Weird stuff people do to get their children through

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diseyp
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Re: Weird stuff people do to get their children through

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Tinkus-Pinkus wrote:DD has just told me that one of the children doing the 11 plus at the central location in Bucks has been told she will be given a puppy if she passes the 11 plus :roll:
When my eldest sat his one child said he had been promised a 40 inch flat screen TV for his room if he passed ... unfortunately I could not compete and my son gota nice pen (from House of Fraser) ... :?
scarlett
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I didn't give my dc anything special to eat...just made sure I cooked everything to a crisp to eliminate any chance of food poisoning. Ds2 threw himself out of a tree 2 days before the test , so I guess when anything can happen there's little point in buying hundreds of supplements!

Our naked trampolining neighbours told their son the arch angels were guiding him and he didn't need to work or take his fish oils because they would carry him through. He didn't pass.
fatbananas
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scarlett wrote:Our naked trampolining neighbours told their son the arch angels were guiding him and he didn't need to work or take his fish oils because they would carry him through. He didn't pass.
Those weren't arch angels: just naked trampolining neighbours with concussion.
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scarlett
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That's how we behave in kent, Bananas..you've been warned..hehe :D
fatbananas
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We spotted a LOT of trampolines in Kent on google earth when we were house-hunting.

It's why we moved here :wink:
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scarlett
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Did you spot one with traumatised chickens underneath? :D
fatbananas
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I did; it was like a scene from Wallace and Gromit. :shock:
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ToadMum
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Re: Weird stuff people do to get their children through

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fatbananas wrote:We spotted a LOT of trampolines in Kent on google earth when we were house-hunting.
It's why we moved here :wink:
Several years ago, flying back into Southend Airport after a day trip to Jersey, we could tell when we were over Thorpe Bay from the number of swimming pools in people's gardens :lol: .

To be fair, a better experience than on the way out; I decided to look out of the window when I thought we might be over our house in Leigh on Sea, just as we banked steeply and all I got was a very scary eyeful of Thames mudflat :shock:
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Golightly
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Re: Weird stuff people do to get their children through

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I'll delete it, as no offence was meant. Though given the amount of times my daughter nips to the loo, it's very tempting!
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Amber
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Please stop that one. Please. :(
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