Grist to the Mill

21 January, 2005

LESSONS LEARNT THIS WEEK:

While experience is an enormous help, success as a secondary-school teacher largely depends on whether you are at an okay school.

Disregarding all other considerations and from a purely scientific point of view, finding a sexually compatible partner is a simple matter of finding someone with dissimilar body odour (ie, someone with a contrasting immune system).

To make a successful shepherd’s pie it is necessary to include Oxtail Soup amongst the ingredients.

It is one calendar month since the passing of the shortest day. The afternoons are noticeably lighter. I preferred pitch darkness.

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