Badges

[Svejk]

I really demeaned myself to 'wangle' that Christmas Badge the other day and I haven't even got it. ;-( In fact, despite being considered a leading ABer, by me, I've only got a handful of those crappy badges they hand out to anyone.

[Elina]

http://medicmagic.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/woman-laughing.jpg

[Buenchico]

I've reported the problem of badges not being updated several times (both in the Ed's blog and by emailing the Ed) and there have been several promises of getting it all sorted out. (I want my 1000 Club badge and the Friday 13th one. Scorpiojo needs her 100 Club, 250 Club, 500 Club and 1000 Club badges, probably among many others, all of which she should have been given during her first 14 months membership of AB). However nothing ever seems to get done :(

[Elina]

You can have mine, when I find them!

[Svejk]

its not a laughing matter. I want to print them off and get my mum to sew them on my best jumper.

[Elina]

Have you got sticking plaster on your glasses too .... geeky ;0)

[1ozzy]

Just print off someone elses, (I won't tell).

[Svejk]

I never thought of that, oz, well done. I can see how your ancestors got to Australia.

[Svejk]

geeky, lol, you'd go weak at the knees if you ever met me, elina. x

[Svejk]

^specially with my bestest jumper on. ;o)

[Buenchico]

>>>I want to print them off and get my mum to sew them on my best jumper.

How common.

I'm going to ask the College of Arms to incorporate them into my crest.

;-)

[Buenchico]

>>>you'd go weak at the knees if you ever met me

As a qualified first-aider, I can recognise the symptoms of shock, Svejk ;-)

[Svejk]

doesn't that hurt?

[Buenchico]

>>>I'm going to ask the College of Arms to incorporate them into my crest
and
>>>doesn't that hurt?

Only if you're a grebe, Svejk ;-)

[BlackadderV]

When I was young lapel badges were all the rage and adorned our blazers. I remember the Cycling Proficiency badge, plus various school badges saying 'Prefect', 'Monitor'. 'Librarian' &c. Most of my badge collection came from the labels on jam jars which are now sadly no longer considered PC.

[Buenchico]

>>>Most of my badge collection came from the labels on jam jars which are now sadly no longer considered PC

I coveted those badges (which my best friend had loads of) but my mum said she couldn't afford that particular brand of jam & marmalade :(

[Elina]

See what you've started! http://s4.hubimg.com/u/1155043_f520.jpg

[BlackadderV]

This has awakened a long dormant memory. When I first started grammar school the Headmaster told us that the only badge acceptable on a school blazer was the Cycling Proficiency one, and all other badges would be confiscated.

[Buenchico]

I doubt that we'd have been allowed the Cycling Proficiency badge, BlackadderV. Indeed, I suspect that it would have been seen as something that only 'little children' had and definitely not appropriate for 'young gentlemen'.

The 'young gentlemen' thing was constantly impressed upon us. For example, any pupil who played soccer for an organised team in their own time (e.g. after school or at weekends) would be automatically expelled. Soccer, we we were repeatedly told, was a game only played by 'common boys'. The only winter sport appropriate for 'young gentlemen' was rugger!

[Buenchico]

Incidentally, other automatic expulsion offences included doing a paper round (which was definitely not something that a 'young gentleman' should ever do!) and holding hands, on the way home from school, with a pupil from the girls' school next door!

[Svejk]

did you go to Harrow or Eton, chris?