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Come Inside... => Saloon Bar => Topic started by: Nick on May 28, 2007, 12:09:14 PM
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Back to school!!! ;D
Damn, I was trying to post this important event in the calendar.
And now I can't even delete it, so ignore it. Two weeks of half term is just cruel!
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Back to school!!! ;D
Damn, I was trying to post this important event in the calendar.
And now I can't even delete it, so ignore it. Two weeks of half term is just cruel!
How did it go? Every problem has a solution with enough foresight?
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Mine have only one week for half term. ;D
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One week I can cope with (just), two weeks is almost beyond endurance.
Wanna swop?
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Then again I have twins so it evens out. (sort of)
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Ah, but they can entertain each other!
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Yes ~ mine aren't twins but they do fight almost all throughout the holidays.
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'Cat and Dog' does come to mind, but I suppose that is entertaining each other. eeek:
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When I was a kid I remember loathing the shopping trip before new term after the summer holidays. All the shops had those ?back to school? signs as if we needed reminding. Spoilt the last few weeks of the holiday? noooo:
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Totally agree. The Back to School signs round here go up in late June, before they even break up. Most depressing for an 8 year old (like me) redface:
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A bizarre form of torture ? do they really think we need reminding? Or perhaps if they didn?t put the signs up everybody would forget to go back? noooo:
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A bizarre form of torture ? do they really think we need reminding? Or perhaps if they didn?t put the signs up everybody would forget to go back? noooo:
I'd have thought that parents would be the last people in the universe to need to be told when school was back.
except for kids maybe...
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Totally agree. The Back to School signs round here go up in late June, before they even break up. Most depressing for an 8 year old (like me) redface:
NIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICK!!!!!!!!!!! The boy has hacked your computer again drumroll:
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Totally agree. The Back to School signs round here go up in late June, before they even break up. Most depressing for an 8 year old (like me) redface:
NIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICK!!!!!!!!!!! The boy has hacked your computer again drumroll:
Not necessarily. rubschin:
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A bizarre form of torture ? do they really think we need reminding? Or perhaps if they didn?t put the signs up everybody would forget to go back? noooo:
I'd have thought that parents would be the last people in the universe to need to be told when school was back.
except for kids maybe...
Yes, the big red ?X? on the calendar being the give-away! whistle:
I think the worst thing about the ?back to school? signs was the reminder of all the homework that you ad failed to even start? noooo:
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the reminder of all the homework that you ad failed to even start?
I assume you never did catch up with the English Language studies?
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Mr Wench has failed to even begin tackling the chore list. I am not impressed. At this rate I will have to do it at the weekend. evil:
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the reminder of all the homework that you ad failed to even start?
I assume you never did catch up with the English Language studies?
Nope! happy088
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At this rate I will have to do it at the weekend.
And . . . . . ?
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He could have done it instead of pissing off to play golf!
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Sensible boy. I am off to watch Casino Royale now. It's that or the washing. No contest! lol:
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That was watched yesterday! Along with the Indiana Jones trilogy evil:
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WIth dark glasses on I assume!
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He wasn't as bad as me. redface: He'd pretty much recovered by lunchtime on Sunday.
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That was watched yesterday! Along with the Indiana Jones trilogy evil:
He doesn't look anything like this does he?
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I do have some taste you know!
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That was watched yesterday! Along with the Indiana Jones trilogy evil:
He doesn't look anything like this does he?
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You know who that makes Wenchy look like then.
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evil:
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evil:
Don't take that attitude Wench ~ I know many who would redface:
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eeek:
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He could have done it instead of pissing off to play golf!
No offence Wenchy dear but doing the chores while avoiding hungover grouchy gf or enjoying sunshine and fresh air having a game on the golf course....
...not exactly what I would call a hard choice to make whistle:
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He could have done it instead of pissing off to play golf!
No offence Wenchy dear but doing the chores while avoiding hungover grouchy gf or enjoying sunshine and fresh air having a game on the golf course....
...not exactly what I would call a hard choice to make whistle:
Yes, I'd go for the golf - and I don't play golf... noooo:
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Well, I am taking the day off tomorrow. Whip cracking ahoy! He will sooooo wish that he had done his chores off his own bat instead of waiting for me to insist. eveilgrin:
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Well, I am taking the day off tomorrow. Whip cracking ahoy! He will sooooo wish that he had done his chores off his own bat instead of waiting for me to insist. eveilgrin:
I take it he'll not be out to play then.
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Hell no!
eveilgrin:
Garden centre for Mr Wench tomorrow! eveilgrin:
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Whip cracking ahoy!
eeek:
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Well, I am taking the day off tomorrow. Whip cracking ahoy! He will sooooo wish that he had done his chores off his own bat instead of waiting for me to insist. eveilgrin:
Aaahhh? you?ve taken the day off to celebrate my birthday! cloud9:
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Well, I am taking the day off tomorrow. Whip cracking ahoy! He will sooooo wish that he had done his chores off his own bat instead of waiting for me to insist. eveilgrin:
Aaahhh? you?ve taken the day off to celebrate my birthday! cloud9:
Good grief do you still want to celebrate that? I imagine I'll see the glow from the candles here from Cyprus!
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Wouldnt lighting that many candles cause a massive increase in global warming drumroll:
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Hell no!
eveilgrin:
Garden centre for Mr Wench tomorrow! eveilgrin:
Oh NO! The ULTIMATE torture! I love garden centres as much as Garfield loves bathtime.
Having to go there is bad enough, but having to do things with what you bought there (for too much) is just - obscene!
surrender:
Garden Centres should be BANNED in the name of humanity!
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Well, I am taking the day off tomorrow. Whip cracking ahoy! He will sooooo wish that he had done his chores off his own bat instead of waiting for me to insist. eveilgrin:
Aaahhh? you?ve taken the day off to celebrate my birthday! cloud9:
Good grief do you still want to celebrate that? I imagine I'll see the glow from the candles here from Cyprus!
Did you bake me a cake then? cloud9:
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Hell no!
eveilgrin:
Garden centre for Mr Wench tomorrow! eveilgrin:
Oh NO! The ULTIMATE torture! I love garden centres as much as Garfield loves bathtime.
Having to go there is bad enough, but having to do things with what you bought there (for too much) is just - obscene!
surrender:
Garden Centres should be BANNED in the name of humanity!
He will then be coming home to learn how to prick out seedlings, to dig the flower borders and create a turf free area for the trellis I am buying for the sweet peas. eveilgrin:
Barman, of course I did!
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Savoury cake heading your way. I taught her everything I know about that subject.
He will then be coming home to learn how to prick out seedlings
I wish to be a fly on the wall eeek:
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Barman, of course I did!
But you ate it and spewed it all up again I s'pose? noooo:
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Savoury caske heading your way. I taught her everything I know about that subject
Wel, she certainly understood the puking bit... sick2:
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Barman, of course I did!
But you ate it and spewed it all up again I s'pose? noooo:
Nope. Well I am baking tomorrow morning. So it isn't quite made yet. redface:
Pricking out seedlings should be interesting. There were rows over seed planting. ::)
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Pricking out seedlings should be interesting. There were rows over seed planting. ::)
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There were rows over seed planting.
I think she is being coy now!
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Normal people always plant seeds in rows. lol:
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Normal people always plant seeds in rows. lol:
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And reply to their PMs
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And reply to their PMs
You were engaged!
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And reply to their PMs
Nobody sends me PM's sad24:
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And reply to their PMs
That isn't me is it?!? eeek:
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That isn't me is it?!? eeek:
Yes, you don't send me PM's either... sad32:
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And reply to their PMs
That isn't me is it?!? eeek:
No, get back to your pricking
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And reply to their PMs
That isn't me is it?!? eeek:
Errrrrrrr no comment Wenchy scared:
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And reply to their PMs
You were engaged!
I have never been engaged! Ever. Married. Yes. Co habiting. Yes. Engaged? No
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And reply to their PMs
That isn't me is it?!? eeek:
I repeat ~ He was engaged!
But then I s'pose in a moment of weakness he may also have pmd you.
Sorry ~ these Mod powers take some getting used to ~ somehow I posted that into your post so had to delete and start again ....... hence your post now reads "edited by Snoopy etc."
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So what happened between co-habiting and marriage then? Or did you just walk past the registry office one day and pop in for a quickie?
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So what happened between co-habiting and marriage then? Or did you just walk past the registry office one day and pop in for a quickie?
eeek:
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So what happened between co-habiting and marriage then? Or did you just walk past the registry office one day and pop in for a quickie?
Watch my lips
TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE
ok?
evil:
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So what happened between co-habiting and marriage then? Or did you just walk past the registry office one day and pop in for a quickie?
Watch my lips
TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE
ok?
evil:
A bloody threesome? eeek:
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doh: Sometimes Wench I wonder ..... I really wonder.
Not a convent educated girl are you?
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Don't mention convent school girls. 8)
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Welcome.
Have an unfortunate experience with a nun did you?
Note to admin: How he do that with an emoticon on his first post?
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Don't mention convent school girls. 8)
Why? doh:
Oh, and welcome by the way! happy088
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doh: Sometimes Wench I wonder ..... I really wonder.
Not a convent educated girl are you?
No, I'm just sweet and innocent. cloud9:
My Mum is convent educated though as were her three sisters. Some of the sisters are well, not particular shall we say even at their ripe old age.
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Welcome.
Have an unfortunate experience with a nun did you?
Note to admin: How he do that with an emoticon on his first post?
[shrugs shoulders]
shrugs:
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Welcome.
Have an unfortunate experience with a nun did you?
Note to admin: How he do that with an emoticon on his first post?
Thank you for the welcome.
Was taught by Catholic nuns - Daughters of the Cross, who also ran the girls school next door. At times it was like St Trinians, hordes of schoolgirls weilding lacrosse sticks, intimidating to say the least. Going out with them was interesting though. ;D
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Ah! ~ Nuff said whistle:
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Ah! ~ Nuff said whistle:
Noooo - tell us more! eyes:
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Oh Gawd ~ now look what you've started.
Here take this down to the cellar and change a few barrels or something.
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Oh Gawd ~ now look what you've started.
Here take this down to the cellar and change a few barrels or something.
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Noooooooooooooo Am having flashbacks eveilgrin:
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Oh Gawd ~ now look what you've started.
Here take this down to the cellar and change a few barrels or something.
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Is that a PTMS I see... eyes:
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Just lock the cellar door this time ~ we don't want the sandwich delivery lady seeing you down there again. I'm not sure she accepted the excuse of "Taking the temperature of the beer in a traditional way" the last time.
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Oh Gawd ~ now look what you've started.
Here take this down to the cellar and change a few barrels or something.
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Is that a PTMS I see. . . eyes:
I said, don't mention it and look what happens - lost my emoticons as well. cry:
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Oh Gawd ~ now look what you've started.
Here take this down to the cellar and change a few barrels or something.
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Is that a PTMS I see. . . eyes:
I said, don't mention it and look what happens - lost my emoticons as well. cry:
The emoticons will be back - don't worry... whistle:
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Only six more posts and on number eleven you can have all the emoticons you want.
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Was taught by Catholic nuns
What other sort are there?
bs: rubschin: censored: tunble: eveilgrin: sad24: angel1 alien evil: whistle:
Those Baptist nuns are bastards (watch out for the hosepipes) eeek:
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My Mum is convent educated though as were her three sisters.
Some of the sisters are well, not particular shall we say even at their ripe old age.
Do they like the countryside? eyes:
Thank you for the welcome.
Was taught by Catholic nuns - Daughters of the Cross.
Did you have to do PE with that spiky thing round your leg?
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My Mum is convent educated though as were her three sisters.
Some of the sisters are well, not particular shall we say even at their ripe old age.
Do they like the countryside? eyes:
Thank you for the welcome.
Was taught by Catholic nuns - Daughters of the Cross.
Did you have to do PE with that spiky thing round your leg?
No. You are supposed to put the cat down when doing PE. ::)
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My Mum is convent educated though as were her three sisters.
Some of the sisters are well, not particular shall we say even at their ripe old age.
Do they like the countryside? eyes:
Thank you for the welcome.
Was taught by Catholic nuns - Daughters of the Cross.
Can't remember her name redface:
Did you have to do PE with that spiky thing round your leg?
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Welcome.
Have an unfortunate experience with a nun did you?
Note to admin: How he do that with an emoticon on his first post?
Thank you for the welcome.
Was taught by Catholic nuns - Daughters of the Cross, who also ran the girls school next door. At times it was like St Trinians, hordes of schoolgirls weilding lacrosse sticks, intimidating to say the least. Going out with them was interesting though. ;D
There was a Catholic girls school down the road from us, generally populated by munters - but what they lacked in looks they made up for with a certain casual moral stance on horizontal activities.
The Grammar schools girl of Nonsuch were always far more pleasing to the eye and they had a soft spot for us Grammar school boys down the road - even if it rarely led to anything worth writing on the toilet doors about eyes:
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Because Nonsuch girls have standards!
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Low ones!
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Because Nonsuch girls have standards!
Are Nonsuch Standards worth having?
In retrospect, YES. Of course. What 40 year old mature woman wants the history profile of the town bike?
Trouble is, most kids these days have no concept of what 'retrospect' means...
And what's worse, boys gossip just as much as girls do...
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Because Nonsuch girls have standards!
Are Nonsuch Standards worth having?
In retrospect, YES. Of course. What 40 year old mature woman wants the history profile of the town bike?
Trouble is, most kids these days have no concept of what 'retrospect' means...
And what's worse, boys gossip just as much as girls do...
That's all very sage ~ If I may say so ...................... Oh I just did.redface:
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Because Nonsuch girls have standards!
Are Nonsuch Standards worth having?
In retrospect, YES. Of course. What 40 year old mature woman wants the history profile of the town bike?
Trouble is, most kids these days have no concept of what 'retrospect' means...
And what's worse, boys gossip just as much as girls do...
That's all very sage ~ If I may say so ...................... Oh I just did.redface:
I have nothing better to do than be sage just now.... tunble:
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Because Nonsuch girls have standards!
Are Nonsuch Standards worth having?
In retrospect, YES. Of course. What 40 year old mature woman wants the history profile of the town bike?
Trouble is, most kids these days have no concept of what 'retrospect' means...
And what's worse, boys gossip just as much as girls do...
That's all very sage ~ If I may say so ...................... Oh I just did.redface:
I have nothing better to do than be sage just now.... tunble:
Is the correct spelling not SAGA?
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Is the correct spelling not SAGA?
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Is the correct spelling not SAGA?
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Or... Even SAGO ... sick2:
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Well that's it. Uniforms all washed and pressed, shoes cleaned, PE bags packed, children bathed, hair washed, bus passes located, lunch cards* located, homework checked and although in places incorrect my job is to see that it is completed. The school have the task of correcting it confused:. We are, as far as possible, ready. Oh yes and all this achieved whilst Mrs S has been driving her mother home ~ after the most pleasant week I can recall evil:
Will I get brownie points? ~ Don't be silly! There will be something I have forgotten. Banghead
*For those that have not seen them the kids up here get a credit/debit card type of thingy that the parents charge up by sending in a cheque or claiming free meals if appropriate and the kids can then swipe the card through at the lunch room check out to pay for their meals ~ a cash free society which stops bullying for lunch money in it's tracks. The cards ARE NOT accepted at the local chippy either!!!
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*For those that have not seen them the kids up here get a credit/debit card type of thingy that the parents charge up by sending in a cheque or claiming free meals if appropriate and the kids can then swipe the card through at the lunch room check out to pay for their meals ~ a cash free society which stops bullying for lunch money in it's tracks. The cards ARE NOT accepted at the local chippy either!!!
That sounds like a really good idea. if I read it correctly, the 'free' meals become invisible? It was a constant source of problems in the past along with the 'Gimme your money or I'll beat you up" variety.
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'cactly ..... and there is a four pounds a day limit on the cards although the standard "free meal is ?1.75 (Main course, sweet and drink) they can also buy fruit, snacks, designer water etc from the canteen. The vending machines having now been removed the kids have no need to carry money at all. Only years 11 and 12 (5th and 6th form) are allowed out of school at lunch time and the lunch hour has been reduced to forty minutes to stop the rest from being able to leave the premises.
Parents can pay weekly or termly by cheque but the card will still only be credited with the daily amount the parent stipulates. Menus are available ~ as is a print out, on request from parent, of what the child has bought each day so it's easy to keep an eye on what they are eating enabling closer control over diet provided at home. eg if they have chips at school you can feed them salad for an evening meal. Though you show me a teenager who isn't permanently hungry ::)
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"Johnny, this printout shows you have had double turkey-twizzler and chips every day this week! Why not tofu and salad?"
"Aww mum! A big boy must have skimmed my card!"
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And don't think I haven't heard similar from the daughter. Her scam is that she gets her boyfriend (who is sixth form) to pay for fish n chips ('cos he can go into town) and they "spend" her card on cakes and crisps and stuff like that.
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And don't think I haven't heard similar from the daughter. Her scam is that she gets her boyfriend (who is sixth form) to pay for fish n chips ('cos he can go into town) and they "spend" her card on cakes and crisps and stuff like that.
Careful now. The card also works in the Durex machine.
Check her itemised bill for 'everlasting chews' and 'gobstoppers'.
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And don't think I haven't heard similar from the daughter. Her scam is that she gets her boyfriend (who is sixth form) to pay for fish n chips ('cos he can go into town) and they "spend" her card on cakes and crisps and stuff like that.
Careful now. The card also works in the Durex machine.
Check her itemised bill for 'everlasting chews' and 'gobstoppers'.
Curiously they don't have one of those ..... A mother at the meeting I attended asked and was emphatically told that the received opinion was that to provide such a machine would be tantamount to "official approval" of the children having sexual relations. Give her credit, she immediately hit back with "So are you going to bring up the little bastards that result?" Again the meeting was swiftly moved on. I guess that a number of us there were marked down as trouble makers and we have never been invited back.
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These issues don't arise at Catholic schools which celebrate teenage pregnancy cry:
I am expecting a man with a shotgun round here in about 2012/2013. eeek:
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I don't get it!
You can't have roll-call because there is no dignity in it and yet it is OK to have electronic surveillance on the kids
all the time to keep track of them. rubschin:
Is that supposed to be less demeaning because it's less visible?
Remove discipline and replace it with snooping. What a great idea, grooming the kids for a lifetime of anti-social behaviour because they can do anything they want and then let them wonder why they have a never-ending supply of anonymous fixed penalty fines mailed for offences caught on camera.
All in all, I'd go for the discipline!
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I don't get it!
You can't have roll-call because there is no dignity in it and yet it is OK to have electronic surveillance on the kids
all the time to keep track of them. rubschin:
Is that supposed to be less demeaning because it's less visible?
Remove discipline and replace it with snooping. What a great idea, grooming the kids for a lifetime of anti-social behaviour because they can do anything they want and then let them wonder why they have a never-ending supply of anonymous fixed penalty fines mailed for offences caught on camera.
All in all, I'd go for the discipline!
Makes no sense to me either? noooo:
Can?t have a roll-call, can?t ask the little dears to put their hands up in class as it might be too traumatic. doh:
Can strip search them for knives though? happy001
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I wouldn't be teacher for anything today.
My 2 are back to exams and high stress. I don't remember such stress when I was 11 and 13! Things are so competitive and I just can't be bothered with the competitivenessositything any more!
(OK maybe a ?billion!)