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What is it with school boys and fire ?
At out school (and probably most schools, to be fair), every year group discovered the fun things that you could do with fire, water, and knives.
The only differences being in which order they were discovered.
Bearing in mind this was a boarding school, so the crap we got up to was pretty much 24/7, it's a miracle that the fires were only ever small scale, there was only one major (indoor*) flood, and only one person got stabbed.
But then, our science lessons included throwing fist sized blocks of sodium, calcium & potassium into the outdoor pool.
* Someone removed the boards from the drain gate in the trout ponds, effectively diverting the river into a load of playing fields.
NotThamesWater
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What is it with school boys and fire ?
A group of us 14/15 year olds were mucking about with matches one school lunch time down the old railway embankment that has houses and back gardens off it. It was summer and very dry.
It rapidly got out of control so we legged it back to the school at the same time as 2 fire engines were heading in the opposite direction.
Someone identified us/me. Hell broke loose - letters to parents - much grief.
My dad went through the motions of severe reprimand but probably recognised something of his own youth.
But he did give me that look of 'it wasn't you was it ?' when a third of the school burnt down a few months later.