Tossing out a scenerio

[Robert]

Hi Caz

Ah, there were no women teachers at my school until right at the very end. But when we did get two or three, they were young. It jolly nearly distracted me from my dactylic hexameters.

[Cogidubnus]

Spoiled for life

When I sat in maths class and was first confronted with the lengthy and shapely thighs of the stunningly beautiful blonde Miss Drake, seated on the front edge of her desk, I nearly died...as I think did most of the class...

Alas she had the voice of a corncrake crossed with a whiplash...I've never been able to look at ladies of the blonde persuasion in the same way, ever since those halcyon summer days of my 16th year...now there indeed is a scenario...

Am I off topic or not?

All the best

Dave

[Wickerman]

When I sat in maths class and was first confronted with the lengthy and shapely thighs of the stunningly beautiful blonde Miss Drake, seated on the front edge of her desk, I nearly died...as I think did most of the class...

As was always the case in school, the rowdiest boys always sat at the back, I think this was uniform throughout my school days. Except, in my social studies class, which due to lack of space was held in the school library.
The librarians desk was elevated on a platform at the front, and the female teacher seductively attired every day in a mini-skirt had the same habit as you say above, she would place herself up on the front of the desk with legs crossed.
This was the only class in school where the rowdiest boys all sat at the front.


Anyhow, as far as 'conspiracies' go, the meaning here appears to be very broadly adopted. Just speaking for myself, I think there are to many instances where theorists on Casebook try to look for something to be suspicious about - too eager to find fault where none really exists.
And, because more than one might decide to jump on this same bandwagon, I see this as another form of conspiring to implicate or find fault with a contemporary witness.

To what end?
Are there not enough mysteries here without artificially creating more?

[Observer]

Hi Wicker

I attended a catholic school, the master was exactly that, the master in every way!

The rowdy's were well known and the master placed them at the front of the class where he could keep an eye on them. They were therefore a lot nearer to him, and his accuracy with the black-board rubber was much more effective should they misbehave

Regards

Observer

[martin wilson]

We know the public like Royalty,sex scandals, murder & conspiracy.
Anybody fancying the easy life could knock out a potboiler featuring Bertie,the future Edward VII, le Chabenais,the notorious french brothel and the statement by Joseph Barnett that Mary Kelly had spent some time in France.
Bertie even had a sort of sex chair made for him,pictures are online, and quite a contraption it is.
As a start,consider the horseshoe tiepin,as per George Hutchison's evidence,and the fact that original sponsorship of le Chabenais came,perhaps aptly,from the Jockey Club of Paris.
And the Madame was Mrs Kelly, I kid you not.
All the best.

[Cogidubnus]

The rowdy's were well known and the master placed them at the front of the class where he could keep an eye on them. They were therefore a lot nearer to him, and his accuracy with the black-board rubber was much more effective should they misbehave

Bruised ears? I do sympathise...some scars never heal...

As regards conspiracy theories I generally err towards Jon's views expressed above (three times in one year, already...) but equally there are some posters all too ready to dismiss, as a conspiracy theory, virtually anything which does not accord with their own, (sometimes narrow), preconceptions...where do you draw the line?

All the best

Dave

[Robert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alP-JVUcAMs

[Observer]

Bruised ears? I do sympathise...some scars never heal...

As regards conspiracy theories I generally err towards Jon's views expressed above (three times in one year, already...) but equally there are some posters all too ready to dismiss, as a conspiracy theory, virtually anything which does not accord with their own, (sometimes narrow), preconceptions...where do you draw the line?

All the best

Dave

Hi Dave

Lucky for us, (and the teacher if truth be known) that the teacher aimed at the desk in front of us, more of a shock tactic than bruised lugs! Haha.

We did have one teacher however, who would have fitted every profile for every serial killer known to man! The man was a sadist, seriously. He would have spent a lot of his spare time doing some well earned bird, by today's standards.

Regards

Observer

[curious4]

The female of the species

We had a kind of russian roulette. Anyone who misbehaved was sent to sit on a leather bench outside the headmistress' office. Even now a glimpse of her face (in a booklet a friend sent me) strikes terror into my heart, many years after. Terrifying woman! If she came out of her office you had to explain why you were there - if not, you were free to go when the bell went for the end of the lesson. Cruel and unnatural punishment!

C4

[Robert]

At my primary school the teachers were mostly kindly, except for one thing : the torture of dancing lessons.

I have never danced since.

I will never dance again.

I will die as a defiant non-dancer.