The cellmate's out late, so I'm off duty and can do whatever I want. It's 9p.m. and I'm really looking forward to crawling early to bed. To read and then sleep like a babe with the chain across the bedroom door (not against the cellmate, but any random psychos who might rush the front door as she gets home).
Meanwhile, my old school friend (not the transvestite one) has bravely booked to go to the class reunion. He emailed me the guest list.
Colin will be there, my chum for a few years, while dating two schoolmates from a girls' school. He was a scallywag and ruffian but without malice, an up-market Rab C Nesbitt, and helped me get started early on fags (at 13), then girls and booze a couple of years later. I still have the Stones single he gave me. I'm hoping one day it'll be an antique like me.
I went along to one reunion, last century. Once was more than enough, but I'll still be interested to hear about this one, and whether one of the folk there is still a total ****.
Johnny will be there, at whose teenage party I dimly recall meeting Gregor Fisher on downers (me not him).
Meanwhile, my old school friend (not the transvestite one) has bravely booked to go to the class reunion. He emailed me the guest list.
Colin will be there, my chum for a few years, while dating two schoolmates from a girls' school. He was a scallywag and ruffian but without malice, an up-market Rab C Nesbitt, and helped me get started early on fags (at 13), then girls and booze a couple of years later. I still have the Stones single he gave me. I'm hoping one day it'll be an antique like me.
I went along to one reunion, last century. Once was more than enough, but I'll still be interested to hear about this one, and whether one of the folk there is still a total ****.
Johnny will be there, at whose teenage party I dimly recall meeting Gregor Fisher on downers (me not him).
I say!
ReplyDeleteDespite the fact that Old Rhodies Never Die, there don't seem to be enough left to have a reunion.
The best reunions are the weekly ones, up at the Government 'Hostile'.
MM III
I've never been one for reunions. I am happy enough to let go of the past and enjoy the moment I'm living in.
ReplyDeleteAnyone I've wanted to stay in touch with, I have.
Mingers, I always suspected you were a Rhodes scholar.
ReplyDeleteNanners. Reunions are okay for people who grew up without ever leaving town. They have a motive for all that local networking.
Albert? I got asked to a reunion of library people in Stirling. I was amazed as I thought they all hated me. So I told them I wisny going anyway! I'm too shy for that kind of thing and would have had to get plastered! Hotboy
ReplyDeleteHotters, I had to get plastered at my reunion too, and it was still hell. I'd rather have a colonoscopy - at least they give you Valium.
ReplyDeleteClass reunions via Facebook would be a good idea. Has anyone thought of that or should I copyright it?
Albert? Is there a free the weed facebook thing? There should be! Hotboy
ReplyDeleteI say!
ReplyDeleteBrian Wilson told me that after an afternoon in The Espy he put Hotters on the 26 bus going into town from Portobello, yet somehow he ended up in Longniddry! Some people have no sense of direction whatsoever.
MM III
Mingers, in fact some people have no sense whatsoever. Thank goodness the salt of the earth bourgeoisie have more than enough to go round. It all balances up.
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