kids are just odd anyway
Kid called 'gerbil', because he ate pencils. This was made simpler for him by the fact he had two rows of teeth. In hindsight, 'shark' might've been more appropriate, but our simple infant minds were not aware of that factoid.

Another child used to stand by the football pitch and spin. With his arms out.

Another one, during a football match (whilst playing, I add) when the ball was at the other end, would start doing balletic leaps and suchlike. Totally oblivious to the kicking he would shortly receive. He was also in the school choir. His surname was Hoare. Bullying ensued.

There was a girl who, on a school trip, insisted she had eczema. And that the cream for it was what was in her pants. Not shite. Oh no. This is the same girl who embarked on a scheme to snare a man by getting my friend to date him, then unceremoniously dump him, then she would comfort him and they would love each other forever. Too many Just 17 issues, I think. This fell apart when my friend fell for him. It's 12 years later, they're still together, and have three children. She wasn't so much odd, I suppose, as very, very, very dim.

My brother knew a kid who couldn't stop lying. He said he had a swimming pool, but when my brother went over the kid said they had it put underground thunderbirds-style so that they could play football instead.

As a teenager, I used to have to look after this little girl, who would insist on being called 'supergirl', would wear a cape made out of a sofa throw and would punch stuff off shelves to show her 'strength'. Makes sense for a 5 year old. She was 14. She's perfectly normal now, it must have been a phase.
(niceandwarmandhot vive la résistance, Wed 24 Jan 2007, 14:39, Reply)