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Post by Weyland on Jul 7, 2011 9:34:36 GMT
He is my current bedside reading..... Alan and I enjoy a chapter or two with our cocoa..... It's not illegal, unfortunately. |
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Post by aubrey on Jul 10, 2011 9:39:22 GMT
There was a lad at our school called Black Howsham. It wasn't because he was black (though he was a bit dark complexioned); it was because on his first day he turned up dressed all in white. I was rather proud of this: that our sec. Mod. school could come up with such a good name.
There was only one black lad there (though a family turned up later; I didn't know them). He was first the singer of our group, as he was a really good rock/soul type singer. Later, in another group, we got him as the guitarist, even though he'd never touched a guitar in his life and we did not want a rock/soul type singer. It worked out quite well.
Other names: Podge Otter; Boy Roberts; Budgie Parkin (me); Tiff (he was the singer), er, can't remember any more.
There was a very fat lad called Bruce Fitchett, who I didn't really know, and we never exchanged any words except for the one time. This was when a group of us were just hanging about for some reason that I've forgotten. Someone said something about being positive, and Bruce said, "Only a fool's positive, about anything." I said, "Are you sure about that Bruce?" and he, delighted about having been fed the line, said, "I'm fucking positive, Budgie."
I liked this because it was the only time we ever spoke, and that one time we were both on exactly the same wavelength (I don't think anyone else in the group saw it coming).
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Post by everso on Jul 10, 2011 19:44:19 GMT
There was a lad at our school called Black Howsham. It wasn't because he was black (though he was a bit dark complexioned); it was because on his first day he turned up dressed all in white. I was rather proud of this: that our sec. Mod. school could come up with such a good name. That's just like something out of a 1950s boy's comic. |
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