Broken glasses
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in our sixth form common room I playfully lobbed a ball at the back of our Head Girl's head. Unfortunately she turned around and the ball knocked off her glasses - breaking them.<br />
About a month later I was entering the Gym for a. PE lesson when I saw a loose rugby ball. I just kicked it and it went about ten yards along the ground before jumping up into the face of our Head Boy - knocking off his glasses and breaking them. Thus in the space of a month I inadvertently broke both the Head Girl and the Head Boys' glasses. This happened in 1967 and I still recall it as very strange<br />
Date submitted:Fri, 29 May 2015 09:19:54 +0000Coincidence ID:8106
