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Wight Gold

UNITED KINGDOM | Wednesday, 4 October 2006 | Views [1837] | Comments [10]

Ah hoosie hoosie hoo,

That is a greeting of my own inspiration.

How is everyone? I am doing quite fine. I have had a reasonable couple of weeks. I shall think of the interesting things. I have spent quite a lot of time teaching students interesting things. They in turn have spent a lot of time learning nothing.

On Thursday we went to the pub around the corner from where the school is for the cut price curry night. I saw one of my form students there. That was interesting. Yesterday I went on a shopping trip to Southampton with my Head of Biology and the Head of Sciences wife. We had a lot of fun and I bought a lot of things. Mainly school clothes.

But… we were lining up for the ferry and having talked only about fun things all day I asked Nicola (the head of Biology) what she studied at Uni. So we were talking about biology and then I looked up and one of our A level students was standing there watching. I thought it would be funny to see your two Biology teachers in public talking about Biology.

Southampton is quite a fun place to shop but it was supercrowded. There are a number of shops that have decent clothes at crazy cut prices. They were full of women grabbing at racks and lining up for hours at the changeroom. Apparently these sorts of shops never used to put cubicles in the changerooms. There was just a great big room where everyone had to get changed all together. I don’t think I would have ever shopped there.

Rice Bubbles aren’t called Rice Bubbles here. They are called Rice Krispies. I said this to Jon-Paul and he started to choke on his lolly. He said Australians have to be different from the rest of the world. They don’t call them Weet-Bix here either. They are called Weet-A-Bix. Crazy!

Also, I remember having had a discussion with someone at sometime over shortening the name Barry. I think it was concluded that Barry is never shortened. I have student called Barry who has shortened it to Bix.

I know you all must be stunned in to silence by the excitement of my life at the moment. As such I will keep this one short. You’ll need a bit more time to truly take it in.

Tags: Party time

Comments

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Rice Bubbles... Australians are craaaaaazzzzzzzyyyyy, Rice Krispies makes way more sense.

Canada Eh! Oct 4, 2006 12:46 PM

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Susan, its Rice Bubbles, OK.

Barry is also obviously shortened to Baz, then lengthened to 'Bazza!'

Like Bazza Luhrmann.

tIM Oct 4, 2006 7:45 PM

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southampton´s west key is definately a paradise for shopaholics, but you should try out portsmouth as well!! there are outlet stores of many known labels, so can get good stuff for cheap money!!

anyway, why is this report called wight gold?

aupair-girl Oct 4, 2006 11:08 PM

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Yo Sue! I AM ON HOLIDAYS. Oh, the mischief I am getting up to. I'll spare you the details, but let's just say, the fridge magnets have never been so clean.
On Saturday, I bought amongst other things, a new pair of sunglasses. The brand is called 'Fish', and I was presented with a free gift... of a fishing tackle box. That is one of the most literal but bewildering marketing incentives I have come across. I don't know what I am going to do with it- maybe put my lunch in it, in neat compartments.
Sue. It is obviously the rest of the world that has it wrong. The rice becomes BUBBLES. What is this krispy with a K, anyway? Choke on that, Jon-Paul! (Pssst. Sue. Does Jon-Paul mind being abused in cyberspace by a complete stranger? I hope he has thick skin.)
I would surmise that your A-level student was surprised that you even exist outside of the classroom. Don't you sleep under the desk and cook breakfast over the bunsen burner?
Good question, aupair-girl, but the rest of us have given up decoding the obsure references in Sue's titles. Just go with it.

Simon J Oct 5, 2006 12:16 PM

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Drats. Forgot. Here is some Wikipedia GENIUS. Rice BUBBLES are characterised by the three onomatopoetic lads, Snap, Crackle and Pop. Snap is the baker. Pop is the soldier. Crackle is between jobs at the moment. However, do sounds like Snap and Crackle sound the same in other languages? Apparentally not.

* Sweden: Piff! Paff! Puff!
* Germany: Knisper! Knasper! Knusper!
* Mexico: Pim! Pum! Pam!
* Finland: Poks! Riks! Raks!
* Canadian French: Cric! Crac! Croc!
* Holland: Pif! Paf! Pof!
* South Africa: Knap! Knaetter! Knak!

Simon J Oct 5, 2006 12:59 PM

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Ah hoosie hoosie hoo to you too, that greeting was very Dr Seuss of you.

Damn - I had typed the message already but accidently went back a page - stupid computer. Now I have to do it again, the second time will be of lesser quality.

Mum has nearly finished knitting her pair of dancing squids. The man squid is in a tux and has a flower in his lapel, the lady squid is in a dress, has blonde hair and is wearing a necklace - they are quite, quite mad.

I thought, for some reason, that mum was using a ready made pattern to make them but she has just this minute proudly informed me that they are a creation of her own design. Who would have imagined?
Still, now that there is a pattern you too can knit your very own pair of dancing squids....

Daniel mowed all of the grass at the Fahey's using Dad's ride on lawn mower - he thinks it is a car.
I am using Daniel's log on and his screen saver is alternating pictures of Rimmer from Red Dwarf and a school picture of himself from year 3 - But don't tell him I told you.

Halloween plans are coming along swimmingly, there is alot more ready made merchandise that I can buy rather than make. It is going to be a murder mystery and it has things like vampires, werewolves and fairies in it and it all takes place at Fae (Fahey) Court - hope I don't stuff it up, I haven't even looked at who the murderer is incase I tell people.

H Oct 6, 2006 7:34 PM

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Dear Susan,

Seeing as you are gadding around the country, have you been to Littlehampton yet? You do have a great uncle there and several second, third, etc. cousins. You may be planning this for later.

I can't resist this snippet of info for Helen (and anyone else for that matter). If you're going to go back a page, highlight what you have written before and press ctrl c (at the same time). This will copy the stuff for you in case you lose it. Then if you do lose it, press ctrl v on the blank page and you will get it back again. (But, of course, everybody knows this - apolologies to Red Dwarf.)

Love Janet

Janet Cheeseman Oct 6, 2006 11:57 PM

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Episode #13: (SING)"Tiffany Road, where I will never, Tiffany Road, roses are forever, Tiffany Road, makes all your hopes shine through... ooooh."
Quick cut to rapidly moving shot of rapid fire-edit of fast moving things. The hospital was in a frenzy, as not only was it Fashion Week, and there were decorations to put up, but what with the hospital staff going on strike to demand better plastic-surgery cover, it was up to the modelling agency to just try and cover as best they could.
Herr Vonn Gutenberg had naturally taken on the role of Head Matron, and was royally enjoying doing exactly the same job with a fetching white cap. Not that she ever smiled. The photographers had taken on the jobs of ambulance drivers, mainly because it meant that they could go through red lights legally. The art director had decided to become a visiting clown, to enliven the lives of sick children. It wasn't going very well because he kept commenting on how all the children looked so sickly. This had left the supermodels to do the cleaning and major surgery.
Susette, well experienced with brain surgery and making slings, decided to give open-heartsurgery a go, because, well, it could be a blast. The camera does a steady circle around a hectic operating table. "I need 30 grams of 20cc. Stat. AND a litre of fake blood off the Internet. Um. Stat."
This scene is interupted by a new patient being wheeled in, a student who had started to choke on their lolly after seeing their Biology teacher talking about Biology outside of their natural habitat. "Susette. You've seen someone choking before. You'll have to operate on BOTH. AT the same TIME." Susette pauses, flicks her hair, lowers her eyelids, pauses, wipes the sausage roll crumbs off her gloves, flicks her hair and says "OK. But we don't have much time."
EVERY machine seemed to incessantly BEEP in a manner that could only mean something terrible. It was causing wrinkles. So they turned them off. Under Susette's instructions the two patients were set up next to each other. With a deft blow, Susette knocks the heart surgery patient on the elbow, who instinctively punches with his arm, knocking the choking studnet under the ribs, dislodging the lolly and sending it flying across the room, off the wall, inyto the open heart of the open heart patient, nicely blocking the major arterial leak.
"Ok" says Susette slightly out of breath. "I'm off. Sew them up for me will you." And Susette walks, in slow motions, down the hall, into the awaiting limosuine.
NEXT WEEK, ON 'TIFFANY ROAD' WE DISCUSS IF TIFFANY ROAD IS EVEN SLIGHTLY CONNECTED TO REALITY IN ANY FORM WHATSOEVER, All this and more in the next installment of "Tiffany Roooooooooad."

The Soapy Sphinx Oct 10, 2006 8:27 PM

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Nothing useful to say

Ezra Oct 16, 2006 8:21 PM

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Nothing useful to say.
Patrick Swayze was on an episode of MASH tonight. I didn't really catch what was going on, but he is so babyface, he has NEVER been in a war. Perhaps he was there to sing "She's Like the Wind" to rally the troops.
Back at school this week Susanna. I trying to get my Dig Media kids to make e-cards, like what you sent for my birthday. The class- all boys- looked at ones from hallamrk, and liked the one with the monkey doing armpit farts. Basically only a seven week term, so it will be holidays before I know it.
This morning I was playing the piano so hard I got a blister. That has never happened before. I'm surprised the piano didn't catch fire.
I am up to "Scooby Snacks" by The Fun Lovin' Criminals

Simon J Oct 19, 2006 12:59 AM