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Sunday, November 07, 2004
Do you have any idea how HARD it is to take 30 excited children out to Deep Pan Pizza and back again without any of the following occurring?
-Loss of limbs
-Blindness
-Choking
-Getting run over
-Loss of TEMPER
The answer, it is indeed rather difficult.
Lets start from the beginning.
Wednesday evening- the first performance of House Dance.
Yes, as you may well know, for the past - apparently 4 weeks- there has been a lot of hoo-ha about this particular event, seeing that this year it is up to us, as Year 12's to sort it out!
Anyway, its a tradition to take your house out to get the performance night kicking off so the whole of Stowe decided to go to Deep Pan Pizza - not too expensive, but not exactly Maccy D's.
So there was Georgous, Beans, Wenj, Leann (yet to be named) and me walking out of the school gates with about 20 little children in tow.
20?? Wait we'v lost some!!
*some time later*
Final count 29 and off we went!
Allocated the groups like so:
"BAGS THE YEAR 11s!!"
"YEAR 10's!
"I get year 9's!
"Year 8's!"
"Ha ha Leann, you get the Year 7's"
"What do I have to to?" Dont forget that this was her first House Dance
"Ermm... you gotta hold all their hands and walk with them"
lol, its fun to play with new people's minds :)
So off we all go down highbridge walk - the middle of course- singing loudly and doing all the kinds of things us Stowe ppl do. Then, this big car comes down the road behind us. Screams of "CAR GET OUT THE ROAD! RUN RUN!" ensue.
As members of Stowe, we are used to mass hysteria, I assure you so it was completely fine until ANOTHER car came up the road, from in front of us.
Scene
The year 7's were trapped between two cars, some were trying to squeeze in between the parked cars, some were running away down the road. And we had about 5 hands attatched to us as we struggled to move.
It was chaos.
But, we all managed to get clear and as we watched the cars try to manoevure their way around each other .... *crunch*
Uh-oh.
Run! Go go go!
Lol, we swore to come back up later to take pictures of the nice shiny dent left in the parked car at the side. To quote one of my kids "Ha ha!" *Nelson Muntz style*
Anyways! Got to Deep Pan Pizza - head count- 28 ......... 28?
CHRISTINE WE'VE LOST ONE!!!!
Zoe did you count yourself?
*silence*
It was quite quiet, until Ascott and Claydon, obviously with the same idea and budget in mind, turned up. Flip a coin I say! Alas, Ascott had to go Noodle Bar-ing that night.
Anyways, our meals turned up at random times - mine and Leanns pizza wasn't cooked properly, though we didn't realise until we'd eaten 80% of it.
"Just spread the sauce about and cover the gaps with the cheese!!" - Seriously, don't underestimate my Year 8's!
Either way, we managed to get it taken off our bill so we saved a tenner that night! :D
After that, another 10 decided they wanted to go to Maccy D's for "dessert"
*wipes tear* Just like their captain- always room for dessert!
Was about to leave when I feel a tug on my sleeve. Apparently a drove of them have decided to go to the toilet. And no, we cant leave them to walk on their own. Apparently.
So we wait and we wait.
And we see Beans mum and talk to her.
And we wait.
And here they come!!
Wait! One hasn't got her desert yet.
Jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeebus!
FINALLY we are ready to go.
And we all trek off into the night singing merrily and running across the zebra crossing. Stowe kids, you gotta love em! (whilst trying not to run one over of course)
I tell you, they put all the loons in this house!
Update on Friday night and results coming sooon........
-Loss of limbs
-Blindness
-Choking
-Getting run over
-Loss of TEMPER
The answer, it is indeed rather difficult.
Lets start from the beginning.
Wednesday evening- the first performance of House Dance.
Yes, as you may well know, for the past - apparently 4 weeks- there has been a lot of hoo-ha about this particular event, seeing that this year it is up to us, as Year 12's to sort it out!
Anyway, its a tradition to take your house out to get the performance night kicking off so the whole of Stowe decided to go to Deep Pan Pizza - not too expensive, but not exactly Maccy D's.
So there was Georgous, Beans, Wenj, Leann (yet to be named) and me walking out of the school gates with about 20 little children in tow.
20?? Wait we'v lost some!!
*some time later*
Final count 29 and off we went!
Allocated the groups like so:
"BAGS THE YEAR 11s!!"
"YEAR 10's!
"I get year 9's!
"Year 8's!"
"Ha ha Leann, you get the Year 7's"
"What do I have to to?" Dont forget that this was her first House Dance
"Ermm... you gotta hold all their hands and walk with them"
lol, its fun to play with new people's minds :)
So off we all go down highbridge walk - the middle of course- singing loudly and doing all the kinds of things us Stowe ppl do. Then, this big car comes down the road behind us. Screams of "CAR GET OUT THE ROAD! RUN RUN!" ensue.
As members of Stowe, we are used to mass hysteria, I assure you so it was completely fine until ANOTHER car came up the road, from in front of us.
Scene
The year 7's were trapped between two cars, some were trying to squeeze in between the parked cars, some were running away down the road. And we had about 5 hands attatched to us as we struggled to move.
It was chaos.
But, we all managed to get clear and as we watched the cars try to manoevure their way around each other .... *crunch*
Uh-oh.
Run! Go go go!
Lol, we swore to come back up later to take pictures of the nice shiny dent left in the parked car at the side. To quote one of my kids "Ha ha!" *Nelson Muntz style*
Anyways! Got to Deep Pan Pizza - head count- 28 ......... 28?
CHRISTINE WE'VE LOST ONE!!!!
Zoe did you count yourself?
*silence*
It was quite quiet, until Ascott and Claydon, obviously with the same idea and budget in mind, turned up. Flip a coin I say! Alas, Ascott had to go Noodle Bar-ing that night.
Anyways, our meals turned up at random times - mine and Leanns pizza wasn't cooked properly, though we didn't realise until we'd eaten 80% of it.
"Just spread the sauce about and cover the gaps with the cheese!!" - Seriously, don't underestimate my Year 8's!
Either way, we managed to get it taken off our bill so we saved a tenner that night! :D
After that, another 10 decided they wanted to go to Maccy D's for "dessert"
*wipes tear* Just like their captain- always room for dessert!
Was about to leave when I feel a tug on my sleeve. Apparently a drove of them have decided to go to the toilet. And no, we cant leave them to walk on their own. Apparently.
So we wait and we wait.
And we see Beans mum and talk to her.
And we wait.
And here they come!!
Wait! One hasn't got her desert yet.
Jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeebus!
FINALLY we are ready to go.
And we all trek off into the night singing merrily and running across the zebra crossing. Stowe kids, you gotta love em! (whilst trying not to run one over of course)
I tell you, they put all the loons in this house!
Update on Friday night and results coming sooon........
