Outofthemouths ofbabes

MANY years ago, our head teacher asked pupils to be extra polite and good for some impending visitors — the Ofsted inspectors, or Men in Black as we called them.

Later that day, one of the more challenging little lads ran down the corridor past an inspector, grinned cheekily and called back: ‘I’m eight years old you know, and I can’t read yet.’ then, as an afterthought, he added with a smirk: ‘And I’ve got nits!’