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A Little History or, Active Learning at the CS FCS

#1: A Little History or, Active Learning at the CS FCS Author: Lisa_T, Location: Belfast

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2004 4:02 am

*evil laugh* This is Donna's first attempt at a drabble, with a lickle help from yours truly. We have decided to continue like C & R or KB and Rachael. All comments welcome- but you don't need to be told that!
*runs to build shelter*

The door opened and the history mistress swept into the room. Miss Brown had only been at the Chalet School for a term, but already had Upper IVa under control, largely as a result of the highly innovative teaching methods she employed.
“Good morning, girls!”
“Good morning, Miss Brown!” AS the class waited expectantly, the mistress produced a long, thin metallic rod.
“Right, girls! An easy question to start with- who can tell me what this is?”
A forest of hands greeted this question, and Miss Brown picked a small girl near the front of the class to answer.
“Yes, Alison?”
“It’s a poker, Miss Brown!” Alison Martin announced.
“Excellent! Well done, Alison!” The mistress nodded in approbation to the girl who had been described by her last history mistress as ‘nothing short of a young criminal’ and continued.
“Now, who can tell me what we use a poker for? Carol?”
“You can beat people with it!” Carol Leigh said, rather unexpectedly. Or it would have been unexpected, if it was not well known throughout the school that Miss Leigh was one of Alison’s boon companions in crime.
The mistress did not turn a hair now. “Yes, Carol, that’s quite correct, although not quite the answer I was looking for. Anyone else? Think about what we’ve been studying this term. Rachel, perhaps you would like to contribute?”
“Torture!” Rachel responded promptly, with a wicked gleam in her eye that had caused the new history mistress to mark her out as a pupil worth watching.
“Well done, Rachel! Now, girls, in today’s lesson we are going to continue our work on medieval Britain and we have a visitor to help us. While I go and fetch her, perhaps you could think of the different forms of torture for which we could use a poker.” With that, Miss Brown turned out of the room, all but rubbing her hands with glee.
“It was awfully good of your to come, Mrs Maynard!” the mistress cooed. “I am very grateful. The girls love the practical aspects of their history lessons, and it is very good of you to offer your assistance.”
“Oh, call me Joey!” the School’s first pupil said with characteristic insouciance. “I’m very happy to help. I’ve always loved history, you know, and after all, I’ve never really left the Chalet School! I was the first pupil back when it began in the Tyrol, on banks of the dear Tiernsee-”
“It’s very good of you, nonetheless,” interjected Miss Brown hurriedly, seeing that Mrs Maynard was about to embark on the full history of the School. She turned and bustled along into her classroom, leaving the loquacious Joey with no option but to follow, which she did.

#2: Author: Lisa_T, Location: Belfast

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2004 4:03 am

“Ah, here we are, Mrs Maynard!” Miss Brown called over her shoulder, hiding a grin as she saw how out of breath Joey was. The corridor was a long one, and Miss Brown had very little liking for the bumptious sister of the School’s founder and had taken a malicious pleasure in walking too fast for that lady.
“I’ll just go in first and make sure they’re ready for you. They are a Fourth, after all!” This mistress grinned again as she walked through the door and saw her well prepared class, but this time made no attempt to hide her smile. She turned and invited her guest in.
Joey barely had time to wonder at the Cheshire-cat like grin on the mistress’ face before her arms were grabbed from behind and handcuffed together. A gag was tied around her mouth. In the midst of her shock, she could just make out Miss Brown’s voice saying something about handcuffs not being historically accurate before she was bundled into a chair and bound with very strong rope. The knots were tied with those infamous Guide knots, taught to generation after generation of Chalet girls.
When Jo saw who was doing the binding, she very much regretted forcing Phil into the School’s Guide company.
“Hello, Mamma!” Phil said. “Are you quite comfy? It was so nice of you to offer to help us, Mamma. We’ve been learning some really interesting things! Miss Brown says that today we’re going to learn loads of uses for a poker.”
As she heard this, Jo’s eyes widened with horror. She had always taken great pleasure in what she saw as Edward II’s well-deserved come-uppance, but now wished that she had not looked into the demise of that unfortunate monarch in such painstaking detail.
“Wha-” she began, mumbling incoherently through the gag.
Miss Brown beamed benignly on her class. “Insulate the doors and windows!” she ordered. “ We don’t want anyone to overhear, do we?”
A chorus of ecstatic giggles greeted this sally.
“It wouldn’t matter if they did,” pointed out Carolyn, seated as always next to Rachel, who was her best friend and laughingly described as her ‘other half.’
“What do you mean?” Miss Brown demanded, looking puzzled.
“Well, we’ve gotten rid of the others,” Carolyn reminded her. “Matey- the first one, I mean- is locked up in a straitjacket somewhere. Mme Courvoisier and Miss Charlesworth er- disappeared. The Heads are never with it these days, poor old dears, thanks to that stuff that Matron Ellie insists on giving them. Who else is there?”
“Mrs Entwistle?” suggested Lesley Green, whose angelic appearance did not accord with the murky and varied tortures she had evolved to deal with awkward questions posed by Miss Annersley in her rare lucid moments. Lesley was deeply fond of the Headmistress under normal circumstances, but that did not appear to restrain her in the slightest.
“Never mind that!” interjected Miss Brown, forseeing an endless discussion ahead, especially if Katherine Bruce or Victoria Kirkum should feel moved to contribute. Only yesterday the Head had attempted to silence the pair by despatching them to the nearest Carmelite monastery, but they had foiled this desperate plan of the Head’s- how, no-one dared ask.
At this point, the class and their mistress were distracted by an almighty crash. They turned to see their victim lying prostrate on the floor- still bound and gagged, with her head in the wastepaper basket which muffled her screams even more effectively than the gag with which she had already been provided. Her feet, needless to state, were waving wildly, and the mistress frowned as she noted this lamentable sign of mobility.

#3: Author: Lisa_T, Location: Belfast

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2004 4:04 am

“This isn’t good enough!” she informed Upper IVa sharply. “However, it illustrates a valid historical point. For torture to be perpetrated, what had to be done to the victims beforehand?”
Instantly, another forest of hands shot up, and Miss Brown nodded at Rachel, secure in the knowledge that the girl known as ‘Rachel the Witch’ to even the Staff would hit unerringly on the correct answer.
She was not wrong. “They need to be completely helpless, but very aware!” the girl informed Miss Brown, looking more witch-like than ever.
“Excellent! I’m glad you have done your prep so conscientiously!” Miss Brown commended her.
“It wasn’t difficult,” piped up Carolyn. “All we had to do was to finish dismembering Miss Charlesworth.”
“And did you remember to dispose of the bodies?” the mistress asked severely.
“’Course we did!” Rachel returned indignantly. “We buried her in four places- Mrs Maynard’s cabbage patch, the Staff garden, the prefects’ corner, and the Head’s private garden.”
Miss Brown nodded and continued. “Well, having got this far, who would like to secure our visitor more firmly?”
Needless to state, that forest rose again and the wastepaper basket shook frenetically.
“Me, miss, please, me!” begged Jennie, almost falling out of her chair in her eagerness to be the chosen one.
Miss Brown agreed and the girl- the oldest in the class, as she did not fail to remind her compeers when she didn’t get her own way- came forward, dancing in her excitement.

#4: Author: Lesley, Location: Rochester, Kent

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2004 6:05 am

Seriously concerned about Lisa and Donna's mental health! ROFL

#5: Author: Kathy_S, Location: midwestern US

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2004 6:34 am

Calls in resident epidemiologist re/ pathogen responsible for Holocaust syndrome. Appears to be highly virulent. Possible outbreak of new strain. Urgent.

(Has Jennie's wish come true? Shocked

)

#6: Author: KB, Location: Melbourne, Australia

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2004 8:07 am

Oh, this is magnificent! I can't wait to see what happens to Jo! But why is Miss Brown safe from her marauding class?

#7: Author: PatMac, Location: Yorkshire England

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2004 8:30 am

KB wrote:

But why is Miss Brown safe from her marauding class?

I should think she is safe at the moment only?

Yet another mayhem drabble! Hooray.

#8: Author: KB, Location: Melbourne, Australia

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2004 8:34 am

I'd say that is very likely!

#9: Author: Kathryn, Location: Melbourne/Hamilton until 11 September

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2004 8:55 am

Methinks I should be very scared. Shocked

Though hopefully I am safe 'cos I'm encouraging the students in their experiments and removing people we/they don't like. I hope

#10: Author: KB, Location: Melbourne, Australia

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2004 9:02 am

I'm sure you are, Kathryn! *huggles*

#11: Author: Kathryn, Location: Melbourne/Hamilton until 11 September

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2004 9:05 am

KB wrote:

I'm sure you are, Kathryn! *huggles*

What, scared or encouraging??

#12: Author: KB, Location: Melbourne, Australia

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2004 9:06 am

Scared! Justifiably so, methinks!

#13: Author: Kathryn, Location: Melbourne/Hamilton until 11 September

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2004 9:09 am

Ok, what do you know?!

#14: Author: KB, Location: Melbourne, Australia

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2004 9:11 am

Nothing! I just judge this story by certain others on the list, which involved death of the most gory style!

#15: Author: Abi, Location: Alton, Hants

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2004 11:12 am

*giggles, then giggles louder, then louder still*

This is hilarious you two - lets have more soon please!

#16: Author: Kathryn, Location: Melbourne/Hamilton until 11 September

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2004 11:23 am

KB wrote:

Nothing! I just judge this story by certain others on the list, which involved death of the most gory style!

Thought I'd ask anyway!

#17: Author: pim, Location: the place where public transport doesn't work properly!

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2004 11:25 am

Yay! More blood, guts, gore and mayhem. Very Happy

#18: Author: Susan, Location: Carlisle

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2004 5:25 pm

Looking forward to more of the above,

#19: Author: Jennie, Location: Cambridgeshire

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2004 5:31 pm

As if I'd need to use my age to get my own way.

Not when I've got a Kalashnikov, I don't.

#20: Author: KB, Location: Melbourne, Australia

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2004 5:44 pm

Do we get some more of this soon?

#21: Author: Sarah_K, Location: St Albans

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2004 6:44 pm

I'm a little worried about this drabble... well most of the drabbles to be honest. Everything is a little violent for my tastes Confused

Then again it is great fun!

#22: Author: KB, Location: Melbourne, Australia

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2004 6:48 pm

I was worried about you for a moment there, Sarah!

#23: Author: Sarah_K, Location: St Albans

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2004 7:03 pm

You know I'm surprised anyone knew ever joins up here, one look at the c&d section would have sent me running for the hills if it had been the first thing I'd read. Except of course that it wouldn't because apparently I'm as crazy as the rest of you but it's the principle of the thing Very Happy

#24: Author: KB, Location: Melbourne, Australia

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2004 7:09 pm

Hopefully prospective members don't check this section out until they've already been drawn in...

#25: Author: pim, Location: the place where public transport doesn't work properly!

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2004 7:16 pm

Erm, it was this section that drew me in!!!!! I kid you not.

#26: Author: catherine, Location: York

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2004 7:21 pm

Well then you must have been crazy to start with, pim! I'd have thought most people would run a mile if this was the first section they discovered!

More please, you two!

#27: Author: Sarah_K, Location: St Albans

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2004 7:21 pm

Fine. Undermine my argument why don't you Razz

Of course actually me too, I never posted this much still I started reading c&d Embarassed

Anymore Lisa and/or Donna?

#28: Author: pim, Location: the place where public transport doesn't work properly!

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2004 7:24 pm

catherine wrote:

Well then you must have been crazy to start with, pim! I'd have thought most people would run a mile if this was the first section they discovered!

More please, you two!

Oh I'm defninately crazy, student's perogative.

And I love this section Very Happy

#29: Author: KB, Location: Melbourne, Australia

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2004 7:33 pm

pim wrote:

Erm, it was this section that drew me in!!!!! I kid you not.

And that's good, in a way, because it means you can't complain about all this strangeness catching you unawares! Laughing

#30: Author: catherine, Location: York

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2004 7:36 pm

She certainly can't! She's contributing to it!

#31: Author: KB, Location: Melbourne, Australia

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2004 7:47 pm

*wonders how pim will react to this*

#32: Author: Rachel, Location: Plotting in my lair; sometimes in Hampshire, England, UK, Europe, Earth, Milky Way, Universe

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2004 7:50 pm

I have only just found this thread, but it was well worth the wait! Glad to see how well I am doing in class!

ROFL

Last edited by Rachel on Tue Feb 17, 2004 8:43 pm; edited 1 time in total

#33: Author: KB, Location: Melbourne, Australia

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2004 7:55 pm

I wonder why the smiley didn't work on Rachel's post?

#34: Author: Rachel, Location: Plotting in my lair; sometimes in Hampshire, England, UK, Europe, Earth, Milky Way, Universe

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2004 8:44 pm

What do you mean KB?

#35: Author: KB, Location: Melbourne, Australia

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2004 8:45 pm

Well, when I saw your post before, it was full of 8 o o without the spaces. The smiley wasn't working. Did you change anything?

#36: Author: Vikki, Location: Possibly in hell! It's certainly hot enough.......

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2004 10:11 pm

Thank you Lisa and Donna!!
*giggles*
Although you're both in line to be poked for use of a certain name!!!!

#37: Author: pim, Location: the place where public transport doesn't work properly!

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2004 11:13 pm

KB wrote:

*wonders how pim will react to this*

I feel very honoured that you think I'm contributing to the collective madness. *cackles evilly and goes off to plot more terrible deeds and some Jo-bashing*

#38: Author: Nell, Location: London, England

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2004 11:21 pm

Lisa/Donna this is so funny, can't wait to see what happens to Joey? Twisted Evil

Also good to see how well we have also learnt our torture lessons!!

Would also add that C&d was what got me hooked too!

#39: Author: Carolyn P, Location: Lancaster, England

Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2004 12:24 am

Hmmm.

I AM NOT RACHEL'S OTHER HALF!!!

Still this is fun!

C&D drew me in, in fact it was a while before I explored the rest of the board. Mind you in those pre DR Venebles days it wasn't quite as crazy, and certainly not as bloodthirsty.

#40: Author: Lesley, Location: Rochester, Kent

Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2004 1:00 am

It was the C&D board that drew me in as well! I think all of us that were infected by the Dr Venables bug then drew the board in our image! Of course then came Changes for Con and the drabbles changed to mainly one person stories!

More please!

#41: Author: Angel, Location: London, England

Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2004 1:09 am

I was sucked in by C&D.

Not sure what I want that to say about me Smile

#42: Author: Ellie, Location: Lincolnshire

Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2004 4:31 am

Great thread, looking forward to lots and lots more.
It was C&D that attracted me to the board as well - it was like finding a whole library of unread books.

#43: Author: Kelly, Location: Auckland, New Zealand

Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2004 6:22 am

It was the C&D section that attracted me first as well. I lurked for ages reading all the drabbles and then finally decided to join!
This drabble is looking very promising. Isn't it awful though how much we all seem to love Jo bashing!

#44: Author: KB, Location: Melbourne, Australia

Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2004 7:58 am

Well, I'm impressed! I honestly thought that the C&D section would have people running for their lives!

#45: Author: Kathryn, Location: Melbourne/Hamilton until 11 September

Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2004 9:08 am

I think it is veeery scary that it is drawing more and more people in. What does that say about them/us? Shocked

#46: Author: Susan, Location: Carlisle

Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2004 11:48 am

C&D was a very small part of the board when I joined. Now it seems to have taken over.

#47: Author: KB, Location: Melbourne, Australia

Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2004 2:17 pm

*looks around* Yes, it did rather grow, didn't it?

#48: Author: pim, Location: the place where public transport doesn't work properly!

Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2004 3:19 pm

But its sooooooooooooooo much fun, surely that's not a bad thing?

#49: Author: KB, Location: Melbourne, Australia

Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2004 3:21 pm

Who said it was a bad thing? Did I say it was a bad thing?

#50: Author: pim, Location: the place where public transport doesn't work properly!

Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2004 3:22 pm

No you didn't, I was merely being rhetorical (and there's a long word for this time of a Wednesday)

#51: Author: Abi, Location: Alton, Hants

Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2004 3:26 pm

I was also drawn into the net by the tempting allure of the Cookies and Drabbles...

#52: Author: KB, Location: Melbourne, Australia

Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2004 3:48 pm

pim wrote:

No you didn't, I was merely being rhetorical (and there's a long word for this time of a Wednesday)

It certainly was! Well done!

#53: Author: pim, Location: the place where public transport doesn't work properly!

Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2004 3:52 pm

*feels smug with self for remembering such a long word* Did I spell it right too?

#54: Author: KB, Location: Melbourne, Australia

Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2004 3:54 pm

You did indeed!

#55: Author: Pat, Location: Doncaster

Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2004 10:36 pm

KB wrote:

Do we get some more of this soon?

I do hope so!!! Laughing

#56: Author: pim, Location: the place where public transport doesn't work properly!

Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2004 10:38 pm

I hope so too!

#57: Author: Donna, Location: Liverpool

Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2004 3:10 am

Thank you everyone for your encouraging comments - unfortunately you seem to have scared off my small sparkling purple leaf! I'm also going to be away (again!)for the next few days, so no more from me for a while I'm afraid - Sorry! Twisted Evil

btw, it was actually the Dr. Venables thread that drew me into the CBB - explains a lot don't you think? Wink

#58: Author: Vikki, Location: Possibly in hell! It's certainly hot enough.......

Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2004 7:12 pm

*sets up a search party for Donna's small sparkling purple leaf!!*

#59: Author: Pat, Location: Doncaster

Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2004 7:18 pm

Like Ellie, I found all these new CS books in C&D!!! Great fun! Twisted Evil

#60: Author: Sarah_L, Location: Redcar

Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2004 7:29 pm

I must be one of the unusual ones. I wasn't sucked into the board by C&D, it was actually a while after I joined before I began reading them. Now I visit C&D more than the rest though.

#61: Author: KB, Location: Melbourne, Australia

Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2004 8:33 am

I don't think you're at all unusual, Sarah. I certainly didn't touch this section at first.

#62: Author: Mandy, Location: Derry, N.Ireland

Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2004 10:01 pm

KB, it was actually your 'Peace' story that drew me in. I was a member for ages before that but I was the silent type, reading and not posting. I just loved 'Peace' that much I had to comment on it. The rest as they say is history.

Lisa will you be continuing while Donna is away?

#63: Author: KB, Location: Melbourne, Australia

Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2004 7:42 am

Thank you, Mandy. I'm glad I've done my bit in recruiting members.

#64: Author: Lisa_T, Location: Belfast

Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 12:55 am

er- I was away too! LOL

#65: Author: Ellie, Location: Lincolnshire

Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 1:21 am

Sarah_L wrote:

I must be one of the unusual ones. I wasn't sucked into the board by C&D, it was actually a while after I joined before I began reading them. Now I visit C&D more than the rest though.

I used to lurk occasionally, reading everything except C&D, it was once I got round to reading that section that I felt inspired to sign up, otherwise I expect I would still be lurking.

#66: Author: catherine, Location: York

Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 9:57 am

Weird to hear how many of you joined because of C&D. No one touched it for ages after I first joined; it stood more or less empty!

Come on, you two!! More story please!

Your class might start to get very dangerous if they're not given something to do soon!

#67: Author: Lisa, Location: South Coast of England

Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 10:22 am

Great stuff! My eyes smart to think of King Richard's torture though - surely they can't do that to Joey?!
I would think a scold's bridle appropriate! Seen one in Isle of Wight museum & Looe museum last week *shudders*

#68: Author: Vikki, Location: Possibly in hell! It's certainly hot enough.......

Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 1:47 pm

Ouch!!
*hoping no one actually has a poker......*

PS Lisa, I got rid of that double post for you!

#69: Author: Lisa_T, Location: Belfast

Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 9:57 pm

*shakes head* You people really worry me. Where do you get your ideas from? As for a poker, of course there's one in the classroom. For pointing, people, pointing. What difference is there between a pointer and a poker except the name, after all?

*slides off*
Double post? What double post? Oh well.

#70: Author: catherine, Location: York

Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 10:05 pm

Forgotten something, Lisa? Isn't there something you should have done whilst you were here? Wink

#71: Author: Lisa_T, Location: Belfast

Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 11:52 pm

Like what, Catherine?
Post- check
Bump up totals-check
Annoy everyone-check

Nope. Can't think of anything I've forgotten! Wink

#72: Author: Lesley, Location: Rochester, Kent

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 12:05 am

*Ratbag Lisa!*

Liss is there any way you can ban someone from your own drabble until they post more story on theirs?

#73: Author: Lisa_T, Location: Belfast

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 12:13 am

But this isn't my drabble- it's Donna's! And I've posted more on one of mine- see Emersons!

*wails at the prospect of being banned from RCS*

#74: Author: PatMac, Location: Yorkshire England

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 12:15 am

Confession time: Drabbles attracted me too!

Hey, you two, where's the next bit? Jo bashing's all very well but she's had her head in the wastepaper basket long enough Shocked

Do something else funny, please! Twisted Evil

#75: Author: catherine, Location: York

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 12:17 am

I'm sure you said you were doing it jointly with Donna, Lisa - making it your drabble!!

BTW - I hear you have a dangerous habit of taking people to second hand bookshops and causing them to spend money!!! Wink

#76: Author: Lisa_T, Location: Belfast

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 12:25 am

*groans* Oh, all right.

Miss Brown looked sorrowfully at the fallen woman on the floor with her head in the wastepaper basket. She really didn't know how these things happened in her lessons. All she wanted to do was to teach a little history, but the girls were so well, so strange. She heaved a sigh and bent forward to pull the basket off Joey's head- and paused mid-movement.
She straightened, and her eyes gleamed as she turned back to the expectant class.
"Time for a little cross curricular work, girls!" she told them briskly. "Name two instances of someone having their head in a basket."
"John the Baptist- only that was a charger," Rachel told her promptly. She was always angelic in Scripture classes- not because she was afraid of the Head, for she wasn't, but because when Miss Annersley was not distracted by having to maintain control, she did tell the goriest tales.
Miss Brown nodded at her. "Quite right. Thank you for the correction. Anyone else? Think what we did last term."
PatMac's hand shot up. "Miss! Please, Miss I know! I know!"
"Yes?"
"The French Rev-vol-lut-tion," PatMac returned, drawing out all the syllables with relish. "When people got their heads chopped off, they ended up in a basket."
"Excellent, PatMac. Wha-"
"Miss, oh please, can't we do that to Mrs Maynard?" pleaded Jennie. "i do so want to see her head go 'plop.' I'll knit, too!" she added, with a memory of Charles Dickens and an English lesson.
Miss Brown smiled once again. As cross-curricular learning went, this lesson was highly satisfactory.

#77: Author: Angel, Location: London, England

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 12:32 am

*giggles*

this is Chalet-Noir indeed

#78: Author: PatMac, Location: Yorkshire England

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 12:34 am

Touché, Lisa!

#79: Author: Lisa_T, Location: Belfast

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 12:48 am

I don't have a dangerous habit of doing anything, Catherine. Wink

Did Donna also tell you that she was the one who insisted that we visit said secondhand bookshops? Let alone drive me crackers by telling me every blessed book I want is on ABE at the moment (well, three days ago) and I can't afford the flipping things? That's a highly sophisticated form of torture. It makes pokers and guillotines look like child's play! Razz

#80: Author: Vikki, Location: Possibly in hell! It's certainly hot enough.......

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 4:02 am

*giggling wildly*
Poor Jo..... Rolling Eyes

#81: Author: Kathryn, Location: Melbourne/Hamilton until 11 September

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 9:42 am

Well, she deserves it doesn't she? Laughing

#82: Author: KB, Location: Melbourne, Australia

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 11:19 am

Can Jo hear all this? I most certainly hope so!

#83: Author: catherine, Location: York

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 4:42 pm

Lisa_T wrote:

I don't have a dangerous habit of doing anything, Catherine. Wink

Er no, she left that bit out. She merely told me that you had taken her to a second hand bookshop and found lots of books for her to buy, adding that you were a dangerous person to know! Very Happy

Think perhaps you're both equally dangerous!

#84: Author: KB, Location: Melbourne, Australia

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 7:58 pm

*worries about meeting these dangerous people in person*

#85: Author: Donna, Location: Liverpool

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 9:39 pm

Well, Lisa, if you hadn't told me about the secondhand bookshops I wouldn't have insisted we go to them! and I would like to point out that you were one looking on Abe - I was telling you about books on EBAY!

*sobbing* I'm not dangerous!

oh, also realised what happened to the small sparkling purple leaf - I obviously left him at Lisa's! Wink

#86: Author: KB, Location: Melbourne, Australia

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 9:42 pm

Poor Lisa! Shocked

#87: Author: Lisa_T, Location: Belfast

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 10:00 pm

Well, you can ease your little mind KB cos the only er, 'dangerous' person you'll meet is me, Donna being busy. No, not that kind of busy Wink

However, considering you'll also meet Rachel, Lesley, Vikki, Carolyn et al, I'd think I was um kind of at the bottom of the 'dangerous to know' list! Laughing

#88: Author: KB, Location: Melbourne, Australia

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 10:05 pm

Yes, you probably are!

*wonders what I'm letting myself in for*

#89: Author: Lesley, Location: Rochester, Kent

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 10:08 pm

*Reminds Lisa just who will be picking her up from the airport on March 5th!*

More drabble please!

#90: Author: KB, Location: Melbourne, Australia

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 10:09 pm

Lesley, is that blackmail?

#91: Author: Lisa_T, Location: Belfast

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 10:16 pm

Sounds like it, doesn't it? Lesley is getting scarily accomplished at this blackmailing lark. I better watch my step! Wink

#92: Author: KB, Location: Melbourne, Australia

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 10:38 pm

Blackmail is a terrible quality in a CS girl. Much to be admired in a HM, but terrible in a pupil...

#93: Author: Lisa_T, Location: Belfast

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 10:46 pm

Funny you should say that, KB. Wink

Maybe Lesley can get promoted so she can do it legally (?)

#94: Author: KB, Location: Melbourne, Australia

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 10:48 pm

She would have to do a bit more posting for that to happen...

#95: Author: Lisa_T, Location: Belfast

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 10:50 pm

What a wonderful idea! *shrieks* LeslEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEY! Do you hear that? Why don't you post more-preferably RCS- and then you can blackmail us all as much as you like! Laughing

#96: Author: KB, Location: Melbourne, Australia

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 10:53 pm

*waits eagerly for Lesley's response*

*wonders why Lesley is lying unconscious on the floor*

poke

#97: Author: catherine, Location: York

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 11:15 pm

Are you adding attempted murder to your list of qualities KB?

*wonders why there is no more of this*

MORE PLEASE LISA AND DONNA!!

#98: Author: Lisa_T, Location: Belfast

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 11:24 pm

I have a brainwave, Catherine. Why don't you do some Jo-torturing? You can venty all your TP frustrations... Laughing

#99: Author: catherine, Location: York

Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2004 12:01 am

I'm lovely, kind and gentle and would never do anything to hurt anybody nor could I possibly imagine writing about it. I simply don't have the warped mind of you and Donna! Wink

#100: Author: KB, Location: Melbourne, Australia

Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2004 8:30 am

catherine wrote:

Are you adding attempted murder to your list of qualities KB?

No, I think she was knocked out from Lisa's shriek!

#101: Author: Lisa_T, Location: Belfast

Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2004 12:57 pm

*giggles at the idea of Catherine being lovely and innocent and all the rest of it* Yes, dear. Whatever you say, dear. You're obviously deluded and thus dangerous...
*backing away slowly*

As for Lesley, KB, didn't you notice she had her earplugs in? That must explain the lack of additional RCS postings. Oh. Did someone mutter RL?!!!!!!

#102: Author: Jennie, Location: Cambridgeshire

Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2004 1:48 pm

As I'm such a kind, gentle soul, why am I trying to behaed Jo Maynard in this drabble? I much prefer character assassination.

Sulking.

#103: Author: catherine, Location: York

Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2004 3:23 pm

Lisa_T wrote:

*giggles at the idea of Catherine being lovely and innocent and all the rest of it* Yes, dear. Whatever you say, dear. You're obviously deluded and thus dangerous...
*backing away slowly*

*Demands proof that she is not lovely and innocent*

#104: Author: KB, Location: Melbourne, Australia

Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2004 8:43 pm

Lisa_T wrote:

As for Lesley, KB, didn't you notice she had her earplugs in? That must explain the lack of additional RCS postings. Oh. Did someone mutter RL?!!!!!!

Yes, that might be it.

#105: Author: Vikki, Location: Possibly in hell! It's certainly hot enough.......

Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2004 10:39 pm

Jennie wrote:

As I'm such a kind, gentle soul, why am I trying to behaed Jo Maynard in this drabble? I much prefer character assassination.

Sulking.

Jennie hon, we're not convinced...... Kiss

#106: Author: Lisa_T, Location: Belfast

Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2004 3:32 am

but Jennie, you hate Jo so much- surely you want to put your money where your mouth is?
And whose character is being assassinated? *g*

#107: Author: Jennie, Location: Cambridgeshire

Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2004 4:20 pm

Well, all right then.

#108: Author: KB, Location: Melbourne, Australia

Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2004 6:14 pm

Good! More soon then please!

#109: Author: Lesley, Location: Rochester, Kent

Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2004 10:22 pm

I have no need to be headmistress........I am a writer! Twisted Evil

#110: Author: Vikki, Location: Possibly in hell! It's certainly hot enough.......

Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2004 10:54 pm

Lisa_T wrote:

but Jennie, you hate Jo so much- surely you want to put your money where your mouth is?
And whose character is being assassinated? *g*

Who's character is being assassinated? Well, in this case, I'd say EBD's!! (since we're trying to kill Joey.....)

#111: Author: Carolyn P, Location: Lancaster, England

Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2004 11:19 pm

Why do I appear on a dangerous list. I'm a likkle lamb, honest! *Innocent smiley*

Is there to be any more of this story?

#112: Author: Vikki, Location: Possibly in hell! It's certainly hot enough.......

Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2004 7:46 pm

Okay Carolyn, you carry on believing that dear!!

#113: Author: Lisa_T, Location: Belfast

Posted: Sun Feb 29, 2004 12:22 am

I have it, Vikki. She's a wolf in lamb's clothing...*g* *thinks that is very appropriate*

#114: Author: Jennie, Location: Cambridgeshire

Posted: Sun Feb 29, 2004 3:36 pm

It's Jo's character that I love to assassinate, Think of what I'm writing about her.

#115: Author: Vikki, Location: Possibly in hell! It's certainly hot enough.......

Posted: Sun Feb 29, 2004 7:40 pm

But Jennie, Jo is one of EBD's characters.... Rolling Eyes

...

#116: Author: Carolyn P, Location: Lancaster, England

Posted: Sun Feb 29, 2004 9:26 pm

Lisa_T wrote:

I have it, Vikki. She's a wolf in lamb's clothing...*g* *thinks that is very appropriate*

*Looks down shirt*
Nope. No wolf looking bits around. I'm definately lamb.

#117: Author: Vikki, Location: Possibly in hell! It's certainly hot enough.......

Posted: Sun Feb 29, 2004 9:38 pm

Yes dear!!! Wink

#118: Author: Lisa_T, Location: Belfast

Posted: Sun Feb 29, 2004 10:58 pm

*picturing Carolyn all nice and fluffy and woolly* Now I understand her collaboration with RTW. Only joining RTW keeps Carolyn the lickle lamb safe...don't forget those new potatoes and mint sauce!

#119: Author: Jennie, Location: Cambridgeshire

Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2004 5:27 pm

Jennie thinks about that, then remembers some of Carolyn's drabbles, then thinks some more. Hmmmmmmmmm.

#120: Author: Xanthe, Location: London/Cambridge

Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2004 2:07 am

*bumps this back up*

*hopes reading too many drabbles doesn't have ill-effects*

*chants for more*

#121: Author: Jennie, Location: Cambridgeshire

Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2004 6:04 pm

Sending this to the top as a reminder.

#122: Author: Donna, Location: Liverpool

Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2004 8:32 pm

You trying to hint or something Xanthe and Jennie? Wink

Cos it ain't gonna work! i'm afraid the small sparkling purple leaf hasn't come back yet (I blame Easyjet!)

seriously, a whole load of RL issues at the moment, so no more for a while I'm afraid - unless Lisa wants to take over completely? I just don't have time at the moment. This is why it took me so long to start a drabble in the first place! Sorry guys! Smile

#123: Author: Lisa_T, Location: Belfast

Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2004 10:05 pm

You won't get it from me either. Three drabbles is quite enough to be going on with! Although I can quite see that Jennie doesn't agree... Wink

#124: Author: KB, Location: Melbourne, Australia

Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2004 10:56 pm

*huggles to Donna*

#125: Author: Jennie, Location: Cambridgeshire

Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2004 1:56 pm

...running away crying as she feels that Lisa is blackening her name.

#126: Author: Lisa_T, Location: Belfast

Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2004 3:02 am

Awww. Poor Jennie! *hands Jennie lots of choccie and/or Baileys to cheer her up*

#127: Author: Jennie, Location: Cambridgeshire

Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2004 4:06 pm

Hic, thank you, Lisa.

#128: Author: Lisa_T, Location: Belfast

Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2004 5:46 pm

Note to self: do not offer Jennie any alcoholic beverages in future Wink

#129: Author: Vikki, Location: Possibly in hell! It's certainly hot enough.......

Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2004 10:48 pm

Pssst! Jennie, there's a secret stash of Baileys, behind the you know what, in the you know where......

#130: Author: KB, Location: Melbourne, Australia

Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2004 6:58 am

*worries that Vikki is trying to get more customers for her illegal business*

#131: Author: Jennie, Location: Cambridgeshire

Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2004 9:23 pm

Pssssssst, Vikki, I don't drink Bailey's. Try me on a single-malt scotch, or a nice cognac, I'll get pie-eyed as quickly as your heart could desire.

#132: Author: KB, Location: Melbourne, Australia

Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2004 11:18 pm

Hooray! *goes to get some*

#133: Author: Vikki, Location: Possibly in hell! It's certainly hot enough.......

Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2004 12:50 am

Jennie wrote:

Pssssssst, Vikki, I don't drink Bailey's. Try me on a single-malt scotch, or a nice cognac, I'll get pie-eyed as quickly as your heart could desire.

But Baileys is SO much nicer!!!! Wink

#134: Author: Jennie, Location: Cambridgeshire

Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2004 2:01 pm

But I really don't like Baileys, Vikki. I do love single-malt Scotch, and cognac and gin, so I'm not entirely beyond the pale.

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