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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Tall Girl makes a non-political point.

Small Sprog is soon to be at Tall Girls school, in less than 3 weeks time, if you discount the summer holidays. I have tried to tell her to keep her views to herself when they have been less than positive but some have slipped out.

The other day I overheard her relaying the girl pecking order, or some such.

"Well, there's The Popular Ones" I hear her explain "Then there are The Chavs, (I ask you?!) then there are The Orange Ones"
I felt I had to intervene at this point.
"The Orange Ones?" I exclaimed. We live in Bristol and have no marching around here!
"Yes, you know, the ones who wear foundation 3 shades darker than their skin colour (I think Small Sprog may have lost the thread by now) and forget to smooth it down their necks so that you can see a tide mark just under their chin"!

I nodded. Yes I knew the ones. Her observations made me laugh. As for Small Sprog, I don't suppose he understood a word of it, but then, that's just as well.
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16 comments:

  1. Steve13 July 2011 at 18:07

    The orange ones... *snigger* She'll go far.

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  2. Rubye Jack13 July 2011 at 18:42

    I'll have to remember that for the next time I feel like talking bad--the orange ones. Too funny!

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  3. Maggie May13 July 2011 at 20:33

    I must go and apply more orange! LOL!
    Maggie X

    Nuts in May

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  4. Rob-bear13 July 2011 at 23:58

    Sadly, Bears don't get this. Have you ever seen a Bear sporting a different colouration? You get my point.
    Although, come to think of it, I remember cousin Frankberg looking a bit different one time. He went through a meadow with some orange plants, and some of the colour rubbed off on him. Say, would that be the orange to which TG was referring?

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  5. nick14 July 2011 at 08:13

    Interesting categories. To which I guess she could have added the Misfits, the Hopelessly Unfashionable and the Socially Inept (says he cruelly). I always think of the Orange Ones as the Hara Krishners in their orange robes, but that's a useful new meaning.

    Apparently the term Chav is now often used to distinguish lazy, workshy scroungers from the decent, hard-grafting working class.

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  6. Furtheron14 July 2011 at 09:10

    sounds like a similar demographic make-up (boom boom) to my daughters school in Kent... although we have proper Chav's being it is in Chavham... sorry Chatham

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  7. John Going Gently14 July 2011 at 14:39

    out of the mouth of babes....er
    well pre teens!

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  8. Akelamalu14 July 2011 at 15:49

    Oh boy has she got them sussed! LOL

    I hope she's in a league of her own?

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  9. Tattieweasle14 July 2011 at 18:56

    This cracked me up so right! Tho suspect my boys would have a hard time following it all!

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  10. BS5 Blogger14 July 2011 at 23:42

    A lovely, witty, poignant , appealing, articulate,
    telling, knowing, grounding blogging tidal wave!

    Delightful and illuminating .
    X

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  11. Casdok15 July 2011 at 16:57

    Made me laugh too :)

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  12. Looking for Blue Sky16 July 2011 at 23:57

    Angel and her gang went through this too...every girl in their year was categorised, with D4s, emos and knackers being the main ones. Luckily they grew out of this phase :)

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  13. this is my patch17 July 2011 at 08:12

    Yes, I've noticed those 'orange faces' with a lot of girls nowadays. Most days I don't wear any make-up, including some work ones. It's not that I'm lazy, but my head tells me I don't need too. I think it's quite sad that girls want to cover themselves with 'mask-like' foundation at such a young age. x

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  14. Rose18 July 2011 at 02:14

    Ha, ha, I've known some of those orange girls, too:) I just hope SS doesn't go up to one of them and say, "Oh, you must be one of the Oranges!"

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  15. Anonymous18 July 2011 at 15:02

    It's fabulous what our kids notice isn't it?!!

    CJ xx

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  16. Liz Hinds19 July 2011 at 12:21

    Your little boy growing up. A strange time as you lose touch with who his friends are. But he is such a wise lad he will be fine.

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