A 13-year-old boy wore his sister’s black skirt to class. He was later shortlisted for a human rights prize for taking a stand against a rule which allowed girls to change into skirts during hot weather, while boys had to swelter in long trousers.
Now if only we could lift the ball ban on Canadian playgrounds.
FIRST!!
ReplyDeleteNow that I've calmed down; I remember in my childhood I HAD to wear a dress or skirt everyday, no pants allowed. Even in a harsh Iowa winter. We could add snowpants under our dress to walk to school but then had to take them off for class.
ReplyDeleteI'm wearing my snowpants as we speak.
ReplyDeleteHasn't anyone heard of Scotland???
ReplyDeleteYer ney a Man til ye worn the kilt laddie...
and why haven't the Canadians removed all that hard metal play equipment the kids are sitting on? Perhaps they could encourage more parents to wrap their kids in cotton wool!
They have banned conkers and marbles over here.
ReplyDeleteChildren today have no marbles to lose.
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I think that a navy and red plaid would have been a better choice.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was thirteen, I only ever wore Dior...
ReplyDeleteKudos to the boy. In Germany it was common before WWI for boys to wear skirts, have "girlish" hair and clothes; in conservative families until before WWII.
ReplyDeleteThis hard ball ban is such a stupid nonsense. Don't they allow them kids to climb on trees or run around ? - Heavens, one could fall!
PRINCESS: Hasn't anyone heard of Scotland???
ReplyDeleteYer ney a Man til ye worn the kilt laddie...
and why haven't the Canadians removed all that hard metal play equipment the kids are sitting on? Perhaps they could encourage more parents to wrap their kids in cotton wool!
Fancy a Utilikilt?
The Americans can rest easy knowing that we can’t throw our balls across the border.
SCARLET: They have banned conkers and marbles over here.
Children today have no marbles to lose.
Let me guess…
Nut allergies?
TB: I think that a navy and red plaid would have been a better choice.
That would go nicely in the Infomaniac Plaid Room!
WALLY: When I was thirteen, I only ever wore Dior...
I found a photo of your baby shoes.
MAGO: Kudos to the boy. In Germany it was common before WWI for boys to wear skirts, have "girlish" hair and clothes; in conservative families until before WWII.
This hard ball ban is such a stupid nonsense. Don't they allow them kids to climb on trees or run around? - Heavens, one could fall!
Wait! It gets worse!
A London primary school stopped pupils making daisy chains because of fears that they might pick up germs from the flowers!
Of course they’re not referring to the types of daisy chains made by some of the menfolk here on Infomaniac.
Balls banned in Canada?
ReplyDeleteReally?
Even better during hot weather: crotchless panties.
ReplyDeleteI wonder how I survived my childhood on meadows and in the woods.
ReplyDeleteVON LX: Balls banned in Canada?
ReplyDeleteReally?
It’s our PM dressed as a turkey!
Just in time for your Thanksgiving.
THOMBEAU: Even better during hot weather: crotchless panties.
Is there something you’re not telling us, Thom?
MAGO: I wonder how I survived my childhood on meadows and in the woods.
I’m wondering how you survived the “girlish” hair and clothes.
Bless his adorable little knobby knees!
ReplyDelete...I mean Mago, of course.
There's nothing wrong with long trousers. They keep the mud off your legs when you're playing football.
ReplyDeletebless that boy.
ReplyDeleteThat's how it starts you know, the next stage will be tottering around in his sister's heels and when he gets to sixth form he'll be making himself available for gang bangs behind the bike sheds. I speak from experience.
ReplyDeleteAre here some of the bike sheds of your youth, Mitzi?
ReplyDeleteI was blonde then, MJ.
NATIONS: Bless his adorable little knobby knees!
ReplyDelete...I mean Mago, of course.
Did someone mentions knobs?
GEOFF: There's nothing wrong with long trousers. They keep the mud off your legs when you're playing football.
Footie hasn’t been banned yet?
BOXER: bless that boy.
Hear, hear!
MITZI: That's how it starts you know, the next stage will be tottering around in his sister's heels and when he gets to sixth form he'll be making himself available for gang bangs behind the bike sheds. I speak from experience.
Yet you’re making a good living from it!
MAGO: Are here some of the bike sheds of your youth, Mitzi?
I was blonde then, MJ.
And cherubic, I’m sure.
I'm tempted to send you a childhood photograph ...
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