A last comment from me on seasons: my father was a farmer and the bit of rhyme "half of the straw and half of the hay for half of the winter after Candlemas day" seems to fit quite nicely. (View Post)

So you agree with me that summer starts in April? (View Post)

My experience of rugby is that a fairly high proportion of the crowd won’t have to game the system to have a drink in their hand for the entire match; at Twickenham the rule is no more than four pint… (View Post)

Pupils in a school have far fewer rights than an adult does. Freedom of speech? Not in my classroom thank you very much... (View Post)

That reminds me of a story about my great-grandmother. She was in hospital, aged 96 and not fully there anymore, but she amused the nurses no end when she complemented the consultant who had just exa… (View Post)