Hard frost, but no snow as promised by the screaming news articles. Last night, the drunken students set a new record by cavorting in the minus 4 streets in T-shirts until 5.00 a.m. Now it is only rain and poverty which keeps them indoors when everyone else is trying to sleep.I spent most of last night and all of this morning formulating a plan to save such a cavorting student from his own excesses, and today I laid down the law which he has to adhere to in order not to spend the rest of his life working in a factory. I know it has always been traditional for students to live it up and get into debt, but this boy is pushing his luck. He has about a week to save himself, and the rest of the summer to redeem himself, otherwise the game is - once again - up.
Now I will put on another jumper and go to the workshop to light the little stove again, so I can carry on working on another petrified baby to release into the big, wide world.
Stay warm, Tom, and good luck with the cavorting student salvation work. He won't thank you for it, but it is bound to be a good thing.
ReplyDeleteI'll keep you informed, and I will whip him until he thanks me - deadline: friday.
DeleteOh to be a semi-naked student, now that winter's here!
ReplyDeleteThey'll have your eye out.
DeleteHere speaks the stern man. Keep it up!
ReplyDeleteSee above.
ReplyDeleteP.S. Re the title, I bought one ton of fossilised wood a few years ago, and the seller's wife had put a label on it saying - "FOR SALE: TERRIFIED WOOD"
ReplyDeleteWhat was the plan Tom. I may have to borrow it shortly for the same reason.
ReplyDeleteDoes it involve a shotgun?
I'm trying to avoid the use of shotguns in this situation, Chris. The plan is that he works his arse off and stops going out drinking all night - advice that I should follow myself, I think, but it's a case of 'do as I say, not as I do'.
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