dolly
we had a teacher in secondary school called mr. blanchard. for reasons that were never revealed to me, the entire school knew him better as dolly.
the man was insane. he scared the shit out of first years but, by the time you'd made it to second year, the awe had hit you.
the man was a dead shot with a piece of chalk. he wore 4 wristwatches, all at once. he wore a blazer that was clearly designed for someone with much shorter arms than his. you NEVER tok the piss in his class. if you did, he would immediately point at you and yell "YOU, BOY! THE ONE WITH THE GIRAFFE ON YOUR JUMPER! GET IN THE BIN AND EXPLAIN YOURSELF!" it wasn't a giraffe, of course, it was a slazenger logo. fred perry shrts were described as "the ones with the bush on the tit".
he once yelled at me for giggling in class. at least, i think it was me he shouted "YOU, GIRL! THE ONE WIT THE HAIR! YOU SOUND LIKE A GIBBON! SHUT UP!" at.
despite almost wetting myself from sheer fright, it still stands out as one of my funniest moments in school.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Thu 17 Mar 2011, 13:00, 2 replies)

Fuuuuuck,
that brings back memories. Dolly was ,erm, definitely one of a kind - drove a shitty white Escort estate with a blue Starsky & Hutch stripe down the side, and if he cut himself he'd never use a plaster, just wrap sellotape round it. Looks like he's mellowed a bit though if you only had to dodge chalk, he used to throw chalk dusters when I was in his class.
(MalMal, Thu 17 Mar 2011, 13:41, closed)

i know he hit one lad with a chalk duster
i think that's when he changed to just throwing chalk
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Thu 17 Mar 2011, 16:22, closed)