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When we were in the sixth form at school we had our own fridge and coffee machines. Everyone in the sixth form had to share the facilities.

I used to take sandwiches and snacks to school and store them in the fridge but quite often they would be eaten by other people.

So we started to put our food in individual lunch boxes with our names on. Still our food was being taken.

We were pretty sure that we knew who was eating our food but being a devious type I decided that rather then confront that person I would get my revenge another way.

One evening Tim and I baked a nice chocolate cake. We spent a lot of time on it, covering it with butter creme icing etc. To decorate the cake we used chocolate. BUT not just any old chocolate, we used LAXATIVE chocolate!!

The next day we placed out cake in the fridge with a note saying 'This is Matt's Cake' and we left it there while we went to our first lesson. When we returned about half of the cake had been eaten!

It was quite simple to find out who the culrpit was - he was the one that spent the rest of the day in the toilet!

The moral of the story - NEVER steal food from Matt!

Matt

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During another of our favourite science lessons we were performing experiments where we were burning various things to heat water in order to calculate the calorific value of them.

Burning peanuts created rather a lot of soot on the bottom of the copper can that contained all the water. We managed to get the soot all over our hands.

One of our 'friends' thought it would be funny to smear the soot from his hands all over Tim. Looking back, it was pretty funny but at the time Tim looked like he was the victim of a house fire or else had been working in a coal mine.

Our teacher did not see the funny side. We were asked who had done that to poor old Tim. The answer from our 'friend' was "Matt Did!". As I raised my hands to protest my innocence all the teacher could see was soot all over my fingers. I don't suppose I could blame him for sending me out of the room (AGAIN!).

Don't get mad, get even. More to follow.

Matt

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A big part of all science lessons was writing up the results of experiments. Tim and I always enjoyed carrying out the experiments but were less keen on putting pen to paper. We would always look for ways to write everything up using the least amount of effort while still trying to get good grades.

Tim cracked the formula for good grades without having to write too much. One of the experiments we had to carry out was something to do with litmus paper and measuring acidity in various samples, not terribly exciting. As we endeavoured to write up the experiment Tim came up with a plan: Stick the litmus paper samples in our science books. Rather than describing colour changes, the results would speak for themselves. Not much effort on our part.

To our amazement we were both given 'A' grades and a well done for the work.

From that moment on we would stick everything in our books as part of our experiment write up. This included charcoal, partialy burnt wooden splints, leaves etc. Each week we would get an 'A' grade and a well done.

Unfortunately we went too far one day. The experiment in question involved maggots. Out poor science teacher was rather less than impressed with the fact that we had stuck maggots to one of the pages in our science book!! The resulting grade was a 'D'.

Never again did we manage to get high grades from simply sticking things in our book!

Matt

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When Tim and I were about 15 years old we had a really great Maths teacher. I wont name names but she was not only a great maths teacher but she was a really kind person and extremely attractive. All the teenage boys, Tim and I included, suddenly took a very keen interest in mathematics!

We sat at the front of the class, as you do, right by this teacher’s desk. Being a fairly young and trendy teacher she was keen on the music of the time. One band that she was particularly fond of was INXS. We knew this because she had an INXS badge on her jacket.

During lesson we had with her, our teacher must have gotten a little bit warm and took her jacket off and put it on the desk. Shortly after, there was a raised hand from a classmate at the back and off she went to see what he wanted.

Staring at me was the INXS badge on the jacket... the gears started turning in my head.

Quick as a flash I grabbed the badge and made a few modifications. It now read "SEXINESS" which Tim and I thought was hilarious. I put the badge and the jacket back and we both speculated how long she would wander the corridors of the school before she noticed.

The answer was about 2 minutes. She hit the ROOF!

I got sent out of the class (AGAIN) and given a strong telling off and a final warning! Although the warning was issued with just the slightest hint of a smile!

Matt

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One day, we were in our favorite science lesson with a teacher we'll refer to here as "Dr S.". He was running late, as was usual, but had asked the "prep room ladies" to set up a big experiment on the front bench as a class demonstration for us all to see.
It really was a huge setup. Tap pumps, bunsen burners, collecting tubes, bee-hive shelfs... the works!
Whils sat waiting for him, we decided it might be funny to have a little joke with Dr S. , so we "customised" the experiment slightly for him.
Every single pipe was moved in some way, but of biggest significance has to be the gas, water and drain pipes.....

Anyway, Dr S. eventually showed up, and cracked straight on with the demonstration!

It was spectacular! a fountain of water from the bunsen burner, a bubbling tap pump and syphoning collection tubes!!

He suspected we might have been somehow involved, but could proove nothing!

A good laugh was had by all!

Tim

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