Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Owl's 100th Birthday


The real Owl of the Remove is 100 years old this week - I may have to break my Lenten fast and visit the Tuck shop!

6 comments:

Kimberly said...

Just Curious: who is the original "owl of the remove"?

gemoftheocean said...

Well, do it on a Sunday!

Am I right in thinking "the remove" is a shell in the old English school system? Even with reading Tom Brown's school days I never quite got that right. It seems like there was a 4th form and then a "remove" before 5th form. What did the "remove" signify? That one was almost ready for the next form?

Karen

Jeffrey Smith said...

You should do a post explaining Bunter to Americans. It could be fun.

the owl of the remove said...

I prefer the mystery! (plus everyone has Google!)

Adrienne said...

Ok, fine. Got the Billy Bunter part. Having problems with the "remove".

gemoftheocean said...

Ditto on the "remove" - it seems to vary from school to school from what I can gather. In some it's for students who have failed exams...but that doesn't always seem to be the case, depending on the school!

Karen