tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post3469628685568087475..comments2024-03-13T04:34:44.504-07:00Comments on Being Me: Why getting hit with a dictionary isn't always a bad thingFran Hillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-72254564148297531992009-10-17T15:01:55.857-07:002009-10-17T15:01:55.857-07:00Gaia - thanks so much for dropping by. Glad I mad...Gaia - thanks so much for dropping by. Glad I made you smile. I see from your blog you may have come over from Amanda. Now there's someone who makes EVERYONE smile. What a gal.Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-40435693769193037602009-10-17T14:47:20.559-07:002009-10-17T14:47:20.559-07:00This is such an interesting story from your past. ...This is such an interesting story from your past. Fun reading puts a smile on my face :)Gaiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15069503364553279367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-8801602486406734912009-10-17T02:31:11.623-07:002009-10-17T02:31:11.623-07:00Amanda, I don't think we have a word for this....Amanda, I don't think we have a word for this. We have to call it 'trousers that are pulled up too high so you can see their socks'.Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-38687111013390671792009-10-15T21:13:13.446-07:002009-10-15T21:13:13.446-07:00Really Fran? You don't have highwaters in Engl...Really Fran? You don't have highwaters in England?<br /><br />Highwaters are pants that are waaaay too short. You know, you can see their socks. Looks goofy. Is there another word?Brilliant Sulkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07455777088708665581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-70873375032144777232009-10-14T14:21:32.462-07:002009-10-14T14:21:32.462-07:00Count S, if you had seen me playing basketball at ...Count S, if you had seen me playing basketball at school when I was a young 'un, you would realise that, no matter how tall I had grown, I a basketball coach would never had made. In fact, your quote about 'ignorant armies clashing' is more apposite than you realise.Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-59920226443365320012009-10-14T08:17:51.724-07:002009-10-14T08:17:51.724-07:00Yes, my dear Fran, but this begs the question: Doe...Yes, my dear Fran, but this begs the question: Does the world need another English teacher as bad as it needs a 6'3" lady basketball star and brilliant coach of college teams? I think not. "And we are here as on a darkling plain Swept with confused alarms of struggle and fight, Where ignorant armies clash by night." My bestCOUNT SNEAKYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367090847525917503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-49440706487623982642009-10-13T14:32:48.218-07:002009-10-13T14:32:48.218-07:00Yes, Kate, maybe a telling off would have sufficed...Yes, Kate, maybe a telling off would have sufficed, but I wouldn't be an English teacher and maybe I'd have grown to 6 foot 3 and been really embarrassed about it. Everything happens for a reason, I'm sure.Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-55454944877750781632009-10-13T14:31:41.225-07:002009-10-13T14:31:41.225-07:00Thanks, Mark. I'm not sure I know what fossic...Thanks, Mark. I'm not sure I know what fossicking is, really, but you can do it in toast and cocoa, I'm sure.Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-64618050266464744172009-10-13T14:30:51.301-07:002009-10-13T14:30:51.301-07:00Amanda - what are highwaters? Like you, I'm s...Amanda - what are highwaters? Like you, I'm sure he had them, but I'm not sure what they are. You're right about the bad teeth though - perhaps I should have rung a dentist and got them to send round two dozen toothbrushes and a free tube of toothpaste.Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-10525709741886101812009-10-13T14:28:38.048-07:002009-10-13T14:28:38.048-07:00Friko - no, you're right. It is technically &...Friko - no, you're right. It is technically 'Catherine and me' in that context. It's just I being lazy and colloquial and me will flagellate Iself appropriately severely tonight in penance.Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-84334508695172737572009-10-13T14:26:11.238-07:002009-10-13T14:26:11.238-07:00Bluestocking Mum - that must have put you off pian...Bluestocking Mum - that must have put you off piano and singing - sounds like they were using you as a percussion instrument with all that clattering and rapping. The knuckles thing made me go 'ouch'.Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-24180123869939324562009-10-13T14:24:16.518-07:002009-10-13T14:24:16.518-07:00Yes, Lesley - me, too. It's years since anyon...Yes, Lesley - me, too. It's years since anyone's bought me roses. I've had a few carnations - £2.99 from the supermarket - but, roses, no.Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-63460889495762999582009-10-13T14:23:00.782-07:002009-10-13T14:23:00.782-07:00Thanks, Plenty. Glad you enjoyed it. I enjoyed r...Thanks, Plenty. Glad you enjoyed it. I enjoyed re-living it!Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-86554998772554477592009-10-13T12:20:00.278-07:002009-10-13T12:20:00.278-07:00Ouch! Surely a telling off would have sufficed!Ouch! Surely a telling off would have sufficed!Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05940810066436848209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-61522458223910155322009-10-13T11:58:20.404-07:002009-10-13T11:58:20.404-07:00"our happy fossicking in toast and cocoa was ..."our happy fossicking in toast and cocoa was over" - I like that phrase.<br /><br />Delightful story! <br /><br />My geometry teacher threw a book at me, then made me stand in the corner for falling asleep in class. Got an A anyway. Then forgot everything.Mark Kerstetterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13307987573435067415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-85052076306947682272009-10-12T21:22:26.475-07:002009-10-12T21:22:26.475-07:00Good gosh, he whacked you on the head? Perhaps the...Good gosh, he whacked you on the head? Perhaps the Mrs. did have someone else and you hit a sore spot? I picture him with bad teeth and highwaters.<br /><br />I actually received a dozen roses from a teacher once (no, he wasn't a pervert) I hadn't shown up in school for a few days and the ENTIRE class came to my house to show they cared. It worked. I didn't miss a day after that.Brilliant Sulkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07455777088708665581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-49220599655796736342009-10-12T15:38:01.050-07:002009-10-12T15:38:01.050-07:00Hm, I think you deserved to be hit; that really wa...Hm, I think you deserved to be hit; that really wasn't a very wicked idea, was it now? I'd've expected you to come up with something a bit racier.<br /><br />Miss, do please put me out of my misery, I'm a poor, illiterate foreigner, who never learned English at her mother's knee, is it really now correct usage to say "it took C and I a long time..." I hear it everywhere except among the oldies and I am confused now that I've seen you use it. Must I give up up my delicate shudders for good?Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-3379482542479680182009-10-12T15:27:07.578-07:002009-10-12T15:27:07.578-07:00Ha! That's brilliant, although I can't ima...Ha! That's brilliant, although I can't imagine you dancing as if you had rigormortis! lol.<br /><br />This made me laugh so much Fran. <br />Being a musical sort I played piano but my old piano teacher used to clatter me over the nuckles with a pencil. <br />And in music lessons, when I sang, my old music yeacher used to rap on my forehead with her knuckles.<br /><br />Perhaps I should have stuck with domestic science classes.<br />xxBluestocking Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01502764742097142372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-91581135540957870982009-10-12T14:53:30.374-07:002009-10-12T14:53:30.374-07:00You naughty little thing! Sending flowers! Shame o...You naughty little thing! Sending flowers! Shame on you! I would actually love to have someone pull that prank on me. Well, except for the part where I'd have to pay for them.Lesleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17726995606953732736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-65931315322521662852009-10-12T14:52:55.402-07:002009-10-12T14:52:55.402-07:00Haha, nice story. Like it.Haha, nice story. Like it.Plentymorefishoutofwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13082519518524749450noreply@blogger.com