Unofficial Christ's Hospital Forum

Very sad to hear of Tom's passing and his having suffered from such a terrible disease, RIP and condolences to his family, especially Jackie. He was my Housemaster in PeA in the mid-1980s. He was extremely good-natured and always brimming with enthusiasm and positivity. He also taught me German for ...

There is a quote floating around, probably from Ben Trovato, that of doctors' opposition to the NHS, Bevan said 'I shall stuff their mouths with gold'.

Regarding pranks, I recall early 1980s of being told a long past tale of someone locking a cow into the Dining Room one summer morning very early and letting the bockers (presumably) discover it. It might have been reported as a teacher, Mr Waller as a pupil having done that.

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Sun Mar 17, 2019 6:45 pm

I wonder if any CH pupils managed to bunk off to attend the Climate Change protests last week.

What is there to protest about? Glacial rebound in the Lake District? Bring back the glaciers, at least to Penrith. That should concentrate minds currently occupied with IndyRef 2 in Scotland.

There have been cases (including death penalty cases) in the US where DNA has cemented a guilty verdict, only for it to have later been found to be incorrectly identified/contaminated/planted. DNA is not gospel. FWIW, I was a geneticist in the University where DNA fingerprinting was invented, and t...

I do wish the School would change the logo under the school name, 'A School Like No Other'. A bad choice of words in this current situation in my humble opinion. Indeed, but a bit hard to think of what to say, isn't it? The honest: " Now 'zen, now 'zen, 'ows about zat zen? ' to be upfront about the...

Just for the record, our youngest daughter still believes the moon landing was all a big US conspiracy a la Capricorn 1. Have you asked her how they managed to launch so many rockets in public view, and then make them disappear? Why they cocked up Apollo 13, in the interests of 'faking it'? How the...

Mr Aldrin's punch was self-defence, and more justified than I had realised, he is truly a great man, my apologies to him for thinking it not massively provoked. Shame that these crack-pots get the oxygen of publicity, but forewarned is forearmed. I do recall seeing a replica of the module at the Sci...

Just for the record, our youngest daughter still believes the moon landing was all a big US conspiracy a la Capricorn 1.

I read that someone told Buzz Aldrin the Moon landing was a hoax, and Buzz punched him. He's knocking on a bit now, but perhaps discretion is advised should they ever meet.

Men have been sent to, and explored the Moon. Probes have been to Mars, Venus, Mercury, even the Sun, and to Jupiter and beyond, the entire Solar System has been scrutinised.

But no one has yet found a good explanation for why CH management tolerated so many perverts working there for so long.

Is that what prompted your forum name, Mr Ed?

Perhaps 7 years of regular doses of horse meat have had serious side-effects.

wurzel,

That's a very good point worth noting.

I think the VAT on school fees idea is used by those who hate the freedom that private education represents but are too cowardly to openly state their aims, preferring to starve the blameless lamb rather than openly slit its throat. On the subject of horse meat, I have seen it in an Italian supermar...

The scope of VAT is immense, and clearly for the Directive to be amended to remove this exemption would be a Herculean task. Furthermore, if VAT on school fees comes in, it will most likely come in too on to University Tuition fees, over £9,000 pa. now AIUI, adding c. £1,800 pa to the cost or a tidy...

Do your neighbours and your family-members enjoy your playing the viola?

On the basis that it is mellow, well, compared to its screechy, showy little sister, they almost do.

There were bassoons in the band in my time, late 70s to mid-80s. I played the clarinet (badly) for a while, not making past a brief stint in the Second Band. The bassoon was certainly a feature of the Band, albeit exotic. The starter instrument was the clarinet or oboe in woodwind, and you could pro...