The weird kid from school

[BillyAnchor]

18 hours ago, Dee Man said:

You're obviously not a very good racist - it's the Japanese who were referred to as 'nips'.

It's the Greeks he's after

[ICTChris]

It’s interesting that even now as a adult throbber seems to think that a good natured child who didn’t let constant bullying get him down deserved it.

[Connor1874]

19 minutes ago, ICTChris said:

It’s interesting that even now as a adult throbber seems to think that a good natured child who didn’t let constant bullying get him down deserved it.

As much as I can see why he might've been a bit of a pain in the arse at times, I can't help but feel really ****ing shan on wee Mark.

As long as Jesus loves him though, he'll be fine.

[Dosser-fae-the-shire]

There was a wee guy a year younger than me who was always a bit weird and a bit of a loner. He got called DOM (dirty old man). Always felt a bit sorry for him. A couple of years ago he tried to force a young boy into the cubicles in Wishaw Malt. Turns out that DOM was an apt name all along. One of my mates dubbed him The Malt Teaser. Think he’s in jail now.

[Connor1874]

16 hours ago, Sergeant Wilson said:

I've mentioned him before.

Jonah never went to classes, he just helped the janitors, who sent him in various wild goose chases doing imaginary jobs. It's very sad but his family were so poor Jonah dressed in the cast off costumes from the school show. He would claim to have joined the police, navy or fire service. Not entirely convinced as he was wearing a Gilbert and Sullivan version of the uniform. The rest of the family joined The Salvation Army to get the uniform. ( They all seemed to like uniforms). He also claimed he was an English rugby international and made a living as an Elvis impersonator.

His sister was in my class and wore wellies in the winter, which was fine. Not so great in summer when she got sent to school in wellies with the leg bit cut off.

 

 

Edited July 26, 2019 by Connor1874

[WhiteRoseKillie]

1 hour ago, nsr said:

If there's one thing this thread has demonstrated, it's that pretty much everyone here was an utter unrelenting arsewipe as a child.

I'm perfectly willing to plead guilty to that charge - even though I haven't contributed so far.

To be honest, I think the majority of kids of my generation (St. Columba's Kilmarnock 1969 - St Joseph's Kilmarnock 1983) were little monsters by any civilised standards. Your status was influenced by where you lived (Grange - posh cúnt, Townholm or Longpark, manky, inbred subhuman)*, and you were basically allocated a pigeonhole in the first couple of months of Primary One. With my own kids, and now grandkids, Primary report cards concentrate more on cooperation, interspersonal skills and whether the little love is "kind". Back in my day, it was all about survival skills.

*I confounded this categorisation system by living in the nameless area bounded by London Road, Holehouse Road and the Piersland park - with the additional twist of ours being a "bought house". Being overweight, short-sighted and (at least up until Highers) able to answer just about anything the Education system asked me off the top of my head meant there were enough bully triggers that this wasn't too much of an issue.

[AyrTroopMajor]

Boy in my class at school used to thump his head off the table whenever the teacher asked a question and he got the answer wrong. And I mean thumped. Actually arched his head backwards to create maximum momentum for the follow through.

Met him a few years after we left school on the train between Glasgow and Ayr and he had just got a new girlfriend (his first). Spent the entire journey banging on about her and asking if I had a girlfriend, knowing full-well that I didn't. Turned out she dumped him a week later and went off with some other guy on their music course. Get it right f***ing up him.

[throbber]

It’s interesting that even now as a adult throbber seems to think that a good natured child who didn’t let constant bullying get him down deserved it.

I’m not saying he deserved it for anything that he did but what happened to him was a direct consequence of being a truly pathetic human being who is incapable of surviving real life situations. The guys who set about him in the changing room that day were acting on pure human instinct at seeing such a futile individual in a vulnerable situation which to me, fully explains their actions and they shouldn’t have been punished as severely as they were IMO.

Also on the trip to the outdoor centre we only had maybe 3 adults who worked there for our entire class and they were constantly having to baby sit him and make sure he was okay, when he capsized his kayak it took 2 of them to fish him out the water and they had to go back to the centre with him as he was so distressed by it all and he still just completely reset and then came back for the abseiling an hour or so later and then absolutely shat the bed again! We had to miss out a few activities because of him including archery, which I still haven’t tried to this day.

[Silverton End]

2 minutes ago, throbber said:

 

I’m not saying he deserved it for anything that he did but what happened to him was a direct consequence of being a truly pathetic human being who is incapable of surviving real life situations. The guys who set about him in the changing room that day were acting on pure human instinct at seeing such a futile individual in a vulnerable situation which to me, fully explains their actions and they shouldn’t have been punished as severely as they were IMO.

Also on the trip to the outdoor centre we only had maybe 3 adults who worked there for our entire class and they were constantly having to baby sit him and make sure he was okay, when he capsized his kayak it took 2 of them to fish him out the water and they had to go back to the centre with him as he was so distressed by it all and he still just completely reset and then came back for the abseiling an hour or so later and then absolutely shat the bed again! We had to miss out a few activities because of him including archery, which I still haven’t tried to this day.
 

 

Are you the Mark in the story throbber?

[Miguel Sanchez]

throbber is clearly an AI who posts amalgamations of what the average P&B poster does, and he's started being influenced by Tibbermoresaint.

[Melanius Mullarkey]

2 minutes ago, Miguel Sanchez said:

throbber is clearly an AI who posts amalgamations of what the average P&B poster does, and he's started being influenced by Tibbermoresaint.

AI without the I.

IMO.

[ICTChris]

I’m not saying he deserved it for anything that he did but what happened to him was a direct consequence of being a truly pathetic human being who is incapable of surviving real life situations. The guys who set about him in the changing room that day were acting on pure human instinct at seeing such a futile individual in a vulnerable situation which to me, fully explains their actions and they shouldn’t have been punished as severely as they were IMO.

Also on the trip to the outdoor centre we only had maybe 3 adults who worked there for our entire class and they were constantly having to baby sit him and make sure he was okay, when he capsized his kayak it took 2 of them to fish him out the water and they had to go back to the centre with him as he was so distressed by it all and he still just completely reset and then came back for the abseiling an hour or so later and then absolutely shat the bed again! We had to miss out a few activities because of him including archery, which I still haven’t tried to this day.

So the natural thing to do to a vulnerable person is to physically attack them? You are probably one of those city types who gets caught on camera kicking people sleeping rough.

[welshbairn]

19 minutes ago, Silverton End said:

Are you the Mark in the story throbber?

Explains the later teabagging episodes.

[sugna]

22 minutes ago, throbber said:

... what happened to him was a direct consequence of being a truly pathetic human being who is incapable of surviving real life situations. The guys who set about him in the changing room that day were acting on pure human instinct at seeing such a futile individual in a vulnerable situation which to me, fully explains their actions.

 

 

That concludes the case for the defence, your honour.

[Silverton End]

7 minutes ago, welshbairn said:

Explains the later teabagging episodes.

Indeed.

The jigsaw puzzle is all coming together now

[throbber]

So the natural thing to do to a vulnerable person is to physically attack them? You are probably one of those city types who gets caught on camera kicking people sleeping rough.

No it’s not like that at all, but species in the wild still feed off things that are lower than them in the food chain and can smell the fear and that’s how they know what they can and can’t go after and people are the exact same when in a primitive situation.

[invergowrie arab]

9 hours ago, throbber said:

This thread is hilarious and it brings me right back to the utter weirdo who I had in my year through primary school and high school, his name was Mark and he was the youngest of 4 complete odd ball children, the father was a big tall English minister and the mother a short fat Glasgweigan IIRC. Mark was the most obvious target for bullies that you could ever possibly see, he was short and scrawny, had glasses and massive teeth, always dressed in the tackiest of clothes and had poor hygiene - he stunk and had head lice and nits, just the ugliest child you could possibly imagine. What made him so infuriating though was how resilient he was despite being so utterly pathetic in almost every aspect of his life, no matter how many times he humiliated himself he would always come back swinging seconds later as if nothing had happened and he genuinely thought he was a normal individual and had no self awareness about how short a deal he had in life and I always resented him for it and found it hard not to want to see him unhappy. He also, as a result of being the son of a minister was religious himself and talked about how much Jesus loved him etc. I remember one time I kicked him when we were about p6 or p7 as he was taking too long to sharpen his pencil and he started screaming in a total spasm, lying on the floor kicking his legs up and down and making the most atrocious sound of excruciating pain and fear you could possibly imagine (see the film Hostel when the guy gets his Achilles slashed) I never even got in trouble for it as the teacher knew he was at it. One time we went to an outdoor centre on a primary school trip and he hurt himself at every possible opportunity which resulted in him crying in a similar manner and shaking like a dog out of utter fear, this included capsizing his kayak in a small lake and having to be rescued and having to abseil down a 10 foot wall. Despite his antics majorly holding the day up for all of us who enjoyed the outdoors and him constantly humiliating himself he waddled onto the bus at the end of the day in his change of clothes acting like he had a great day out and that he had conquered something, it was so bizarre. One time, still in primary school I remember going for a pee in the urinal, I had just started peeing and noticed to my right that the cubicle door was open and Mark was sat on the toilet having a shit, staring into space and totally unaware that it is normal to shut the door whilst having a shit, particularly in public. I can still remember his stupid blue y fronts hanging over his knobbly knees to this day. After Lady Dianna died he asked if he could sing Candle in the Wind to the class to pay respects to her, he took in the Elton John cassette and his own sound system and sang away in front of the entire class for a bit before the emotion got the better of him and he started crying in front of everyone with nobody there to give him a hug, I honestly can't remember my emotion at the time but I certainly didn't find it either funny or sad.

Moving on to high school and he carried on pretty much the same and was on the receiving end of endless taunts which he was largely impervious to, I remember once during one of those stupid religious assemblies that you have to attend that the minister was saying a prayer and all the pupils in the hall were bowing their heads but Mark was standing there with both arms up in the air as if he was embracing God, he got so many pelters for it which he was again impervious to. His father walked out on the family when we were about 3rd year and it was a source of great humour for all of us laughing about how his Dad wanted nothing to do with him etc, one time in class we got a form which the teacher asked us to get our parents to sign, and then some wise cracker joked "Or in Marks case, parenT!" which provoked much laughter, particularly from the teacher. This all of course is very harsh looking back on it but it all seemed so right at the time and there is no way that anyone who knew him at the time would have had any sympathy for him, Im pretty sure he got the same level of taunts when his Granny died as well. Some time around then we were in the PE locker room after playing football and one of the harder lads in our year decided to slap Mark on the back when he had his top off, this obviously came at a bad time and for the first time ever I saw him lash out, he basically turned right round and screamed "f**k YOU!!" his entire body shaking much like it did at the outdoor centre a few years previous, his lips trembling, voice whimpering and tears coming out of his eyes " I HAVE ENOUGH GOING ON IN MY LIFE WITHOUT DEALING WITH YOU BAAAAAAASTARDS!!" As he was having the meltdown a couple other hard boys were drawn to him, almost like a magnetic force as they smelt the fear from him and wanted to hurt him out of pure instinct, it was pretty much like Piggy from Lord of the Flies sort of stuff. Anyway as if this wasn't bad enough, as Mark was getting cornered someone threw a shoe from the other end of the locker room and it hit the poor b*****d right on the eye when he had his glasses on, the 3 guys then descended on Mark and cornered him, one of them picked up the shoe that had just been thrown and started beating him around the back with it and the other two started giving him the most atomic wedgie I have ever seen, his Y fronts pulled right up over his shoulders with Mark again making a screaming noise that I have never before or since heard any human ever make. The PE teacher must have heard the squeals and burst into the changing room and went fucking mental, he had one of the bullies pinned right up against a wall screaming about how he's not as fucking hard as he thinks he is etc, was genuine fury from the teacher that I had never seen before whilst Mark lay whimpering in the corner with nothing but stretched and torn Y fronts covering what remaining dignity he had left.  There is no doubt in my mind that had the teacher not intervened, Mark would have died that day.

 

A year later and Mark got caught downloading porn in Business Admin, I was sat right next to him as he did it and he proudly brought it to my attention then and there. It was pretty extreme stuff anyway compared to what I had seen and I told him he better get it off his computer ASAP. Mark had other ideas and decided it would be a good idea to print it out, the girl sitting to the other side of him (a notorious slapper) ended up spotting this and started making a fuss about it to get the teachers attention. Mark then made a bolt for the printer to try and dispose of the evidence, the girl chased him there and they both started wrestling at the printer. The teacher started going mental about it and the girl was screaming "HE'S LOOKING AT PORN!!!" before overpowering Mark who then lay down on all fours crying right next to the bin/printer screaming that he was sorry and not to punish him. It was a truly pathetic site to see, again I can't remember my emotions at the time and although looking back it does seem funny in a tragic sort of way. He got suspended for 2 weeks IIRC and then saw the remaining 2 years of high school out in relative peace and quiet, although that may be because I wasn't in any more of his classes and never saw him humiliate himself.

^^^^ Mark ^^^^

[Jacksgranda]

On 25/07/2019 at 13:31, Connor1874 said:

For about a year, there was a Chinese lad in my primary class. He sat all day writing down players and their Champ Man stats. 

We were quite fond of Champ Man so tried to talk to him and look at what he was writing, but he would respond angrily and try and nip you.

I thought he was Chinese?

Edited July 26, 2019 by Jacksgranda

[UsedToGoToCentralPark]

This thread is hilarious and it brings me right back to the utter weirdo who I had in my year through primary school and high school, his name was Mark and he was the youngest of 4 complete odd ball children, the father was a big tall English minister and the mother a short fat Glasgweigan IIRC. Mark was the most obvious target for bullies that you could ever possibly see, he was short and scrawny, had glasses and massive teeth, always dressed in the tackiest of clothes and had poor hygiene - he stunk and had head lice and nits, just the ugliest child you could possibly imagine. What made him so infuriating though was how resilient he was despite being so utterly pathetic in almost every aspect of his life, no matter how many times he humiliated himself he would always come back swinging seconds later as if nothing had happened and he genuinely thought he was a normal individual and had no self awareness about how short a deal he had in life and I always resented him for it and found it hard not to want to see him unhappy. He also, as a result of being the son of a minister was religious himself and talked about how much Jesus loved him etc. I remember one time I kicked him when we were about p6 or p7 as he was taking too long to sharpen his pencil and he started screaming in a total spasm, lying on the floor kicking his legs up and down and making the most atrocious sound of excruciating pain and fear you could possibly imagine (see the film Hostel when the guy gets his Achilles slashed) I never even got in trouble for it as the teacher knew he was at it. One time we went to an outdoor centre on a primary school trip and he hurt himself at every possible opportunity which resulted in him crying in a similar manner and shaking like a dog out of utter fear, this included capsizing his kayak in a small lake and having to be rescued and having to abseil down a 10 foot wall. Despite his antics majorly holding the day up for all of us who enjoyed the outdoors and him constantly humiliating himself he waddled onto the bus at the end of the day in his change of clothes acting like he had a great day out and that he had conquered something, it was so bizarre. One time, still in primary school I remember going for a pee in the urinal, I had just started peeing and noticed to my right that the cubicle door was open and Mark was sat on the toilet having a shit, staring into space and totally unaware that it is normal to shut the door whilst having a shit, particularly in public. I can still remember his stupid blue y fronts hanging over his knobbly knees to this day. After Lady Dianna died he asked if he could sing Candle in the Wind to the class to pay respects to her, he took in the Elton John cassette and his own sound system and sang away in front of the entire class for a bit before the emotion got the better of him and he started crying in front of everyone with nobody there to give him a hug, I honestly can't remember my emotion at the time but I certainly didn't find it either funny or sad.
Moving on to high school and he carried on pretty much the same and was on the receiving end of endless taunts which he was largely impervious to, I remember once during one of those stupid religious assemblies that you have to attend that the minister was saying a prayer and all the pupils in the hall were bowing their heads but Mark was standing there with both arms up in the air as if he was embracing God, he got so many pelters for it which he was again impervious to. His father walked out on the family when we were about 3rd year and it was a source of great humour for all of us laughing about how his Dad wanted nothing to do with him etc, one time in class we got a form which the teacher asked us to get our parents to sign, and then some wise cracker joked "Or in Marks case, parenT!" which provoked much laughter, particularly from the teacher. This all of course is very harsh looking back on it but it all seemed so right at the time and there is no way that anyone who knew him at the time would have had any sympathy for him, Im pretty sure he got the same level of taunts when his Granny died as well. Some time around then we were in the PE locker room after playing football and one of the harder lads in our year decided to slap Mark on the back when he had his top off, this obviously came at a bad time and for the first time ever I saw him lash out, he basically turned right round and screamed "f**k YOU!!" his entire body shaking much like it did at the outdoor centre a few years previous, his lips trembling, voice whimpering and tears coming out of his eyes " I HAVE ENOUGH GOING ON IN MY LIFE WITHOUT DEALING WITH YOU BAAAAAAASTARDS!!" As he was having the meltdown a couple other hard boys were drawn to him, almost like a magnetic force as they smelt the fear from him and wanted to hurt him out of pure instinct, it was pretty much like Piggy from Lord of the Flies sort of stuff. Anyway as if this wasn't bad enough, as Mark was getting cornered someone threw a shoe from the other end of the locker room and it hit the poor b*****d right on the eye when he had his glasses on, the 3 guys then descended on Mark and cornered him, one of them picked up the shoe that had just been thrown and started beating him around the back with it and the other two started giving him the most atomic wedgie I have ever seen, his Y fronts pulled right up over his shoulders with Mark again making a screaming noise that I have never before or since heard any human ever make. The PE teacher must have heard the squeals and burst into the changing room and went fucking mental, he had one of the bullies pinned right up against a wall screaming about how he's not as fucking hard as he thinks he is etc, was genuine fury from the teacher that I had never seen before whilst Mark lay whimpering in the corner with nothing but stretched and torn Y fronts covering what remaining dignity he had left.  There is no doubt in my mind that had the teacher not intervened, Mark would have died that day.
 
A year later and Mark got caught downloading porn in Business Admin, I was sat right next to him as he did it and he proudly brought it to my attention then and there. It was pretty extreme stuff anyway compared to what I had seen and I told him he better get it off his computer ASAP. Mark had other ideas and decided it would be a good idea to print it out, the girl sitting to the other side of him (a notorious slapper) ended up spotting this and started making a fuss about it to get the teachers attention. Mark then made a bolt for the printer to try and dispose of the evidence, the girl chased him there and they both started wrestling at the printer. The teacher started going mental about it and the girl was screaming "HE'S LOOKING AT PORN!!!" before overpowering Mark who then lay down on all fours crying right next to the bin/printer screaming that he was sorry and not to punish him. It was a truly pathetic site to see, again I can't remember my emotions at the time and although looking back it does seem funny in a tragic sort of way. He got suspended for 2 weeks IIRC and then saw the remaining 2 years of high school out in relative peace and quiet, although that may be because I wasn't in any more of his classes and never saw him humiliate himself.

How very sad.

[throbber]

How very sad.

Which part saddens you the most?

Only just realising how long a post it was now that I’m back on the mobile. [emoji23]