Anyone applying for the position of Head?

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Anyone applying for the position of Head?

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I've learned quite a bit about CH in my first month here, not all of it good unfortunately. The MasterPlan seems fairly unpopular for one.
If you were to get the job as Head what would you change?
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Improve on-site pest control, probably through the acquisition of a second cat.
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Hmmm,

an extension of my powers to create my own fiefdom...

Seriously though, the headmaster only holds power of the teaching side of the school. The real power of the Foundation is held by the Clerk.
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So the Clerk looks after pest-control, then? Damn!
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Richard Ruck wrote:So the Clerk looks after pest-control, then? Damn!
Perhaps he could get rid of the hamsters too!
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I'd certainly get the standard of general appearance, and smartness of the uniform back to the 'good-old-days'.

I'd probably also reduce the amount of choices of food available. Too namby-pamby these days.
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J.R. wrote:I'd certainly get the standard of general appearance, and smartness of the uniform back to the 'good-old-days'.

I'd probably also reduce the amount of choices of food available. Too namby-pamby these days.
That's right, feed'em bread and cockroaches.
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englishangel wrote:
J.R. wrote:I'd certainly get the standard of general appearance, and smartness of the uniform back to the 'good-old-days'.

I'd probably also reduce the amount of choices of food available. Too namby-pamby these days.
That's right, feed'em bread and cockroaches.
cockroaches might just be a tad expensive in my regime. You get more for your money with wood-lice. (Good 'ol cheesy-bugs).
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J.R. wrote:
englishangel wrote:
J.R. wrote:I'd certainly get the standard of general appearance, and smartness of the uniform back to the 'good-old-days'.

I'd probably also reduce the amount of choices of food available. Too namby-pamby these days.
That's right, feed'em bread and cockroaches.
cockroaches might just be a tad expensive in my regime. You get more for your money with wood-lice. (Good 'ol cheesy-bugs).
But they don't have the scratchy legs, and cockroaches are much quicker to reproduce.
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englishangel wrote:
J.R. wrote:I'd certainly get the standard of general appearance, and smartness of the uniform back to the 'good-old-days'.

I'd probably also reduce the amount of choices of food available. Too namby-pamby these days.
That's right, feed'em bread and cockroaches.
cockroaches? you mean real meat :shock: not "quorn" as we used to get?

and to quote Oliver Twist here:

'Meat, ma'am, meat,' replied Bumble, with stern emphasis. 'You've over-fed him, ma'am. You've raised a artificial soul and spirit in him, ma'am unbecoming a person of his condition......... If you had kept the boy on gruel, ma'am, this would never have happened.'
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sport! wrote:
englishangel wrote:
J.R. wrote:I'd certainly get the standard of general appearance, and smartness of the uniform back to the 'good-old-days'.

I'd probably also reduce the amount of choices of food available. Too namby-pamby these days.
That's right, feed'em bread and cockroaches.
cockroaches? you mean real meat :shock: not "quorn" as we used to get?

and to quote Oliver Twist here:

'Meat, ma'am, meat,' replied Bumble, with stern emphasis. 'You've over-fed him, ma'am. You've raised a artificial soul and spirit in him, ma'am unbecoming a person of his condition......... If you had kept the boy on gruel, ma'am, this would never have happened.'
Quorn was first marketed in 1985 so I doubt that you had it at school.

http://www.quorn.co.uk//cmpage.aspx?pageid=52

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Richard Ruck wrote:Improve on-site pest control, probably through the acquisition of a second cat.
So they do have a cat then! :lol:
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englishangel wrote:
sport! wrote:
englishangel wrote: That's right, feed'em bread and cockroaches.
cockroaches? you mean real meat :shock: not "quorn" as we used to get?

and to quote Oliver Twist here:

'Meat, ma'am, meat,' replied Bumble, with stern emphasis. 'You've over-fed him, ma'am. You've raised a artificial soul and spirit in him, ma'am unbecoming a person of his condition......... If you had kept the boy on gruel, ma'am, this would never have happened.'
Quorn was first marketed in 1985 so I doubt that you had it at school.

http://www.quorn.co.uk//cmpage.aspx?pageid=52

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right you are Ms. Pedantic......I should have in fact used the term Kesp (Knitted Edible Spun Protein) which Loringa describes on the Favourite Meal thread..............

"During my time at CH, the food was uniformly awful. In the mid to late 70s, the catering staff introduced a meat substitute called 'kesp' to save money. Apparently it had been trialled in Wolverhampton so that was okay then! Initially kesp was used to bulk out the meat in pies and stews but eventually it became the sole source of protein and meals of such grotesque awfulness as 'Curried Kesp' became common-place."

....he's quite right, it was horrible.
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There is a reason for my pedantry.

My mentor at Uni. was the chap who did most of the development work on Quorn, and was (I believe) the development director of the company.

Disgracefully I am unable to remember his name.
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shoz wrote:
Richard Ruck wrote:Improve on-site pest control, probably through the acquisition of a second cat.
So they do have a cat then! :lol:
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