The Great British Cold

[Robusto]

It has come back for ANOTHER visit to my chest - death rattle - dry throat and cough. Bit of nasal dribbling. And - FFS - no cigar action possible once more.

What is in the air in the UK?

[cj121]

What a shit Bryan. You might need to build up your immune system, having copped for another. Check out your local health food store for some vitamin/supplements.

The sweet smell of a "Spirit of Cuba" Alec Bradley Robusto is swilling around my dining room at the moment

Get well soon mate, or schmoke your way through it with some of your everyday sticks

[Robusto]

Cheers cj. Thoughtful.

My wife's just said it's because you smoke...

[larrysputnik]

No. It's because you teach.

[Robusto]

Spot on, Joe.
And I know you live with walk-in classes, too.

My favourite moment is when a trauma breaks out because a kid has hair nits.

"SIR!!! SHE'S GOT NITS IN HER HAIR!!!"

Cue everyone else running to the windows...

I love raucous trumpet-farts in the room, too. You don't get many excellent canon-fodder ones, but when you do, they can be written up as DISCIPLINE EVENTS.

So in true psycho form, I elect to react with laughter, or I go convincingly up the wall.

The truth of the matter is I find most things very amusing in the trenches, except catching second-hand germs from kiddy-carriers en masse.

[Robusto]

I love it when a slow wasp makes it into the classroom in about June and buzzes over the kiddies' heads.
I love the screams.
I deliberately slow right down to remove the thing.
A man deserves a break from delivering.

[larrysputnik]

The best is when someone from the state comes into my classroom to observe and a student starts screaming that another student is drawing boobies. Can't wait to read the report.