffing it". To this day Midshipmen in the Royal Navy are known as "Snotties", officers and ordinary seamen do not have buttons on their uniform sleeves.
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I must admit that when the THW used to come home complaining of this we put it down to her "telling a tall story" to try to get out of school, which we knew she disliked, but he is so keen to be there that we have to believe him. The THW, being a girlie, always used tissues and she too was thrown out of the room for using one but surely chaps carry a handkerchief. I never get dressed in the mornings without putting a clean hankie in my pocket. Kleenex is used for other purposes in my book. whistle:
My Mum always ensured I had a clean hankie in my pocked when I went to school... :thumbsup:
I remember many of the kids didn't have them though and the sleeve was their preferred method of snot removal.... sick2:
Historically the reason that buttons on the cuffs of gentlemen's jackets became fashionable was that the Navy had them sewn onto the uniform sleeves of Midshipmen. Officers could afford linen handkerchiefs and ordinary seamen used scraps of canvas or their fingers to blow snot over the side into the sea but Midshipmen could not afford the linen, nor could they be seen to behave like common sailors as they were "Officers in Training" so brass buttons were thought to be a way of stopping them "cuffing it". To this day Midshipmen in the Royal Navy are known as "Snotties", officers and ordinary seamen do not have buttons on their uniform sleeves.
Well I never... :thumbsup:
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Shouldn't this be in the Medical Centre? rubschin:
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Nooo it's about buttons. ::)
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So it should be in the VP'ers pantomime thread? rubschin:
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So it should be in the VP'ers pantomime thread? rubschin:
drumroll:
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Whio are the Ugly Sisters?
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scared:
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Whio are the Ugly Sisters?
BM = Baron Hardup
Nick = Buttons
JOM & Baldy = Ugly Sisters
Uncle Mort & Grumpmeister = The Broker's Men
Wicked Stepmother = Miss C
Fairy Godmother = Miss T
Cinderella = The Brat
Prince Charming = Tipsy (she has the thighs to take all the thigh slapping)
Dandini = Miss D
The rest are in the chorus.
I shall be the Narrator. angel1
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sad24: noooo:
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sad24: noooo:
point:
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Whio are the Ugly Sisters?
BM = Baron Hardup
Nick = Buttons
JOM & Baldy = Ugly Sisters
Uncle Mort & Grumpmeister = The Broker's Men
Wicked Stepmother = Miss C
Fairy Godmother = Miss T
Cinderella = The Brat
Prince Charming = Tipsy (she has the thighs to take all the thigh slapping)
Dandini = Miss D
The rest are in the chorus.
I shall be the Narrator. angel1
cloud9:
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::)
I hate being typecast.... evil:
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point:
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sad24: noooo:
There is a space in the arse end of the horse whistle:
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sad24: noooo:
There is a space in the arse end of the horse whistle:
lol: lol: lol:
Don't tell him who is in the front end.... whistle:
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sad24: noooo:
There is a space in the arse end of the horse whistle:
Finger:
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To return briefly to hankies. I banned Mr Wench from using them. Mainly because he'd flog them to death until they were able to stand up on their own. Vomilicious!
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Bar Wench is here Hurrah! cloud9:
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Wenchy cloud9:
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Wenchy! cloud9:
You've got some catching up to do.... noooo:
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Let me dab away my tears at your joy with my crusty snot filled hanky. redface:
Can I not get a digest, two or three paragraphs to catch me up!
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Wenchy! cloud9:
You've got some catching up to do.... noooo:
I thought you'd got Dynorod in rubschin:
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Let me dab away my tears at your joy with my crusty snot filled hanky. redface:
Can I not get a digest, two or three paragraphs to catch me up!
Its mostly shite to be honest.... redface:
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Mostly you say rubschin:
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Don't frighten her off. Keep her chatting while I go and fetch the big net.
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This should have a thread of its own like............
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I've had a brief skim and your use of the word "mostly" is a vast underestimate! noooo:
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I've had a brief skim and your use of the word "mostly" is a vast underestimate! noooo:
evil:
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This should have a thread of its own like............
Completely off topic but I am loving the new avatar JOM. Not sure that I really want you to bring me breakfast in bed if you are going to wipe your bum on the floor though. noooo: