I recall the incident in the infants when a lad bought a collection of his mum’s clothes pegs to school, your imagination was needed, clip one upright peg to one horizontal and they made good men on horses, bored with that game they looked better clipped to the back of Miss’s flowing skirt, parading round on playground duty, a couple took her attention chatting, others took turns doing the evil deed and so on. The source of much giggling in class then she sat down, Oh was she angry when she twigged, no sense of humor, it was sleeve rolled up for all, then take your hands rest them against your opposite shoulder, and slap away getting both the top and bottom part of your arm in one foul swoop,
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