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Ooloo (apparently an Urdu8 word introduced by Mr Bourne) meaning idiot, moron, brainless ....
adsum and absum (you latin scholars might just be able to translate) used at evening roll call.
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Trades: In Col A almost everyone except swabs had their trades set for the year. By tradition each year had its own trades; from memory
first year in the upper did dining room trades (setting and clearing tables) plus house cleaning
second year: swabs
third year; serving food
junior monitors: dishing out the food to 3rd years
can't remember the rest even though I was trades mon. By tradition the trades monitor had to be in the dining room for table setting and clearing; fortunately I had a person the next year - Brown K.C. who was more than willing to forgo parade and do it for me in the morning so I could get an extra 5 minutes kip.
What happens if a politician drowns in a river? That is pollution.
What happens if all of them drown? That is solution!!!
Trades covered all the chores done in the House and in Hall. They included (amongst others) sweeping, cleaning the bogs, picking up litter, making toast, setting tables, serving food etc and etc.
They were normally allocated on a per term basis by one of the monitors, who the oversaw that they were done on time. A pain, but they did help keep the costs down.
J.R. wrote:So, did they cease before 1958, because I don't remember 'em ??
Nope! Alive and kicking in the 70s......
The worst 'house' trade in a senior house was the cleaning of the filth pit known as the 'kitchen' (2 rings, a toaster and a sink which no-one really knew how to use).
The khazis were a doddle in comparison (except in the case of a 'log-jam').
no-one seems to have mentioned 'your mum' which was the most common 'cus' when I was at school, however don't think that was exclusive to CH, but it did evolve to 'your mum on toast' and eventually 'your mums like robocop she's had that many screws' or 'your mums like bread, you have to peel off the crust before she tastes good!' so that's all good, but I'll never forget the assembly when Mrs. Cairncross kept us all behind to talk about 'mother cussing' as she so eloquently put it!
Another one is 'warning' which is what girls use to say when they were getting changed, still I doubt they have that any more as I don't think there are any open dorms any more, at least not for girls? enlighten me.
And there was the old 'res points' which were gained by doing something cool or daring, some examples of mine include: smoking in the headmasters back garden, smoking in the deputy head's back garden, smoking in the Alwoods back garden, and just generally smoking. oh and the good old trick of turning the lights off in dining hall during tea ha ha.
qwerty wrote:no-one seems to have mentioned 'your mum' which was the most common 'cus' when I was at school, however don't think that was exclusive to CH, but it did evolve to 'your mum on toast' and eventually 'your mums like robocop she's had that many screws' or 'your mums like bread, you have to peel off the crust before she tastes good!' so that's all good, but I'll never forget the assembly when Mrs. Cairncross kept us all behind to talk about 'mother cussing' as she so eloquently put it!
Another one is 'warning' which is what girls use to say when they were getting changed, still I doubt they have that any more as I don't think there are any open dorms any more, at least not for girls? enlighten me.
And there was the old 'res points' which were gained by doing something cool or daring, some examples of mine include: smoking in the headmasters back garden, smoking in the deputy head's back garden, smoking in the Alwoods back garden, and just generally smoking. oh and the good old trick of turning the lights off in dining hall during tea ha ha.
Your mum - great...
anyone remember you used to have to say 'res' when doing that Ali G clicking fingers thing...