ahh, schooldays...i had a parka. It was of the manky 2nd hand variety, and i didn't like it much. That was, until my parents bought me a replacement from C&A , which was turquoise, and and some kind of mutant forerunner to puffa jackets. One day it was snowing and i left early for school and walked along the road instead of over the field. I found a duck's nest in a bit of hedge (nearby the river) and stole one of the eggs, my conscience beating wildly in my little skull. I put the egg in my pocket and took it to school. By this point i was feeling incredibly guilty, so i kept quiet about the egg. I even kept quiet about it when it broke and just harboured it in my pocket till the end of the day. My parents didn't mind much, i didn't bother trying to hide it from them, but the coat was never quite the same, and i wore the parka whenever i could. Even though my ability to look freakish and feral shone through particularly well in it. Thinking about it, it's a good job i didn't wear it to secondary school. They'd have had the social worker onto me a lot sooner than year 8 then. There's photos of me sporting the turquoise affair, in the hen run, my hair in a sweet little bob, holding a chick. It looks very innnocent. What i *recall* is that i was 'teaching' the chicks to fly, by throwing them in the air and letting them do the rest. Which they didn't. Like dysfunctional harrier jump jets (slightly). Again my parents didn't mind much. Lucky the social worker didn't get to hear about this. just spouting crap really, hoping to say something good, kinda like finding a ruby in a pile of clay. alix ( first name basis?) campbell just to add, what are people's middle names, this is an obsession i have, coz mine is perverse(at least in oxfordshire), i find them more interesting than first names. i knew a girl once who refused to admit her middle name, which was barbara, i don't know why though. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+