new, are you?
Original ID : 845 Created On : 2002-12-11 Last Modified : 2005-05-01
It was common practice at my first secondary school for the upper 6th to ask first years “Hello, are you new?”. You would invariably think they were extending the hand of friendship and answer “Yes.” At this point the 6th former would say “Hello New” and he and all his friends would collapse with laughter. After a few times, when you had wised up you might try replying “No.” This was met with the logically baffling “Hello No” and even more laughter, and probably a thump.