tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post2356472115075842680..comments2024-03-26T11:27:35.814-07:00Comments on Tom Stephenson: May RingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-53633071515853135312016-05-05T14:24:40.205-07:002016-05-05T14:24:40.205-07:00Hush now! If we keep entering all these horrifying...Hush now! If we keep entering all these horrifying stories about old, misunderstood teachers there will soon be a nationwide rush out of the academy and the poor children will stand there abandoned at the pulpet. Still, I could add an interesting story of the mathteacher in my old school. He was called Thunder, for reasons quite obvious, and that was not all that made him feared. He had this nasty habit of leaning heavily over students in need of help, especially the girls. His bulky stomach could easily cover any smaller student and nobody dared ask for help. However, the teachers we remember with affection greatly exceed the teachers we remember with fear or scorn. Any teacher can from time to time seem queer to a six yearold, but mostly they seem like angels, at least in the beginning. Not Thunder, however.Fairtraderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02517527131786415943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-55460134149145207062016-04-24T04:23:02.041-07:002016-04-24T04:23:02.041-07:00When you are six, it is difficult to embrace a 30 ...When you are six, it is difficult to embrace a 30 inch circumference backside, even if they let you try.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-52674456201561680922016-04-23T15:45:43.211-07:002016-04-23T15:45:43.211-07:00Is 30 inches circumference not very small? 76.5 c...Is 30 inches circumference not very small? 76.5 cms.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-62888883703290153242016-04-23T08:16:26.893-07:002016-04-23T08:16:26.893-07:00You can make a joke about not being able to see he...You can make a joke about not being able to see her lips move if you want. I don't care.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-75402575191693625082016-04-23T08:14:53.315-07:002016-04-23T08:14:53.315-07:00Yes, I eventually worked that out. My mother used ...Yes, I eventually worked that out. My mother used to wear one - Playtex - and produced an eerie, ventriloquist's, high-pitched sound from the wrong place when she farted. It was her party-piece.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-57374950575990126452016-04-23T04:14:38.941-07:002016-04-23T04:14:38.941-07:00I suspect the reason for your maths teacher's ...I suspect the reason for your maths teacher's perfectly hemispherical bum was that she was wearing a girdle, as most women did in those days and right up to the end of the sixties. They produced that peculiar single-buttock effect that fascinated small boys like myself.nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10472673041193755894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-41857808681713646972016-04-23T04:03:36.077-07:002016-04-23T04:03:36.077-07:00That's the real world for you.That's the real world for you. Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-58275732356747794522016-04-23T04:02:49.751-07:002016-04-23T04:02:49.751-07:00We had a boy who we would taunt just because we kn...We had a boy who we would taunt just because we knew he would snap spectacularly too. I suppose every school had one. Children are cruel, it is true. It was all to do with trying to alleviate boredom, I think.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-83775244670467145042016-04-22T23:13:38.033-07:002016-04-22T23:13:38.033-07:00Harry didn't have a runny nose and Wally could...Harry didn't have a runny nose and Wally couldn't do magic.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10787732343048847565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-1339673735571389282016-04-22T21:10:51.610-07:002016-04-22T21:10:51.610-07:00We had a boy at school named Griffiths. He has a s...We had a boy at school named Griffiths. He has a slight lisp so we called him Griff-sniff; he used to go totally bonkers, which made it even more fun.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-70749091056078289472016-04-22T16:05:37.188-07:002016-04-22T16:05:37.188-07:00I've only just read your post (no time this mo...I've only just read your post (no time this morning). I see what you mean. Miss Betts, eh? Flat chest, eh? Now yer talking....Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-63148281683694205392016-04-22T15:18:04.854-07:002016-04-22T15:18:04.854-07:00She was a bit screwy!She was a bit screwy!Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394558427981331885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-11970399683681522322016-04-22T15:09:53.588-07:002016-04-22T15:09:53.588-07:00God, rubbing it in...God, rubbing it in...Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-63333136651284274832016-04-22T15:09:11.297-07:002016-04-22T15:09:11.297-07:00Deliberately? That's cruel and inhumane, isn&#...Deliberately? That's cruel and inhumane, isn't it?Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-6987538755216719962016-04-22T15:08:22.894-07:002016-04-22T15:08:22.894-07:00Poppy Blower... what a name. Poppy Blower... what a name. Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-80216806177043021162016-04-22T15:07:33.661-07:002016-04-22T15:07:33.661-07:00No, that surely must be a memory generated by the ...No, that surely must be a memory generated by the first Harry Potter film.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-81776698441548786342016-04-22T15:06:42.367-07:002016-04-22T15:06:42.367-07:00Ah, memories. We had one self-confessed gay boy in...Ah, memories. We had one self-confessed gay boy in our school, and his name was Dick Withers. True.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-42571144130317036522016-04-22T15:05:23.648-07:002016-04-22T15:05:23.648-07:00Perhaps her head was the wrong way round?Perhaps her head was the wrong way round?Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-3191297864257795452016-04-22T15:04:28.444-07:002016-04-22T15:04:28.444-07:00How's your arse?How's your arse?Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-61098129789066851402016-04-22T14:36:36.828-07:002016-04-22T14:36:36.828-07:00Did you feel as if not bound to earth as you savor...Did you feel as if not bound to earth as you savored the sound of 1959? I recall starting college in 1961, and sounds and sights were not the old ones from home. An old brick apartment complex across from a massive stone class building had the street number 1961 on it awning, and I always had a surreal feeling passing it, as it announced the year I began college.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16601010208310707750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-57846688276780919812016-04-22T12:17:33.299-07:002016-04-22T12:17:33.299-07:00A teacher, in front of a sniggering classroom, ru...A teacher, in front of a sniggering classroom, rubbed chewing gum, until it nicely stuck, to my long hair. My mum then punished me by cutting my hair very short. I learnt my lesson, but I also hated that teacher. Greetings Maria x<br />Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01525028325800849416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-51253453951180453612016-04-22T11:37:35.614-07:002016-04-22T11:37:35.614-07:00Not for 6 year-olds. I cannot say about anyone els...Not for 6 year-olds. I cannot say about anyone else.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-47062147844463307752016-04-22T09:29:59.269-07:002016-04-22T09:29:59.269-07:00Ring was my great grandma's surname back in Ei...Ring was my great grandma's surname back in Eire . My Pa used to tell me that one of his first girlfriends was called Poppy Blower...some names you never forget. How horrible kids can be...that chewing gum incident probably ruined her only good costume.libbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05552884005601003691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-25058012122757546792016-04-22T06:54:37.391-07:002016-04-22T06:54:37.391-07:00Wonderful memories of primary school in the early ...Wonderful memories of primary school in the early sixties. I sat next to a boy called Wally Hogsflesh, NHS wire-rimmed glasses, runny nose and scabby knees.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10787732343048847565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-20460279670240660002016-04-22T06:31:21.448-07:002016-04-22T06:31:21.448-07:00My second grade teacher, Miss Walker, was the most...My second grade teacher, Miss Walker, was the most glamourous person I had ever seen. She wore beautiful fashionable clothes and bright red nail polish and make-up. It was the early 1950's in the middle of Vermont so she was someone for a 7-year-old to remember. I adored her! <br /><br />My sister, who is a year younger than I, had a boy who used to chase after her. He had the unforgettable name of Pearly Sparrow! Occasionally, I will remind her of this and always succeed in annoying her slightly!The Broadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04976467218216864644noreply@blogger.com