Maybe Yes, Maybe No, May Be Crepey

[QueenQueenie]

Unilateral decision... No space for consultation. Call me Dave...

I appear to be the only Tory crepey.

By the way, what's a muck up day? My lot have never heard of it.

QQ

BTM, hope all OK now.

Slept for hours last night, gutted to discover it was not a bad dream.

Stropps, listen to your tutor. She knows of what she speaks. Herbs, they wouldn't hate you somewhere like Edinburgh would they?

CV, I think dh is with you, but we don't talk about it. Dd1 went green for her first ever voting experience.

Muck up day is when the Year 11's or Year 13's reek havoc by 'pranking'. Dd's school had a room filled with white plastic half filled cups of water. Frankly it looked more like a Turner prize applicant than a school leaving joke.

Thanks for the new thread, QQ.

It is the last day before study leave in schools that have it, CV, in yrs 11 and 13 - they will never all be together again on a school day. It can lead to (badly timed as just before exams) Trouble (especially I think in yr 11 - too young, too many hormones and craziness)

Thanks for new thread, QQ.

Get this. I am Going Out. To a Disco. Billed as 'a place where middle-aged people can dance without fear of mockery'. It is with my new friend - wife of chef, plus lots of other people I might know. I'm a bit nervous! I can't remember how to dance!

And yes, CV. I think you are the only Tory crepey. Maybe we can convert you by the time the next election comes!

They call it the last day round here (and doesn't happen until they have all finished their exams), but I think they get up to no good! I remember DD telling me of stuff in the past. I am just hoping that she doesn't start/get involved in anything as I think sixth form there is her back-up plan!

Herbs, that sounds fab! Is it round your way, or somewhere up west?

DS was given the OK from the doc with the promise of a heart monitor for 24 hours at some point. He is now up in the loft with a mate whilst DD is in her room with her mates "revising" - must be a very funny revision session as all we can hear are whoops of laughter

Hmm... Well, our Y11s have finished, and the only sign that it was their last day was that they weren't in uniform. No pranks that anyone noticed. They have a prom, though.

I had a chat earlier with DS who (to his credit) has kept fairly close to his revision timetable for his Science GCSE. He can't comprehend how the hell you revise for 9 GCSEs all at once, poor innocent.

The disco is v local to me, about five minutes walk, so I can just come home once it all gets too much!

Phew, BTM, good news that DS doesn't have any immediate health issues. Always scary at times like that; 90% of you is sure it's all fine, but 10% is worried to death. DD1 hurt her back doing a flip on the trampoline yesterday and absolutely wailed until DH ran outside to help, and I had awful visions of paralysis or worse (she was fine).

I think after exams is a much better idea BTM - doesn't put the school in such a difficult position if things go a bit wrong. That's good about ds.

And Herbs, if Dave sends the country to the dogs I may well change sides.

After all, it was Gordon who sent me over in the first place.

Found you all.

BTM - glad to hear DS is OK. DD1 is another with a very slow athletic heartbeat 38/minute or something like that. When her low blood pressure combines with her period she faints - and gave us quite a fright at Christmas when fainting on a bike ride.

Have had a lovely lunch at Mrs S's fav restaurant in the 17th arrondissement - thanks for the recommendation Mrs S

DS has greatly amused us this evening as he went to his friends confirmation. He is not at all acquainted with Roman Catholicism and told us in shocked tones how the priest talked about eating the body and blood of Christ. I have obviously been totally negligent in his upbringing.

Rose - quite shocked at bad end of term behaviour at local school.

Eh, CV, at least you don't have a family connection to Gordon. Now that's bad.

Thank you kindly for the new thread, QQ.

BTM, good to hear that ds is ok.

Round here, they do not have a muck up day. There used to be much throwing of eggs and flour, but that seems to have been stopped. Nowadays, the high jinks are reserved for the last day of GCSE exams. Someone set fire to their blazer outside the school gates last year. I was quite impressed. Although if all 500+ of them took up doing it, they would need all the local fire engines to get the resulting conflagration under control.

I am now going to watch Madagascar 2 for homework. It's a hard life.

Rose, I saw the mayhem at your ds2's school reported in the evening paper yesterday . Is it a first that it all got so out of hand?
At dss's school it is on Friday and we've already had an extremely sternly worded letter home threatening all sorts of punishment and sanctions for anyone who oversteps the mark.

Never mind CV, dare to be different. We love you.

Glad he's ok BTM, sounds v worrying.

Herbs! Get you!

Wow, Hatty, that is really low! I remember that fainting incident - at least you are all aware of the problem now.

BTM - when she works out she comes up to my normal heartbeat.

I thought I was doing well with a heart-rate of 50 at the age of 50! But I still have high Blood Pressure

QQ, I was worried last night and had some horrid dreams, so actually quite glad that he was complaining again this morning which made DH realise that perhaps it was serious enough to warrant a visit to A&E!

Stropps, I like the sound of the ceremonial burning of the blazers. Though not if all 270+ in DD's year did it at once!
How exactly does Madagascar 2 fit with being your homework?!

DD1 is making dinner for us all. Spaghetti Carbonara. Sounds lovely, but unfortunately just like her father she doesn't read instructions, and I've been up and down like a fiddler's elbow responding to various shouts for help because she hasn't followed the recipe.

Here we got rid of four of six, but I now have two for a sleep over.....

Ho hum...

CV . Politics and religion hey! Where I live (very Tory) I am pretty sure the labour vote is all from our bit of the hill - we are all yoghurt knitting airy fairy liberals round here. Children who are 'different' are referred to as coming from the 'wild west' and the next village is 'the dark side'
Would love to see how the polling station votes fall out.

BTM glad ds is okay. I am at the thought of teens when six children emptied my biscuit tin and then all claimed they 'only had two'.....

Don't put her off doing it again CV whatever you do!
Be veeeerrrrry patient, think of it as a long game....

Rose, there's even a thread about your school

I am dressed for my disco, and am wearing the crepey gold skirt! It is very tight in the waist... I'm also wearing black opaques, and my white and silver brogues. And a white sweatshirt with sparkly hood. Think I might look a bit of an arse, but don't really mind.

You sound very "snazzy", Herbs.

Carbonara was delish - the lass done good. Both DDs love cooking, but I'm forever trying to convince them that there are more useful things to produce than fairy cakes.

CV, not sure DS would think anything could be more useful than a fairy cake

Herbs, you sound like you will be sparkling!

Off to search for Roses school thread.